HUA HIN, Thailand, Oct. 26 (Xinhua) -- With a delighted and relieved smile, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao waved to the crowd on Sunday at the airport in Thai resort Hua Hin before he left for home. The premier has successfully finished his visit to Thailand after attending a series of summit meetings related to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) during the past three days. China's Premier Wen Jiabao (L Front) arrives in Hua Hin, Thailand, Oct. 23, 2009 for a series of meetings related to the Association of Southeast Asian NationsThis is Wen's second visit to this country in 2009. Half a year ago, despite extreme political turbulence in Thailand, Wen decided to attend the ASEAN summits in Pattaya in a bid to show China's sincerity to the world. During the 22 hours in Pattaya, Wen used all possible chances to hold talks with the leaders at the summits and meet journalists, transmitting China's determination and confidence in overcoming the global financial crisis and pushing forward East Asia cooperation. Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao (C) meets the press in Hua Hin, Thailand, Oct. 23, 2009. Wen had been deeply convinced that enhancing cooperation and working together to overcome the difficulties of the time were in accord with the fundamental interests of East Asian peoples. Once we had sincerity, determination and confidence, the hope would not be dashed, the premier said. During the following six months, the Chinese government decided to set up a 10-billion-U.S. dollar China-ASEAN investment cooperation fund, establish the China-ASEAN Free Trade Area, and provide financial support to ASEAN countries. Trade between China and ASEAN has entered into the period of recovery since September. Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao has a working lunch with leaders attending the fourth East Asia Summit in the southern Thai resort town of Hua Hin, Oct. 25, 2009At the Oct. 23-25 Hua Hin summits, Wen brought not only good news of China's economic rebound, but also a six-point proposal for strengthening cooperation between China and ASEAN, which included building an economic cooperation zone and boosting cooperation in such sectors as investment, agriculture, intellectual property rights, infrastructure construction and culture. Wen emphasized that challenge could turn into opportunity, cooperation could bring strength, while innovation could contribute to success. The blueprint of East Asia cooperation would be better, he said, adding that the hope is just like "an imperishable lighthouse," which leads the East Asian people amid ups and downs. Mutual respect and trust constitute the foundation for cooperation. Wen held a series of meetings with leaders of other countries during the ASEAN summits, with his meetings with Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd having been widely followed. Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao (R) meets with Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in Hua Hin, Thailand, on Oct. 24, 2009. Wen arrived here on Friday evening to attend the summit meetings of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) with its partnersWen and Singh have confirmed their strong willingness for common and harmonious development between the two sides during their talks. Maintaining good-neighborly and friendly relations as well as mutual beneficial cooperation between the two big developing countries would not only benefit both peoples, but also bring hope for Asia and the world, the two leaders said. Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao (R) meets with Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd in Hua Hin, Thailand, October 24, 2009. Wen Jiabao and Kevin Rudd are here to attend a series of leaders' meeting related to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEANAlthough China and Australia have different political systems, levels of economic development, historical and cultural background, common interests had led to an increasingly close relationship between the two Asia-Pacific powers. The talks between Wen and Rudd had shown that there would be no unconquerable difficulties as long as the two sides treated each other with mutual respect and pursued win-win cooperation. Establishing an East Asian Community is the common desire of the people in the region, though the path toward realizing the goal will be long and bumpy. China will sincerely, firmly, actively and effectively engage in pushing forward the integration of East Asia. Half a century ago, together with India and Myanmar, China proposed the Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence, advocating for mutual respect, equal treatment and friendly cooperation among all nations. In the early 1990s, China initiated the cooperation between ASEAN and itself. In the aftermath of the Asian financial crisis, the regional cooperation in East Asia began to pick up in pace. Wen firmly expressed at the Hua Hin summits that China would work with East Asian nations toward realizing the long-term goal of establishing the East Asian Community. The clouds of the international financial crisis remain overhead. However, consensus and hopes are in the making among the members of East Asia, shining as an ever-bright lighthouse and leading the way to a more promising future.
