TAIPEI, Oct. 25 (Xinhua) -- Taiwan leader Ma Ying-jeou on Sunday called for both sides across the Taiwan Strait to resolve hatred through communication and negotiation and make peace an eternity. Ma made the remarks in a ceremony to unveil a memorial square, which was constructed on the site of the Kuningtou battle in Kinmen of Taiwan, according to local media reports. Troops of the Communist Party of China and the Kuomintang had fierce fightings and suffered heavy losses at the site on Oct. 25,1949, the year when the People's Republic of China was founded. Battlefield should be turned into a square of peace, opposition should be replaced by reconciliation, and war by peace, Ma said. Ma called for efforts to find a way that is acceptable for both sides to settle cross-Strait issues.
TAIPEI, Nov. 8 (Xinhua) -- The Chinese mainland's 20 million yuan of donations to ethnic minorities in the typhoon-hit Taiwan have been "all given out", Kao Chin Su-mei, a representative of the ethnic minorities, said here Sunday. Earlier in August, the Taiwan Work Office of the Communist Party of China Central Committee announced it has raised 20 million yuan (about 95.4 million new Taiwan dollars) for the ethnic minorities in Taiwan after Typhoon Morakot hit the island. The donation plan was announced when a delegation headed by Kao Chin Su-mei visited Beijing on August 19. The donation has been distributed to more than 2,153 homeless ethnic minority families (30,000 new Taiwan dollars for each), more than 3,300 primary and junior high school ethnic minority students in hardest-hit areas (5,000 new Taiwan dollars for each), and nearly 14,00 senior high school and junior college ethnic minority students (10,000 new Taiwan dollars for each), according to Gao Chin Su-mei. All the donation had been distributed to ethnic minority victims of the typhoon, she said. Currently, about 500,000 people of ethnic minorities live in Taiwan, 80 percent of whom make a living by growing and processing agricultural products.
BEIJING, Oct. 30 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping said here Friday that members of the Communist Party of China (CPC) should better comprehend the Scientific Outlook on Development and use it to guide their work. Xi, who is also a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, called for intensified efforts of CPC members to study the gist of the recently concluded Fourth Plenary Session of the 17th CPC Central Committee and incorporate the requirements of Scientific Outlook on Development into daily work and life. Xi made the remarks at a meeting on further studying and implementing the Scientific Outlook on Development. The Scientific Outlook on Development stresses people-oriented, comprehensive, coordinated and sustainable economic and social development. The Fourth Plenary Session of the 17th CPC Central Committee, which concluded on Sept. 18, decided to expand democracy within the Party and further fight corruption.
BEIJING, Nov. 15 (Xinhua) -- China should enhance supervision and management of the country's insurance investment, said Li Kemu, vice chairman of the China Insurance Regulatory Commission (CIRC),on Sunday. "With insurance funds were extended into disparate fields, other than bank deposit, demand for a better supervision and risk control enhanced, said Li at the International Finance Forum held in Beijing. By the end of September, 3.4 trillion yuan (497.8 billion U.S. dollars) of insurance funds were invested in bonds, mutual funds, and stocks markets. Bonds investment alone accounted for 50.6 percent of the total. Jiang Dingzhi, China Banking Regulatory Commission (CBRC) Vice Chairman also highlighted the importance of establishing a "all-coverage" financial supervision system. He suggested the country broaden the financial supervision and management system, which would put the mutual funds, hedge funds, and credit risks appraisal agencies under control. The new system requires financial institutions to share information, and also cooperate to fill the supervision blanks between different financial markets, he said.
BEIJING, Nov. 28 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Hu Jintao has urged unswerving efforts to improve the building of the Communist Party of China (CPC) to secure the Party's role as the steel core of the country's leadership. Hu, also general secretary of the CPC Central Committee, made the call at a group study of the members of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee on Friday. With more than 75 million members and 3.7 million grassroots organizations, the CPC shoulders a tough task of Party building and management to lead the country's 1.3 billion people in economic and social development, Hu said. To promote a democratic and scientific decision-making mechanism for the Party and government is a crucial task for the Party, he said. In an era of great development and major transformation, Hu stressed, the CPC is facing long-term, complex and severe tests of challenges it would encounter as a ruling party in the process of reform, opening up, and implementation of market economy. To improve Party building is also an urgent requirement of coping with the international financial crisis and maintaining the country's economic growth, Hu said. He urged CPC organizations at all levels to promote organizational construction, improve regulations and fight against corruption. The Party should also establish and improve an institutional system based on the Party's Constitution and the principles of democratic centralism...and ensure the Party's unity and strengthen the Party's vigor of innovation, Hu said.
