When Will Protectionism End?

"The Chinese Government is subsidizing its bike producers." If you made such a statement to passers-by in Beijing,you might be considered insane.Bicycle producers are neither hi-tech enterprises nor a pillar of the local economy. No government at any level would throw money at an industry ordinary people     

领导干部考核中“德”之解读

中国改革开放以来一个重要的发展推动力是干部考核体制的建立与实施。考核体系里的核心指标"德"、"能"、"勤"、"绩"、"廉"中,"德"的考核往往由于缺乏硬性的衡量方法备受争议,也经常流于形式。本文通过对古今中外关于"德"的思想的讨论和回顾,说明了"德"的考量在古往今来的管理活动中的重要性及其丰富的内涵。作者结合中国现阶段的发展需要提出,"德"的核心要求应该是干部对中国发展的信心、对党领导人民从传统走向现代的伟大事业的理解、忠诚和奉献的理想主义的精神,对善恶的评价和判断能力,强烈的爱护和保护人民的公正心和正义感。在现有考核办法中,对于干部公正素质的要求和考核有必要得到进一步加强。     

Anti-Dumping Retaliation

While China strictly opposes protectionism, it won’t be a passive party in any trade dispute The Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) has decided to launch a retrospective taxation investigation against imports of solar grade polysilicon originating from the United States,South Korea and the European Union(EU),according to a statement released by the ministry on November 26.Three days earlier,the ministry     

For More Blue Skies

China’s subsidizing scheme aimed at increasing business use of renewable energy and reducing pollution has high hopesStarting from September 25,the energy surcharge will be raised from 0.008yuan per kilowatt-hour(kwh)to 0.015yuan per kwh for businesses,said the National Development and Reform Commission(NDRC),the country’s top economic planner.The surcharge is to make up for a shortfall in China’s renewable energy development fund.To encourage power plants to install equipment to remove nitrogen oxide,a major air pollutant,the government also increased the subsidy for power plants with denitration facilities from 0.008 yuan per     

Treading Lightly For Fast Growth

The Chinese Government announced in early 2012 that the country would continue implementing the proactive fiscal policy and prudent monetary policy to support a steady and relatively fast economic growth.On August 2,the People’s Bank of China,China’s central bank,released the     

Rejuvenating Old Revolutionary Bases

正Ensuring areas that supported the Red Army during the war share in China’s prosperity In a bid to combat the Kuomintang regime and Japanese aggression, Mao Zedong and other leaders of the Chinese revolution set up many revolutionary base areas from 1927 to 1945.During wartime, those areas provided labor, material and financial resources to the     

Larger Quotas

China is to expand the RQFII scheme to ensure a greater and freer flow of renminbi At the end of 2012,the China Securities Regulatory Commission(CSRC) called in 20 fund management companies to discuss a revision of the pilot measures for renminbi qualified foreign institutional investors (RQFIIs).Currently the revised measures are subject to approval by the related ministries and commissions and will soon be issued for implementation. The revision focuses on two aspects.First, to enlarge the scope of institutions qualified for RQFIIs instead of only securities and fund     

Time to Settle Tariff Disputes

Cooperation is the only way forward for Chinese and American businesses The Chinese Ministry of Commerce(MOFCOM) over the past two years may be the national trade administrator that has been under the most pressure comparedto any of its global counterparts.     

Safe and Sound

China is up to its neck in a bumper harvest once again.According to figures from the Ministry of Agriculture (MOA),China's summer grain output reached 129.95 billion kg this year,up 35.5 billion kg year on year.This is the ninth consecutive year that China has reaped such a bountiful harvest. A bumper harvest this fall seems all but assured,and China's grain output in the whole year will continue growing.     

Guiding Investment

正Updated policy will yield win-win results for foreign investors and China As part of ongoing efforts to attract foreign capital into China,the Central Government has adopted more open policies toward potential overseas investors.