BEIJING, Nov. 18 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao will meet here Wednesday with US President Barack Obama, who is on his first state visit to China since his January inauguration. They will have a working lunch before Obama's sightseeing visit to the Great Wall in the north suburb of the Chinese capital, which will be another chance for the US head of state, who toured the Imperial Palace Tuesday, to learn more about the ancient Chinese civilization. Obama will conclude his fist visit to China and fly to the Republic of Korea, the last leg of his four-state Asian tour, in the afternoon. He arrived in China's economic hub Shanghai Sunday night to kick off this visit as guest of his Chinese counterpart Hu Jintao. Hu held talks with him in Beijing on Tuesday and they met international reporters for about 40 minutes after the talks, both pledging to further bilateral ties. Top Chinese legislator Wu Bangguo also met Obama on Tuesday, several hours before a state banquet in the Great Hall of the People in downtown Beijing. In a joint statement issued on Tuesday, the two sides spoke highly of the tremendous development achieved since the two countries established diplomatic relations 30 years ago and reached consensus on further bilateral ties.
BEIJING, Nov. 3 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao Tuesday underscored the role of science and technology in promoting the country's sustainable development and weathering the global downturn. Addressing the science and technology community in Beijing, Wen said China should be built into an innovation-oriented country and neo-strategic industries should become the leading force in promoting the social and economic development. He called on scientists to boost research in such neo-strategic industries as the new energy industry, information networking industry, micro-electronics and nanotechnology, life science as well space and ocean exploration. Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao addresses the science and technology community in Beijing, capital of China, Nov. 3, 2009. Wen Jiabao Tuesday underscored the role of science and technology in promoting the country's sustainable development and weathering the global downturn He said those emerging strategic industries would play a key role in building up an innovation-driven economy and promote a comprehensive sustainable development. Wen said the world was experiencing a once-in-a-century financial crisis and human history has proved that technological revolution often occurred during economic crisis. Any country that could take the initiative in making technological breakthroughs would take the lead in economic recovery, he said. Wen also urged scientists to pay more attention to fundamental researches and high-tech researches and be innovative.
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BEIJING, Nov. 25 (Xinhua) -- China has told its enterprises to be prepared for competitions while the establishment of the Free Trade Area between the country and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is only a month ahead. "Chinese enterprises should make full preparations for competitions brought by zero-tariff products imports from the ASEAN," Xu Ningning, executive secretary general of China-ASEAN Business Council(CABC), said on Wednesday at a symposium for entrepreneurs in machinery, auto mobile and steel sectors. The upcoming FTA, scheduled to be established on Jan. 1, allows zero-tariff on 90 percent of products traded between China and the ASEAN. Xu also urged Chinese enterprises to conduct adequate market research and pay close attention to the latest policies in different ASEAN countries to improve the quality and efficiency of bilateral trade. "After entering the ASEAN market, companies should abide by local industry regulations and establish sound reputations for quality and service instead of blindly pursuing profit by any possible means," Xu said. The establishment of the FTA will create massive business opportunities for Chinese enterprises as it will provide an access to the ASEAN market with 600 million population, according to Xu. The FTA will boast a combined population of 1.9 billion and a combined gross domestic product (GDP) close to 6 trillion U.S. dollars, making it the third largest free trade area following the North American Free Trade Area and the European Free Trade Area. CABC is one of the five main cooperation and dialogue organizations between China and the ASEAN, and it consists of the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade, the ASEAN Chambers of Commerce and Industry, the national business leaders and enterprises and experts representatives from the ASEAN countries.
BEIJING, Dec. 7 (Xinhua) -- China would continue to adopt the proactive fiscal policy and moderately easy monetary policy next year and endeavor to improve the economic growth quality, according to the Central Economic Work Conference Monday. Chinese President Hu Jintao and Premier Wen Jiabao addressed the meeting, which is held once a year to set the tone for economic development during the next year. It was agreed at the conference that 2010 is the last year in the counry's 11th five-year plan, and to do a good job in the country's economic and social development next year was of great importance to dealing with the impact of the international financial crisis successfully in an all-around way and laying a sound foundation for China's 12th five-year plan. Chinese President Hu Jintao, who is also general secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and chairman of the Central Military Commission, speaks during the Central Economic Work Conference, in Beijing, capital of China, Dec. 7, 2009. Other Chinese leaders Wu Bangguo, Wen Jiabao, Jia Qinglin, Li Changchun, Xi Jinping, Li Keqiang, He Guoqiang and Zhou Yongkang also attended the conference More efforts would be made to promote the transformation of the economic development pattern and structural adjustments and to enhance the focus and flexibility of economic policy in the following year in line with new situations next year, according to the attendees of the meeting. More efforts would also be laid on reform and opening-up, innovation, enhancing the vigor and momentum of the economic growth, improving people's livelihood, maintaining social harmony and stability, said participants of the conference. It was agreed at the meeting that a good balance should be kept in maintaining a relatively fast and stable economic growth, economic restructuring and dealing with predicted inflation next year. Wen Jiabao, member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and Chinese premier, speaks during the Central Economic Work Conference, which was held in Beijing, capital of China, on Dec. 5-7, 2009The government would strengthen financial support to sectors including farming, science and technology, education, health care, social security, affordable homes, energy saving and environmental protection in 2010, according to participants of the conference. The country would tightly control loans targeted at high energy-consuming, high polluting industries and those with excessive production capacity in a bid to improve loans quality and efficiency, according to the meeting. The Central Economic Work Conference comprises policy-making officials from central and provincial-level governments.
