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World Bank President Fields Questions at Peking University
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| China has a “good chance” of solving the problem of illiteracy in the country before the year 2015, World Bank Group President James D. Wolfensohn said Wednesday in a meeting with students and faculty covered by china.org.cn following his keynote address at Peking University. Rejecting pessimism raised by a question on achieving universal primary education in developing countries, Wolfensohn said he was impressed by the Chinese Minister of Education’s grasp of the complex issues surrounding the question. |
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A Chinese View of the President of East Timor
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| Xanana Gusmao, 56, the poet warrior and spiritual symbol of his country who for decades strived for the independence of East Timor, on May 20 was sworn in as this new nation’s first president. Zhai Kun, a scholar with the China Institute of Contemporary International Relations, presents his views on Gusmao’s history and prospects. |
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China's Warming Climate
Worries Experts
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| Between 1999 and 2001, China experienced consecutive years of high temperatures with a rising average temperature. What influences will this warming trend have on the Chinese environment? And what measures should be taken to reduce the its destructiveness? A reporter from the Science Times recently interviewed Ding Yihui, special advisor on climate changes of the Chinese Meteorological Administration and former co-chair of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), who gives some answers. China.org.cn translated the article. |
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Chinese Experts Call For Oil, Gas Strategy
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| Chinese petroleum experts have expressed concern at the absence of a national oil and gas strategy as the country becomes more reliant on imported hydrocarbon resources to sustain its economic development.
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Russia Signs Historic NATO Accord
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| NATO declared Russia a limited partner in the Western alliance Tuesday, embracing its former Cold War enemy as an ally in the battle against modern-day threats like terrorism. |
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Shanghai Telecom Firm Takes French Partner
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| Shanghai Bell, one of the country's biggest telecom equipment manufacturers, yesterday launched a partnership with France-based Alcatel to create Alcatel Shanghai Bell, the country's first foreign-invested limited telecom company.
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World Bank President Speaks at Peking University
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| Visiting World Bank Group President James D. Wolfensohn delivered a keynote speech entitled “Implementing a Global Partnership for Poverty Reduction” to students and faculty members at Peking University Wednesday afternoon. Following is the full text of his speech: |
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6-Nation Group Negotiates Free-trade Zone
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| Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) members announced Tuesday the start of negotiations aimed at establishing a free-trade zone involving the six countries in the region -- Kazakhstan, China, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan. |
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Think-tank to Aid High-tech Exchanges
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| An international think-tank was set up on Tuesday at the closing ceremony of the six-day Fifth China Beijing International High-tech Expo to strengthen cooperation in the exposition industry and to establish a service platform for high-tech commercialization, industrialization and internationalization. |
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Male Pregnancy Now an Option, Beijing Surgeon Says
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| A Beijing doctor -- one of China's most-prominent sex change surgeons -- says he has developed the technology to impregnate a man, and now he wants to use his technique to help his transsexual patients have children of their own.
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Jiang Meets World Bank President
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| Chinese President Jiang Zemin met in Beijing Tuesday with World Bank President James David Wolfensohn. He said China and the World Bank have conducted fruitful cooperation over the past 20 years and that China has acquired not only capital but also high technology and experience from the World Bank. |
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Development Gateway -- A Place to Put Knowledge and Ideas Together
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| “For years, knowledge and information throughout the world have been localized. And local knowledge is so critical, not only for the people who live in the countries, but also for those in other parts of the world who can gain and benefit from the value that knowledge exchange can bring,” said James D. Wolfensohn, president of the World Bank Group, at the signing ceremony to welcome China as a founding member of the Development Gateway Foundation, and to Launch the China Development Gateway. |
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6-Nation Group Meets in Shanghai on Economic Cooperation
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| Economic and trade ministers of the six members of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization are having their first meeting in Shanghai today and tomorrow. The meeting is expected to set up an experts' team to do research on regional economic cooperation, make proposals on trade and investment facilitation, discuss ways to communicate on economic and trade laws and rules and develop an outline for multilateral trade and economic cooperation.
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Remarks of Liu He, Vice Minister of the State Council Informatization Office
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| The State Council Informatization Office greatly appreciates and fully supports what the Development Gateway Foundation initiated by the World Bank and the international community has been doing in reducing poverty and promoting sustainable development, said Liu He while addressing the signing ceremony of the Memorandum of Understanding on China’s joining the Foundation and the press conference for launching the China Development Gateway. |
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China Joins the Development Gateway Foundation
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| The Signing Ceremony of the Memorandum of Understanding on China’s Joining the Development Gateway Foundation & Press Conference for Launching the China Development Gateway was held at the Press Hall of the State Council Information Office on May 28. Present at the signing ceremony and press conference were President of the World Bank James D. Wolfensohn, Chinese Minister of Finance Xiang Huaicheng, and Minister of the State Council Information Office Zhao Qizheng. |
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Mainland Extends Sympathy over Taiwan Air Crash
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| Wang Daohan, president of the Association for Relations across the Taiwan Straits (ARATS), Saturday expressed deep concern and condolences over the crash of a China Airlines flight with 225 people on board. |
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China's Work Well Done, World Bank Official Says
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| China Development Gateway, an Internet information portal jointly sponsored by the World Bank Group and the China Internet Information Center, will be officially launched Tuesday in Beijing. What is the Development Gateway? What are its goals? China.org.cn sat down to ask these questions and others of Austin C. T. Hu, deputy chief of Mission in the World Bank’s Office in Beijing. |
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Scholar Sees New Trends in Sino-Japanese Relations
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| The year 2002 marks the 30th anniversary of the normalization in 1972 of Sino-Japanese relations, which have been developing in a profound way since that time. However, Dr. Jin Xide, a researcher in the Institute of Japanese Studies of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, sees several new developments at the beginning of the 21st century that might influence future relations between the two countries. |
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Investment Projects Signed for Global Media Avenue
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| Eight letters of intent were signed Sunday for construction projects of an avenue which will gather together global media giants in the southern part of Beijing.
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China Escalates Fight Against AIDS
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| Providing "comprehensive care" to thousands of HIV/AIDS victims and curtailing the spread of the virus are becoming urgent priorities in China because the country is experiencing an annual rate of increase of more than 50 percent. |
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