Pei Yuanshun:Age,Caution

PEI Yuanshun,now 70,taught in a vocational secondary school in Kaifeng,Henan Province before she retired in 1996. Two years later her husband Wu Yingfan retired too.As their grandson was enrolled in an elite high school in Beijing's suburb and far from his downtown home,the couple bought a home close to his campus and moved to Beijing in 2001 to house him while he studied.Two years ago,the boy continued his education abroad and the old couple became empty-nesters.     

Hu Jintao Marks the 90th Anniversary of the Communist Party of China

ON July 1,Hu Jintao,general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee,delivered a keynote speech at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing,marking the 90th anniversary of the CPC. Hu traced,illustrated,and expounded on the CPC’s accumulated experience,its current challenges and coping strategies,and its     

Back to School,Back on Their Feet

THE violent earthquake that ripped through Wenchuan three years ago caught school children amid their lessons in packed classrooms. Falling ceilings and collapsing     

Legend of Pingyao

THE ancient town of Pingyao sits in Shanxi Province in North China, about 100 kilometers from the provincial capital of Taiyuan. This famous town with a history stretching more than 2,700 years is one of the best preserved ancient sites in China and was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1997.     

Enjoying Acrobatics in an Ancient City

AT a distance of 280 km from Beijing, Shijiazhuang, the capital of Hebei Province, is the nearest provincial capital to the seat of the national government. The region around Shijiazhuang has a long history of developed civilization. Archeological discoveries show that human activities had already begun in this area between 6,000 and 7,000 years ago.     

A Fight That Cannot Be Lost

A rare droughtplagued southwestern China for thefirst half of this year. In Yunnan and Guizhou provinces and Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region rainfall was merely half the average level for that time of year, leading to a record-low drawdown in local rivers. More than 16 million people and 11 million heads of livestock were craving water, and 43.48 million hectares of farmland were affected All told, the direct economic losses inflicted have reached RMB 19 billion. Wenshan Zhuang and Miao Autonomous Prefecture in southeastern Yunnan was among the worst hit areas： 1.13 million of its 3.4 million population face water shortages.     

Energy Transformation on a Roll

ACCORDING to the National Statistics Bureau, China＇s gross energy consumption in 2009 mounted to 3.1 billion tons of standard coal, confirming China＇s image as a real powerhouse of global energy consumption. Although its per capita consumption is still low - the equivalent of 2.33 tons of standard coal in 2009 as compared to 10.37 tons in the United States, unfortunately China＇s energy composition is dominated by coal, whose utilization is currently inefficient. Then there are its other drawbacks - the scars and stresses sustained by environments during mining and burning. Hence,     

China-ASEAN： Phenomenal Growth in Trade and Investment

THE Fifth Pan-Beibu Gulf （PBG） Economic Cooperation Forum opened on August 12 this year in Nanning, capital of southwestern China＇s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. More than 400 politicians, scholars and entrepreneurs from China, Vietnam, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, Philippines and Brunei participated.     

改革开放30年与刑法观念的变革

改革开放30年来,我国的经济体制发生了深刻的变革,社会主义市场经济体制逐步建立和完善,刑法观念也发生了一系列的内在变革：从政治功能观到经济功能观;从对经济犯罪的过度介入到适度调整;从对公有制经济的重点保护到对非公经济的平等保护;从罪刑心定到罪刑法定;从刑法偏重于打击犯罪到打击犯罪与人权保障并重;从对经济犯罪的重刑主义到宽严适度等等。刑法观念的变革必将进一步促进刑事立法的不断完善,为社会主义市场经济的健康发展提供有力的保障。     

Fu Yuguang:Inheritor of Manchu Shuobu

Fu Yuguang,an inheritor named in the fourth round of China’s National Intangible Cultural Heritage Project in 2012 for Manchu Shuobu,was born into a Manchu family in Aihui County of Northeast China’s Heilongjiang Province in 1933.The older generations of Fu’s fam-