China to continue robust, soaring economy 07/06/2003
The outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) has not altered the robust nature of China's soaring economy, reported Xinhua News Agency.

Township economy deserves attention in industrialization
07/03/2003
China should develop the economy of its townships and counties in its pursuit of industrialization, urged a signed article in the Economic Daily titled "The strategic choice of township economy in industrialization" on July 1.

Nation becomes more transparent 06/30/2003
ZHENGZHOU: China will not slow down in opening itself to the outside world in many people's eyes, even though daily reports on SARS stopped appearing last week on the nation's television screens.

Economic integration advances through pact 06/30/2003
The Closer Economic Partnership Arrangement between the Chinese mainland and the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region was signed yesterday in Hong Kong. Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao attended the signing ceremony to highlight the vital importance the central government attaches to closer economic ties between the two sides.

New leadership wins trust 06/27/2003
Nothing could have been more reassuring and rewarding for China's new leadership than the World Health Organization's decision on Tuesday to lift its SARS alert on Beijing as the government had finished its first 100 days in office.

Allow delta resources to flow freely 06/11/2003
Resources in the Yangtze River Delta, including Shanghai, should be better integrated to promote the region's economic growth, an article in Jiefang Daily said.

Academic engineers course for revival of small firms 05/22/2003
During a tour of northern Italy, Wang Jun visited many small towns but was almost oblivious to the sunny landscape. Hopping from one small business establishment to another, he spent every minute studying the secrets of their success.

China to further rectify economic order - Premier Wen 04/16/2003
China will further rectify and standardize market economic order this year to ensure the sustained, rapid and healthy growth of the national economy, according to a national conference held in Beijing on April 14 and 15.

Stimulating domestic demand a shot in the arm 03/18/2003
The 10th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), the country's top advisory body, concluded its annual session on Friday, while the 10th National People's Congress (NPC), the country's top legislature, comes to a close today. The following are excerpts of speeches by NPC deputies and CPPCC members on how to stimulate domestic demand.

Jiang emphasizes development 03/07/2003
President Jiang Zemin yesterday stressed that the Communist Party of China (CPC) views development as the most important focus for China's prosperity.

Reshuffle to clarify functions 03/07/2003
A new institutional overhaul, which is still waiting for approval from the National People's Congress (NPC), seems to have won the hearts of a host of people from within and outside the top legislature.

Stock market fails to reflect economy 03/07/2003
The stock market should be in tune with the performance of the economy to guarantee economic development, urged an article in the Beijing-based Economic Information Daily.

Changes go beyond material life 02/24/2003
Skyscrapers, motorways, cars and electronic household appliances are all footnotes to the revolutionary transformation that China has undergone since it launched its reform and opening-up in 1978 - changes what people can see with their own eyes.

More reforms of central budget needed: Official 02/20/2003
A senior official of the nation's top legislative body called for a deepened budget reform to help legislators better review the nation's revenue and spending.

Analysts: China not a threat to the world 02/18/2003
Not every country is accused of being a potential threat as it transforms itself into an economic powerhouse.

Making it work for all workers 02/17/2003
Most observers - including the world's major investment services and some Western journals which used to pour scorn on China's development performance - agree that the mainland's GDP growth will continue to be above 7 per cent in 2003.

FDI in China surges despite weak global economy 02/18/2003
Foreign direct investment (FDI) in China surged by almost 50 per cent to US$3.59 billion in the first month of this year.

State sectors moving towards healthy growth 02/11/2003
State sectors have shown different growth curves in the past decade,with high-tech and basic industries like information, power and petroleum growing briskly while some traditional sectors have been struggling to survive.

Shifting society, quicker lives 01/10/2003
NANNING: People in China are increasingly adapting to a faster-paced lifestyle, one which most of them could hardly imagine a few years ago.

Building on economic growth 01/08/2003
Proper macroeconomic policies are needed to maintain China's economic development momentum this year, according to a report compiled by the Macroeconomic Research Institute affiliated with the State Development Planning Commission.