BEIJING, Jan. 5 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Vice Premier Li Keqiang here Tuesday urged medical workers to improve their professional ethics and skills to contribute to the country's medical reform. "All medical staff should strengthen their professional ethics, pay attention to humane solicitude, improve professional techniques, strengthen service skills and strive to serve the people well," said Li during a ceremony awarding outstanding organizations, individuals and rural doctors in the medical field. Chinese Vice-Premier Li Keqiang (R) meets with representatives attending a national conference of the advanced staff members and groups in the health sector in Beijing, capital of China, Jan. 5, 2010.Li, also a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, said that for a long time all medical staff had pooled their wisdom, sweats, love and actions to the country's health services. He asked people in the medical field to carry on the fine tradition of saving the dead and curing the injured, learn from the outstanding organizations, individuals and rural doctors, do their duty well and contribute their wisdom to the country's medical reform. Li praised the prevention and control measures in the face of the A/H1N1 flu, saying the country's health service still has a long way to go as people are having new expectations for health improvement.
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LIMA, Nov. 23 (Xinhua) -- China's top political advisor Jia Qinglin met with the president of Peru's Congress, Luis Alva, here on Monday to discuss bilateral ties. Jia, chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, said China views Peru, one of the first Latin American nations that recognized the People's Republic of China, as a good friend and partner in the region. Luis Alva (R), president of the Congress of Peru, meets with Jia Qinglin, chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, in Lima, capital of Peru, Nov. 23, 2009He hailed the stable development of bilateral relations since they forged diplomatic ties 38 years ago, especially the fast and all-round development in the new century. Jia said China and Peru have set up a strategic partnership, signed a free trade agreement, enhanced political mutual trust and mutually beneficial cooperation and carried out fruitful cultural exchanges. The two countries have also coordinated closely on international and regional issues, he added. China and Peru are facing the common task of boosting economic growth and improving people's living standards, Jia said, noting that deepening their friendly and mutually beneficial cooperation serves the fundamental interests of both countries. Luis Alva (R), president of the Congress of Peru, meets with Jia Qinglin, chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, in Lima, capital of Peru, Nov. 23, 2009Jia proposed that the two countries should further enhance political mutual trust, expand pragmatic cooperation and boost exchanges between political parties, parliaments, local governments, media organizations and non-governmental groups. He appreciated the efforts by Peruvian legislators in promoting bilateral ties. The Peruvian Congress passed two bills to express condolences to the Chinese people following the devastating earthquake in southwest China's Sichuan province last year, and it recently passed another bill to extend congratulations on the 60th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China, he said. "All of these demonstrated the deep friendship between China and Peru, and we appreciate that very much," Jia said. Alva thanked China for its support to Peru and spoke highly of China's contributions to the world, saying the sound, close relationship between the two nations has benefited the two peoples. Peru hopes to strengthen its cooperation with China in the high-tech sector and welcomes investment by Chinese companies in the country, he said. Jia arrived here on Sunday for a two-day visit to Peru. Peru is the second leg of his four-nation tour, which will also take him to Ecuador and Brazil. He has already visited the Philippines.
BEIJING, Dec. 27 (Xinhua) -- China would not yield to pressure for the appreciation of its currency yuan, or renminbi, in any form, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said Sunday. "A stable Chinese currency is conducive to the international community," Wen told Xinhua in an exclusive interview.
HONG KONG, Dec. 6 (Xinhua) -- State Councilor Liu Yandong Sunday gave a speech ahead of the Boao Youth Forum ( Hong Kong) that opens Monday, urging young people across China to work for the Chinese nation's rejuvenation. She said young people stand for the future and are the most creative part in a society. She hoped young people in China, including those from Hong Kong, Macao as well as the Chinese mainland and Taiwan province, can shoulder the historical responsibility and make their contributions to the great revival of the Chinese nation. Chinese State Councillor Liu Yandong delivers a speech at the 2009 BOAO Youth Forum (Hong Kong) in Hong Kong, south China, on Dec. 6, 2009 She said young people in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR) should love the motherland and love Hong Kong, and be a united force in safeguarding national sovereignty and promoting Hong Kong's prosperity. Liu arrived in Hong Kong Saturday to open the 5th East Asian Games.
SHANGHAI, Nov. 1 (Xinhua)-- HSBC has raised its forecast of China's GDP growth this year to 8.1 percent, said HSBC Group Chairman Stephen Green here Sunday. The bank's previous forecast was 7.8 percent. While attending the annual International Business Leaders' Advisory Council (IBLAC), Green said the world financial crisis has not derailed either of the two most noteworthy and transformative trends in global finance: "the rise of China and the shift from west to east." He also expected effects of China's stimulus packages would further lift the country's GDP growth and sustain the recovery momentum into 2010. Green said Shanghai, as China's largest city, had kept a relatively stable growth during the crisis, which suggested it had the potential to become one of the world's financial centers comparable to New York or London.