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Crucial Period for AIDS Prevention
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| At a national work conference on AIDS prevention held in Beijing on Tuesday and Wednesday, Vice Premier Wu Yi warned that if no effective prevention and control measures are taken, "the consequences will be very grievous." All 31 of the mainland's provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities are affected by the epidemic, and of the 840,000 HIV carriers in China, 80,000 suffer from AIDS. |
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China Hopes Holland to Play Active Role in China-EU Ties
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| Chinese President Hu Jintao told visiting Dutch Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende that China hopes Holland will play a more active role in furthering the growth of China-EU relations. Balkenende, on a four-day visit, is the first Dutch PM to visit China since 1995. |
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Four Chinese Sites Get World Heritage Certificate
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| Four sites on UNESCO's World Heritage List received World Heritage Certificates at a ceremony held in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on April 6. The UNESCO representative praised China for its contribution to protecting the world's heritage and expressed support for China in solving the problems it still confronts. |
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Foreign Trade Law Amendment Approved
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| The draft amendment to the Foreign Trade Law, submitted for a third round of discussion, was passed at the 8th meeting of the 10th National People's Congress (NPC) Standing Committee, which concluded on Tuesday afternoon. It ends China's two-year-long review of its laws related to foreign trade, and makes China's legal system consistent with its WTO commitment. |
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Top Legislature Interprets Hong Kong Basic Law
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| China's top legislature, the Standing Committee of the 10th National People's Congress (NPC), adopted the interpretations of two clauses in the Annexes of the Basic Law of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region as it concluded its five-day 8th meeting in Beijing on Tuesday. |
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Big Oil Finds to Ease Nation's Thirst
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| The Ministry of Science and Technology announced Monday that geologists have found large oil deposits in at least six areas around east China's Shengli Oilfield. These new finds, totaling some 280 million tons, may go a long way towards alleviating China's reliance on imports. |
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Lien Chan Files Suit for New Poll
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| Taiwan's opposition Monday filed its second lawsuit in eight days with the island's high court seeking to nullify the highly disputed "presidential" election and hold a new poll. |
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EU to Increase Textile Quotas
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| The European Union will increase quotas for Chinese textiles when 10 more nations join the union on May 1. With the new member nations, the EU will have 450 million citizens, account for roughly 18 percent of world trade and contribute to more than 25 percent of the world's gross domestic product. |
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Taiwan Protesters Clashing with Police
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| More than 60,000 supporters of Taiwan's opposition party protested Saturday to demand an independent inquiry into an election-eve assassination attempt on Chen Shui-bian. The protest began peacefully, but later the crowd tried to storm a barricade and clashed with helmeted riot police who used their shields to push them back. |
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Premier: China Committed to Sino-Japanese Friendship
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| Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao reaffirmed the policy of the Chinese government to commit to the growth of Sino-Japanese friendship during his meeting with visiting Japanese Foreign Minister Kawaguchi Yoriko in Beijing Saturday. |
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