Xiaokang concept heralds prosperity 12/25/2002
Xiaokang, or moderate prosperity, has become a buzzword in China these days. A new set of clear-cut indices will be constructed to present the public a clear picture, or a measurement, of an overall xiaokang society.

China able to build a relative affluent society: economists 12/08/2002
The predicted continuous, rapid and healthy development of the Chinese economy over the next 20 years means China can achieve the objective of building a relative affluent society, economists said Saturday.

Fine tuning tax system boosts wealth 12/02/2002
China's current tax system needs to be adjusted in 10 major areas now that China has become a member of the World Trade Organization (WTO).

China GDP growth shows economy strong, prospects good 07/16/2002
China's first half GDP growth of 7.8 percent and the acceleration of second quarter growth to 8.0 percent from 7.6 percent in the first quarter indicate the economy is strong, AFX reported on July 15 citing analysts.

Manufacturing remains weak link in China 07/16/2002
While Western scaremongers harp on the danger of China becoming a "world factory," Chinese economists are keenly aware that manufacturing remains a very weak link in the country's economy despite its scale.

Looser monetary policy called for 07/16/2002
China should further relax its "sound monetary policy" to stop prices falling, economists said yesterday.

UN report recommends sustainable development in China 7/01/2002
A report from the United Nations Development Program suggests that China follow the principle of sustainable development amid rapid social and economic transitions because its environmental strategies will be significant to the whole world.

Economic policy needs minor shift 7/01/2002
The economy of China has been growing smoothly this year, but the macroeconomic policy needs minor adjusting to deal with some problems, wrote Qiu Xiaohua, deputy director of the National Bureau of Statistics, in an article in Macroeconomics, a Beijing-based monthly.

Cross-Straits links should be more than mini-links 7/01/2002
The three direct links -- trade, transport and postal services -- between Taiwan island and the mainland require to be more than mini-links.

Expert urges swift drafting of anti-monopoly law 7/01/2002
China is in desperate need of a new anti-monopoly law with its accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO), Wang Xiaoye, a law expert from the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS), said in Beijing on June 29.

Higher speed, less guzzling 06/26/2002
When analyzing the relationship between one country's gross domestic product (GDP) growth and rise in energy consumption, some economists tend to empirically assume a fixed correlation between the two elements based on the data of previous years, make calculations of the ratio, and use it to measure discrepancies between the two figures.

Major contributors of China's well-performing industry 6/26/2002
Robust industrial production and recovered international oil market mainly contribute to China's improving economic efficiency of China's industrial enterprises over the first five months of the year, said an official with the National Bureau of Statistics on June 25.

WTO entry likely to shore up FDI inflow 05/21/2002
Spurred on by China's first year as a member of the World Trade Organization (WTO), foreign direct investment in China is expected to reach over US$50 billion this year, registering a 7 percent increase over last year.

Free trade zone to bring nations closer 05/17/2002
Long Yongtu, vice-minister of foreign trade and economic cooperation, answered questions from China Daily as the China and ASEAN trade negotiation teams concluded the first of two days of talks in Beijing on a proposed free-trade area on May 16.

Wealthy of Guangdong to enrich HK - AmCham 05/14/ 2002
The growing affluence of Guangdong Province as a result of improved development is set to boost the economy of Hong Kong.
Jim Thompson, chairman of the American Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong (AmCham), said this on May 13 after a delegation from AmCham completed an "impressive" three-day tour of the province.

Widening income gap warned at ADB meeting 05/13/ 2002
The expectations for the Chinese economy aired at the annual meeting of the Asian Development Bank in Shanghai were typically upbeat, but the unprecedented sharp warning of a widening rich-poor division across this country seemed deeply disturbing.

Post-WTO China full of promise 05/09/2002
TIANJIN: Participants of the 2002 BusinessWeek Forum in Tianjin yesterday agreed China's accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO) will unleash prosperity for global business.

