EUROTRIP TO EXPANSION

<正>The Chinese premier’s trip westward expands upon stalwart areas of China-EU cooperation and opens up entirely new ones The coordination between China’s Belt and Road Initiative and the Juncker Plan would stimulate European economic growth     

ACTIVE AND CONSTRUCTIVE

正President Xi Jinping's Middle East trip embodiesChina's foreign policy in the regionIn his New Year Message for 2016 on December 31.2015,Chinese President Xi Jinping noted,"The world is so big and faces so many problems,and the international community wants to hear China's voice and see China's solutions.China cannot be absent."Soon after,Xi set this diplomatic vision into action with a visit to the Middle East on January     

Bureaucratic Obstacles

正Visa hassles and other red tape hamper Chinese investment in India Zhao Quanzhen is leaving India,and with it a career that he now questions.After working in the country for more than seven years,Manager of Air China's India Office,worries about the profit outlook of his past station despite more and more new routes being added between China and India.Since Zhao was sent to Mumbai for the opening of a new flight route linking China     

Trade Transcends Sides

<正>Besides their geographic proximity and status as developed Western nations,the Oceanian states of Australia and New Zealand are largely synchronized in their stance over relations with their Asian neighbor—China.This is attributable in some respects to the similar economic and social structures of the two countries,as well as their shared history as former British colonies.Both Australia and New Zealand are     

From Barren To Flourishing

<正>A county in north China shakes off poverty by tapping into its potential There’s a well-known saying in Fuping County in Baoding,north China’s Hebei Province,"Ninety percent of Fuping’s land is mountains,5 percent water and 5 percent arable land." It is an apt way of describing the mountainous region.The total amount of arable land in the county is 219,000 mu(14,600 hectares),far from enough for the county’s population of     

TOWARD A BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY

CPPCC members contribute proposals on a cleaner and healthier China What the Beijingers were most eager for over the last two months might be blue skies and clean air.At the beginning of the year,more than 1 million square km in east China were blanketed by heavy smog.Beijing enjoyed only five days of respite from hazardous weather in January.The hazardous smog once again reminds Chinese people and officials of the continual worsening of the natural environment following the last several decades of rapid development.     

Cementing Military Trust

Dempsey’s visit to China highlights need for cooperation General Martin Dempsey, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, visited China in late April days after top U.S.     

BIGGER BRICS,LARGER ROLE

<正>In its second decade,BRICS is ready for a greater share in global governance When the first BRIC Summit was held in 2009 in Moscow,the Chinese version of the bloc leaders’ joint statement was only around 1,500 characters.This month,the Xiamen Declaration of the Ninth BRICS Summit saw its list of outcomes exceed 12,000 characters.     

From Aid to Cooperation

正China seeks to enhance ties with Africa as the West pulls back The Chinese-funded Africa Union (AU) headquarters complex in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia serves as a strong testament to China’s renewed commitment to the resource-rich continent, analysts said.     

ACCORD WITH AFRICA

Xi’s state visits further revitalize Sino-African relations During Chinese President Xi Jinping’s visit to Tanzania, the newly elected leader hailed China’s friendship with the African country as one deeply rooted in the hearts of