BEIJING, Feb. 4 (Xinhua) -- Centralized procurement by the Chinese government has helped save close to 2 billion yuan (about 290 million U.S. dollars) in 2009, an official said here Thursday.The Chinese government spent more than 14.7 billion yuan in government procurement last year, Chen Jianming, director with the government procurement center said during a work conference held in Beijing.The figure was 1.8 billion yuan more than in 2008, he said.Chen noted that Chinese government departments had made "remarkable" progress in reducing their expenditures in 2009.For instance, the amount of money spent on purchasing vehicles by the government departments in 2009 dropped by 35 percent year on year, he said.They also spent two percent less in government procurement for work conferences compared with the year before, he said.Chen said the government purchases will continue to focus on energy-efficient, environment-friendly, as well as innovative and domestic products in 2010.The procurement center would stick to the policies of protecting information security and supporting small and medium-sized companies when making purchases, in order to push forward the development of the country's industries and the readjustment of its economic structure, Chen said.
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.
BEIJING, Jan. 29 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Defense Minister Liang Guanglie Friday said the work of border and coastal defense must be enhanced for national interests.Defending China's sovereignty, territorial security and maritime interests should be a top mission of the country's border and coastal defense work, Liang said at a national meeting on border and coastal defense.The work of border and coastal defense should also contribute to improved relations with neighboring countries and social and economic development in border areas, he said.Senior Chinese leaders including President Hu Jintao (1st L, front), Premier Wen Jiabao (2nd L, front), Li Changchun (3rd L, front) and Zhou Yongkang (4th L, front) meet with delegates of a national meeting on border and coastal defense, in Beijing, China, Jan. 29, 2010.Senior Chinese leaders including President Hu Jintao, Premier Wen Jiabao, Li Changchun and Zhou Yongkang met with delegates and took photo with them before the meeting.The delegates included representatives of a national committee for border and coastal defense, military regions, border or coastal provinces, and border police authorities
GUIYANG, Feb. 6 (Xinhua) -- The eight workers who were trapped Friday in a collapsed railway tunnel in southwestern Guizhou Province were rescued Saturday afternoon.Rescuers drilled a shaft leading to the trapped workers and took them out from the tunnel. The eight people are in good health conditions and can walk with the help of the rescuers.They were sent to hospital for medical examinations.The workers were constructing the second line of Liupanshui-Zhanyi section of the Guiyang-Kunming railway when the tunnel collapsed at 1:26 a.m. Friday, said Long Qiufang, secretary-general of the Liupanshui city government. A worker is rescued from the collapsed tunnel at the building site of the second line of Liupanshui-Zhanyi section of the Guiyang-Kunming railway near Liupanshui City in southwest China's Guizhou Province, Feb. 6, 2010.The 639-kilometer railway links Guiyang, capital of Guizhou, with Kunming, capital of southwestern Yunnan Province. It was built in the 1960s and was put into operation in Dec. 1970. A worker is rescued from the collapsed tunnel at the building site of the second line of Liupanshui-Zhanyi section of the Guiyang-Kunming railway near Liupanshui City in southwest China's Guizhou Province, Feb. 6, 2010. Eight workers trapped in a collapsed tunnel along the Guiyang-Kunming railway line were rescued on Saturday
BEIJING, March 21 (Xinhua) -- China would step up efforts to accelerate the transformation of its economic development pattern to achieve sound and fast growth, said Vice Premier Li Keqiang Sunday.Li made the remarks when delivering a speech to the China Development Forum 2010 held in Beijing. The two-day forum started on Sunday with a theme of "China and the World Economy: Growth, Restructuring and Cooperation."Li said China has achieved remarkable results in combating the global economic downturn and the trend of recovery has been consolidated.Chinese Vice Premier Li Keqiang addresses the opening ceremony of the China Development Forum 2010, in Beijing, capital of China, March 21, 2010Expanding domestic demand would be the prime and long-term strategy for transforming the economic development mode, Li said, adding that continuous efforts to optimize the investment structure and adjust income distribution would help fuel the demand.Li said industrial restructuring is a very crucial part of the economic mode transformation, which could be achieved through promoting technology innovations, green economy and the service industry.