Some fine-tuning urged in fiscal policy 05/04/2002
With a continued pro-active fiscal policy, China's economy will maintain its strong growth momentum this year. But fine-tuning should be made to offset the impact the current fiscal policy has brought on the economy, said an article in the Economic Daily.

Market transition drives price cuts 04/30/2002
A new round of price cuts is due to bring joy to the pockets of May Day holidaymakers.

Holiday spending inspires insurers 04/30/2002
While Chinese around the country pack their bags and make travel plans for the upcoming seven-day May Day holiday, insurers are racking their brains for ways to benefit from the expected spending boom.

Service sector ready to ripen 04/27/2002
China's service sector will develop speedily once obstacles holding back its growth are eliminated. The service sector may become the main powerhouse for economic development and the main job creator, said an article in Economic Daily.

Government's changing role after WTO 04/25/2002
China's entry into the World Trade Organization (WTO) means the government's commitment to manage economic issues should be in line with global market norms.

China's rapid growth can't be denied - ADB President 04/25/2002
Asian Development Bank (ADB) President Tadao Chino said in Manila on Wednesday that China's rapid economic growth "is an obvious fact" which "nobody can deny."

China to become one of largest economies in 50 years - WTO 04/21/2002
The World Trade Organization (WTO) 's next director-general Supachai Panitchpakdi has predicted that if everything goes well after China's WTO entry, the country will become one of the two or three largest economies in half a century, the Nation TV Channel in Bankok reported Saturday.

Private funds need market access 04/11/2002
Wider market access is essential to activate the huge sum of idle private capital in China, according to experts seeking to cure the economic headache.

Training more skilled workers 03/26/2002
As China's membership of the World Trade Organization (WTO) renders its ambition of becoming a "world workshop," in the real world a shortage of skilled workers remains a problem.

Pushing for more buying power 03/12/2002
Stimulating domestic demand is a hot topic in today's China. To tackle the problem, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) set up a special panel headed by Yan Xianpu, a senior statistician with the bureau.

Vulnerable to anti-dumping charges 02/08/2002
Li Shanfen knows what it is like to be at the wrong end of an anti-dumping suit. As deputy general manager of the Shanghai-based China First Pencil Co, she saw her company pay a 53 per cent punitive duty imposed last year by the US Department of Commerce on its US-oriented exports.

Chinese economy on fast track 02/05/2002
The size of the Chinese economy is likely to climb, in world rankings, from its current position as the sixth largest to the second largest by 2030, said economists with global investment bank Lehman Brothers.

Main factors to impact China's economy 01/28/2002
The global economic downturn, the depreciation of the Japanese yen and the ongoing anti-terrorist cam-paign are three major outside factors that will influence the performance of the Chinese economy in 2002, said an Outlook Weekly article.

Consumption key to stimulating economy 01/21/2002
Further stimulation of domestic demand would be achieved better if it is integrated with improving people's lives, and efforts should be made towards this target.

China power set to avail Asia 01/08/2002
With strength gathered from the nation's entry into the World Trade Organization (WTO), China may become a new powerhouse for the region, which is under the shadow of world economic recession, according to a recent report by analysts with international investment bank Salomon Smith Barney (SSB).

China flexes its economic muscle 01/04/2002
China's economy maintained a robust performance in 2001, while other economies in the world suffered a global slowdown or faltered at the brink of recession.

Crystal ball gazing for 01/04/2002
China will face both opportunities and challenges while continuing to strengthen its economic muscle this year.

Economic reforms should benefit all sides 08/07/2001
Opening up is a two-way process for the Chinese economy.
Just as it is incumbent upon the Chinese Government to ensure fair treatment of foreign-funded enterprises in line with its commitments to the World Trade Organization (WTO), it is also essential that domestic companies are allowed to compete on an equal footing in the market.

Zhu stresses development in drafting Five-Year Plan 10/20/2000
Development will be the theme of China's 10th Five-Year Plan (2001-2005) and the nation should take advantage of all opportunities to speed up development with economic construction as the focal point, Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji said.