TAIPEI, Feb. 15 (Xinhua) -- Taiwan leader Ma Ying-jeou said Monday that the Economic Cooperation Framework Agreement (ECFA) with the mainland is aimed to help Taiwanese people to do business and boost the island's competitiveness.Ma made the remarks in Taoyuan, a northwestern county of the island, at a gathering to mark the Chinese Spring Festival, or Lunar New Year.The ECFA is a wide-ranging economic pact for further normalizing trade and investment ties across the Taiwan Strait, which Ma hopes to sign with the mainland this year to help fuel Taiwan's economic revival.Tariff reduction would promote the sales of goods from Taiwan to the mainland, which will benefit both the Taiwanese businesses and the foreign-funded businesses in Taiwan, Ma said.This will help Taiwan to introduce more foreign investment and grant the island an opportunity to become a hub of economy and trade in the Asia-Pacific region, he said.As the mainland is Taiwan's biggest trade partner, the pact will certainly do more good than harm, Ma said.Ma also attended an ancestor worship ceremony in Majiazhuang, Miaoli County on Monday and said that the ancestors of him and local residents moved from Fufengtang, northwest China's Shaanxi Province, to the island some 2,000 years ago.He also spoke optimistically of the economy situation and expected an economic growth of 4 percent in Taiwan this year.
BEIJING, Feb. 4 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Vice Premier Hui Liangyu said Thursday that the civilians and army should develop favorable interactions to secure both economic and defense development.The government will mobilize various social resources to support the modernization of and various military demands of the army, said Hui at a meeting here.It will also work to better protect the legal rights and interests of servicemen and their families, he said.Hui also hoped the armed forces could contribute to the development and stability of the Chinese society.To develop close army-civilian relations, the government and armed forces should work together to solve problems that common people and soldiers care most and well settle the disputes between the army and localities, so as to well safeguard the fundamental interests of the army and civilians, he said.
BEIJING, Feb. 21 (Xinhua) -- The total length of China's rural roads had reached 3.3 million kilometers by the end of 2009, connecting 99.4 percent of towns and villages, a transportation official said here Sunday.Some 381,000 kilometers of roads were built in China in the past year, far exceeding the annual target of 300,000 kilometers, China's Vice Minister for Transport, Feng Zhenglin, said at a conference.By the end of 2009, residents at 35,000 towns and 553,000 villages in China's rural areas were able to take buses to travel, representing 98 percent and 87.8 percent of China's towns and villages, respectively, according to Feng.Li Shenglin, Minister of Transport, vowed at the conference to boost rural passenger transportation.Feng also vowed to improve the highway network that connects towns and villages this year and in the country's 12th Five Year Plan which starts in 2011.
BEIJING, Feb. 7 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping on Sunday urged improvement of the Party's role in leading the economic work as the country pushes forward transformation of the economic development mode.Xi, a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, made the call at the closing ceremony of a seminar for provincial and ministerial level officials, which began on Feb. 3.Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping (2nd L), also a member of the Standing Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee Political Bureau and a member of the Secretariat of the CPC Central Committee, speaks during the closing session of a seminar on the implementation of the Scientific Outlook on Development and the transformation of the mode of economic development in Beijing, capital of China, Feb. 7, 2010. The seminar, attended by the country's provincial and ministerial chiefs, opened on Wednesday at the Party School of the CPC Central Committee in Beijing"As the international environment is experiencing major changes and the country's economic development is showing a series of new characteristics, we must... adapt ourselves to changes and accelerate the transformation of the economic development mode," said Xi, adding that the country should sharpen the competitive edge of its economy amid fierce international competition and meet people's expectations for a better life.He said that in the drive, Party committees must exert full efforts in guidance while Party organizations at lower levels should strengthen their role in implementation with Party members setting examples for others.
BEIJING, March 5 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao on Friday reiterated determination to curb the excessive growth of home prices in major cities and satisfy people's basic need for housing.He made the pledge while delivering a government work report to the Third Session of the 11th National People's Congress(NPC), China's top legislature, which is the latest demonstration of the government's determination to tame the runaway home prices.Driven by record bank lending and favorable tax breaks, China saw a sharp residential property price hike nationwide in the past year, triggering heated public complaints and fears of possible assets bubble.China's home prices in 70 large- and medium-sized cities, a housing price trend barometer, climbed 9.5 percent in January 2010 from a year earlier, the fastest growth in 19 months. Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao delivers a government work report during the opening meeting of the Third Session of the 11th National People's Congress (NPC) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, March 5, 2010Wen promised an increased supply of low-cost housing and common residential houses, restraining of speculative purchase, tighter land use management and stricter control of bank credit.A total of 63.2 billion yuan (9.25 billion U.S.dollars) will be spent by the central government in low-income housing in 2010, an increase of 8.1 billion yuan, or 14.7 percent over last year, Wen said.The government will also build 3 million housing units for low-income families and renovate 2.8 million shanty units, he said.Wen's remarks indicate the government's regulation target in the real estate sector this year, which will emphasize on satisfying demand of mid- and low-income families while ensuring a healthy development of the market, said Gu Yunchang, vice president of China Real Estate Research Association."To curb the excessive growth of home prices is a must for the healthy development, or else the foaming market would bring destructive consequences to the industry," said Gu.China's central and local governments has begun to take moves to deflate the housing bubble since late last year, including reimposing a sales tax on homes sold within five years of their purchase and raising down payment requirement for families buying a second or more houses with bank loans.In another move to cool the property market, the People's Bank of China, the central bank, announced twice within a month to raise the deposit reserve requirement ratio earlier this year.During an online chat with the Chinese Internet users last week, Wen expressed his confidence in the government measures in response to complaints over soaring home prices."It is the government's responsibility to guide the property market. I am confident that the government will ensure the healthy development of the property market," he said.