BEIJING, Nov. 28 (Xinhua) -- China has vowed to maintain its macroeconomic policy stance in 2010 despite worries that its stimulus is likely to risk fueling new bubbles and overcapacity. A meeting of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee agreed Friday that the country will continue the proactive fiscal policy and moderately easy monetary policy next year. "It is a must for the country to stick to the pro-growth policy stance," said Zhang Liqun, a researcher with the Development Research Center of the State Council, one of China's top think tanks. "A guarantee to the 8-percent growth target this year does not mean the national economy has been on an independent and stable developing track," Zhang said. Many uncertainties, both at home and abroad, still weighed on China's economy and it was quite necessary for the government to maintain its policy stance, said Feng Fei, a senior researcher at the Development Research Center of the State Council. China's economic growth has approached its pre-crisis level a year after the adoption of the 4-trillion-yuan (585.6 billion U.S. dollars) economic stimulus package. The country's economy grew 8.9 percent year on year in the third quarter this year, accelerating from 7.9 percent in the second quarter and 6.1 percent in the first quarter. In the third quarter last year, it increased 9 percent year on year. However, the country's strategy has raised concern that loose money could inflate prices of stocks and housing, build up unneeded factories and saddle the economy with bad debts. Although the current stimulus package had side effects, it was not the time for retreat, said Zhuang Jian, a senior economist with the Asian Development Bank. The government should be aware of the hidden trauma in economic growth and be ready at all time for popping-up problems by improving the policy flexibility, he said. It was important to enhance the flexibility and focus of macro regulation, considering the inflationary expectations, assets bubble risk and rapidly changing economic situation, Feng said. The Political Bureau vowed to enhance the focus and flexibility of economic policy in the following year according to new situations. It would also further implement and enrich the economic stimulus package to make the economy grow in a more stable, balanced and sustainable way. Bureau members agreed the government would maintain continuity and stability in its macroeconomic policies, according to a statement released after the meeting. The barely-changed wording in the statement of the meeting, convened ahead of the annual Central Economic Work Conference, would set the tone for next year's economic work, said Wang Tongsan, a senior researcher with the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. He noted that the "five highlights" in the statement would be mid- and long-term strategy for economic and social development in China, which would enable the country to grab the opportunity during the crisis. The country would step up efforts to improve the quality and efficiency of economic growth, to promote the transformation of the economic development pattern and structural adjustments and to promote innovation and reform and opening up to enhance the vigor and momentum of economic growth, the statement said. It also urged more efforts to improve people's livelihood and maintain social stability, and to coordinate the domestic and international situation.
SIEM REAP, Dec. 20 (Xinhua) -- Visiting Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping met here with Cambodia's deputy prime minister on Sunday and voiced China's willingness to push for a higher-level relations with the country. During the meeting, Xi said bilateral friendship could date back to ancient times and both sides have maintained close contacts. Describing the ties as an example for friendly cooperation, Xi said the Chinese side is willing to enhance cooperation with Cambodia in various fields and push bilateral relations to a higher level, so as to bring more benefits to the two peoples. Visiting Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping (L front) meets with Sok An, Cambodian deputy prime minister and minister of council of ministers, in Siemreab, Cambodia, Dec. 20, 2009. Xi noted that Siemp Reap province has become a sister province with Yunnan, southwest China. He hoped that Siemp Reap, during its close contact with Yunnan, as well as other Chinese provinces, could give full play to the complementary advantages and expand exchanges and cooperation, in a bid to achieve common development. Sok An said Xi's visit will definitely promote the current bilateral friendly cooperation between the two countries. Cambodia is willing to enhance all-round cooperation with China to bring further benefits to the people of the two countries, Sok An said.