BEIJING, March 22 -- The cities of Chengdu and Chongqing are famous for their different kinds of hot pots and there are endless arguments about which one is more delicious or spicier. It will only take 56 minutes by train for people from Chengdu to eat hot pot in Chongqing when the high-speed railway linking the two cities is completed in a few years. Construction is slated to start this year.The "one hour circle" is part of the plan for the Chengdu-Chongqing Economic Zone, and the overall development project will be approved by the central government this year, according to this year's sessions of the National People's Congress and the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference. The two cities will generate more synergies in the future.Migrant workers from Qinghai province pick cotton in a field in Hami, in neighboring Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region. Xinjiang is the country's biggest cotton producing center.The State Council, China's cabinet, has sparked a new wave of regional development by laying out a dozen regional development plans with policy or financial support since last year.The Yangtze River Delta and the Pearl River Delta have acted as leading engines in the development of China's prosperous coastal areas. China is keen on fostering more driving forces to boost central and western regions to catch up.In January, the Wanjiang River Urban Belt in Anhui province was positioned as a national-level industrial transfer demonstration zone, and Hainan province was targeted to be transformed into an international tourist destination last December.Other western regions such as the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region and Tibet autonomous region have also become recent hot subjects for investment. Similarly, development plans for the two regions are being formulated and are very likely to be released this year or next.
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BEIJING, Feb. 25 (Xinhua) -- China's labor unions had played an irreplaceable and unique role in boosting stable economic development and employment stability, Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping said here Thursday.The Chinese government attached great importance to the role of labor unions in China's economic and political arenas and supported labor unions to better safeguard workers' legitimate rights and interests, Xi said.Xi made the remarks in his speech at the opening ceremony of an international forum on economic globalization and trade unions in Beijing.Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping addresses the opening ceremony of an international forum on economic globalization and trade unions in Beijing, China, Feb. 25, 2010As a developing country with 1.3 billion people, China should take both its industrialization and creating enough jobs for people into consideration and make comprehensive and balanced plans, Xi said.
BEIJING, Feb. 1 (Xinhua) -- The Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) of China's manufacturing sector stood at 55.8 percent in January, down 0.8 percentage points from the previous month, the China Federation of Logistics and Purchasing said on Monday.
BEIJING, March 14 (Xinhua) -- China's Ministry of Information and Technology (MIIT) issued a guideline Sunday, urging the nation's auto producers to establish quality accountability mechanism to improve quality management.The MIIT warned auto production enterprises against blind expansion, urging them to focus more on technology upgrade and improve product quality by using "new technology, new technics, new equipment and new materials."Auto producers were also asked to strengthen after-sale service, setting up an accountability mechanism to timely recall and deal with the faulty products.As China's auto industry is at a stage of rapid development, it should take effective measures to ensure product quality, so as to prompt the industry to develop in a sound and healthy way, said an official with the MIIT.Data from the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers showed that new auto sales rose 46.15 percent year on year to 13.64 million units in 2009 in China, helping the country overtake the United States as the world's largest auto market.
BEIJING, Feb. 21 (Xinhua) -- China's tourism revenue rose 26.9 percent to 64.62 billion yuan (9.46 billion U.S. dollars) during the Spring Festival, the National Tourism Administration (NTA) said Sunday.China received 125 million tourists during the holiday period from Feb. 13 to 19, up 14.8 percent from the same period last year, a statement on the NTA website said.Of the tourism revenue, 4.6 billion yuan came from airlines while 2.83 billion yuan from railways. The tourists spent 26.51 billion yuan in China's 39 key tourism cities and 30.68 billion yuan in other areas.Among the tourists, 29.92 million stayed overnight and 95.13 million stayed for less than one day.