DAVOS, Switzerland, Jan. 28 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Vice Premier Li Keqiang on Thursday met World Economic Forum executive chairman Klaus Schwab, stressing his country's commitment to cooperating with the international community to boost sustained and balanced economic growth in the world.Li told Schwab, founder of the annual forum, that as the largest developing country in the world, China will stick to its responsibility in extending cooperation into more fields and into different layers during the global economic recovery.Chinese Vice Premier Li Keqiang (L front) meets with Klaus Schwab, founder and executive chairman of the World Economic Forum (WEF), in Davos, Switzerland, Jan. 28, 2010China will keep the continuity and stability of its macro-economic policies, continue to follow a proactive fiscal policy and moderately easy monetary policy and make its policies better targeted and more flexible in response to new circumstances, Li said.The vice-premier described his country's cooperation with the World Economic Forum as sound and fruitful over the years.The Chinese cities of Dalian and Tianjin have so far offered to host three summer versions of the Davos forum.Schwab said that China has played an active and promotive role in boosting global economic recovery and is an important force to be reckoned with in the world economic arena.Chinese Vice Premier Li Keqiang (1st R) meets with Klaus Schwab (2nd R), founder and executive chairman of the World Economic Forum (WEF), in Davos, Switzerland, Jan. 28, 2010.Schwab expressed his hope that the winter and summer versions of the economic forum would complement each other and attract the participation of trend-setters in such sectors as new energy and new technology to render the fora more influential worldwide.The vice premier also met, on the sidelines of the forum, entrepreneurs and executives from companies from various countries.
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BEIJING, March 6 (Xinhua) -- "Transformation of the economic growth pattern" has become a key word on the agenda of the annual sessions of China's parliament and top advisory body as the country aims at complete recovery from the global financial crisis and seeks sustained growth.Following are quotes from some Chinese leaders that underscore the transformation. The leaders joined deputies to the National People's Congress (NPC) Saturday to deliberate Premier Wen Jiabao's government work report.-- The bottleneck that stagnates the transformation of the economic growth pattern lies in an imperfect institutional mechanism. Reforms in key areas and sectors should be quickened to strengthen the impetus for economic growth and provide institutional guarantee for the transformation, said Vice Premier Li Keqiang in his discussion with NPC deputies from Liaoning Province.-- Deepening reform and expanding opening-up offer fundamental impetus for shaping a competitive modern industry system, said He Guoqiang, member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, in his discussion with NPC deputies from central Hunan Province.-- The transformation means a profound change in the economic sector, and it is currently, and will be in a long run, a major economic task of the nation, said Zhou Yongkang, member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, in his discussion with NPC deputies from Heilongjiang Province.-- Cultural programs and cultural industry play an important role in enlightening the nation, and their development should be taken as an important approach to the transformation, said Li Changchun, member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, in his discussion with NPC deputies from northwestern Shaanxi Province.
BEIJING, March 9 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Hu Jintao Tuesday paid his final respects to renowned educator and social activist Sun Qimeng as his body was taken away to be cremated at the Babaoshan Revolutionary Cemetery in Beijing.Sun died in Beijing on March 2. He was 100. Chinese President Hu Jintao shakes hands with a relative of renowned Chinese educator and social activist Sun Qimeng at the Babaoshan Revolutionary Cemetery in Beijing, capital of China, March 9, 2010. Sun died in Beijing on March 2 and his body was cremated on Tuesday. Top legislator Wu bangguo, Premier Wen Jiabao and Sun's friends joined Hu in the farewell ceremony.Other senior leaders, including top political advisor Jia Qinglin, senior leader Li Changchun, vice president Xi Jinping, vice premier Li Keqiang, senior leader He Guoqiang, and senior leader Zhou Yongkang also expressed their condolences.Sun was vice-chairman of the Standing Committee of the seventh and eighth National People's Congresses and honorary chairman of the seventh and eighth China Democratic National Construction Association Central Committee.Sun graduated in 1929 from the Politics Department of Soochow University in Suzhou city, and joined the Communist Party of China in 1950.He has made outstanding contributions to vocational education in China as well as to the country's development of social democracy and the legal system, said an official statement.
BEIJING, March 6 (Xinhua) -- A 17 percent year-on-year increase in China's broad money supply, and a target of 7.5 trillion yuan (1.1 billion U.S. dollars) for this year, indicated a relatively easy monetary policy, said Su Ning, deputy governor of the People's Bank of China, the country's central bank.Speaking on the sidelines of the ongoing annual session of the top legislature, the National People's Congress (NPC), Su said the 17 percent increase in the nation's broad money supply was larger than the combined increase of targeted GDP and CPI growth, which suggested an "easy" monetary policy."If M2 (the broad measure of money supply) growth is 2 to 3 percentage points higher than the combined growth of GDP and CPI, the monetary policy could be seen as easy," said Su.Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said Friday, in the government work report submitted to the NPC, that China targeted an approximate 3 percent rise in consumer prices and 8 percent GDP growth this year.Su further believed the 17 percent increase in the broad money supply would be able to support the ongoing economic recovery throughout the country.China's financial institutions lent a record 9.6 trillion yuan in new yuan-denominated loans last year, almost double that of the previous year, to spur the economy amid the global downturn, but it was accompanied by soaring property prices and rising expectations of possible inflation.Su said the 7.5 trillion yuan in new lending this year should speed up completion of projects under construction, rather than support new projects.