China's procuratorial organs enhance supervision on lawsuits (03/11/2003)
China's procuratorial organs have, in the past five years, stepped up supervision on detection and judgment of criminal cases, on prosecution of verdicts as well as on lawsuit proceedings of civil and administrative cases, chief prosecutor Han Zhubin said in Beijing Tuesday.

Chinese procuratorates crack down on crimes threatening state security (03/11/2003)
Chinese procuratorial organs in the last five years gave priority to cracking down on crimes that posed a threat to state security, said Han Zhubin, procurator- general of the Supreme People's Procuratorate, Tuesday.

Procuratorial organs actively fight against corruption (03/11/2003)
Procurator-General Han Zhubin said Tuesday that China's procuratorial organs are firmly against corruption and earnestly perform their duty of investigating functionary crimes.

Chinese procuratorates combat grave crimes: procurator-general (03/11/2003) Chinese procuratorial organs fought sternly against grave crimes that disrupted social order and undermine the market economic order over the past five years, said Procurator-General Han Zhubin of the Supreme People's Procuratorate Tuesday.

Chief justice: Number of dishonest judicial officers declines (03/11/2003)
China's chief justice Xiao Yang said in Beijing Tuesday that the number of judges and court officers who take the law and discipline in their own hands has dropped steadily from 6.7 per thousand in 1998 to 2 per thousand over the past five years.

Chief justice: Human rights better protected in administering justice (03/11/2003)
Chinese people's courts have over the past five years paid special attention to protecting human rights in the area of administering justice, said Xiao Yang, president of the Supreme People's Court.

Chief justice: 80,000 corrupt officials brought to justice (03/11/2003)
China's chief justice Xiao Yang said in Beijing Tuesday that the Chinese people's courts have over the past five years closed 99,306 embezzlement and bribery cases and brought 83,308 corrupt officials to justice.

Chief justice: Foreign-related cases rising (03/11/2003)
China's chief justice Xiao Yang said in Beijing Tuesday that the people's courts across the country have over the past five years tried and closed a total of 26,399 foreign-related cases, averaging an annual growth of four percent.

10th NPC decides to set up nine special committees (03/06/2003)
The second plenary meeting of the First Session of the 10th National People's Congress (NPC), convened here Thursday, decided to set up nine special committees under the Tenth NPC.

China to rename State Family Planning Commission (03/06/2003)
China's State Family Planning Commission will be changed to the State Population and Family Planning Commission.

China to replace two agencies by ministry of commerce (03/06/2003)
China will remove the State Economic and Trade Commission and the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation, State Councilor Wang Zhongyu said Thursday.

Government reform stresses food, production safety (03/06/2003)
State Councilor Wang Zhongyu said Thursday that a state food and drug administration will be established on the basis of the State Drug Administration in a bid to reinforce supervision over the safety of food, health products and cosmetics.

China to increase budgetary spending for social security (03/06/2003)
The Ministry of Finance proposes that expenditures for social security programs should be expanded in 2003, saying that spending on social security programs will be increased to help urban residents in straitened circumstances meettheir basic living needs and safeguard the immediate interests of the general public.

Finance minister calls for further funding agriculture, rural areas (03/06/2003)
China's central government will further increase funding for agriculture and rural economic and social development, said Xiang Huaicheng, minister of finance said Thursday.

China's defense spending up 9.6 percent this year (03/06/2003)
The Chinese government has planned a 185.3 billion yuan budget for national defense in 2003, a 9.6 percent increase over the figure for the previous year, said Xiang Huaicheng, minister of finance, on Thursday.

10 billion yuan more deficit budgeted for 2003 (03/06/2003)
China's deficit for 2003 is budgeted to be 10 billion yuan more than in 2002, according to a report presented by Minister of Finance Xiang Huaicheng to the first session of the 10th National People's Congress here Thursday morning.

China's 2002 deficit controlled as budgeted (03/06/2003)
The 2002 central and local budgets were implemented satisfactorily, with a deficit controlled at the figure as budgeted, Minister of Finance Xiang Huaicheng said Thursday.

China to issue 140 billion T-bonds in 2003 (03/06/2003)
The central government is planning to issue another 140 billion yuan of long-term treasury bonds in 2003 in order to give fuller play to the role of treasury bonds in stimulating investment to promote economic restructuring and stable and rapid economic growth, according to the country's top planner.

China vows to bring unemployment rate under 4.5 percent (03/06/2003)
China promised to spare no effort to reach the projected targets for creating over 8 million new jobs for urban residents, in a bid to confine its registered urban unemployment rate to 4.5 percent in 2003.

China's top planner keeps alert on conflicts, problems (03/06/2003)
" We are also aware that there are still many conflicts and problems in our economic and social activities and that some of these are very serious," said China's top economic planner.

China's top planner promises harsh measures on market irregularities (03/06/2003)
China will continue to implement the market-oriented reform and take harsh measures to rectify and standardize the order of the market economy in 2003, said the country's top economic planner.

Income growth for urban, rural residents expected lower in 2003 (03/06/2003)
The income growth rates for Chinese urban and rural residents will drop in 2003, according to the report delivered by the country's top economic planner Zeng Peiyan, on Thursday, to the first session of the 10th National People's Congress.

Chinese premier on administrative reform (03/05/2003 )
Premier Zhu Rongji Wednesday called for efforts to earnestly improve the government itself, saying that under the new circumstances of stronger momentum in reform, opening up and the modernization drive, it is of vital importance for the government to further improve itself, especially its work style.

Chinese premier confident of early reunification of motherland (03/05/2003)
"We are convinced that with the unremitting efforts of all sons and daughters of the Chinese nation, the complete reunification of the motherland can be realized at an early date," said Premier Zhu Rongji Wednesday.

Premier reiterates China's foreign policies (03/05/2003 )
Peace and development remain the themes of the present era. World multipolarization and economic globalization are making headway amid twists and turns.

Premier Zhu outlines experience on government work (03/05/2003)
Zhu Rongji, whose five-year term as Chinese premier expires soon, gave considerable length to elaborating his experience in fulfilling the government job, when he delivered the Report on the Work of the Government at the opening of the First Session of the Tenth National People's Congress Wednesday.

Zhu Rongji singles out China's economic, social difficulties (03/05/2003)
"We are clearly aware that there are still some outstanding difficulties and problems in China's economic and social life," said Premier Zhu Rongji, when he delivered the Report on the Work of the Government at the opening of the First Session of the Tenth National People's Congress Wednesday.

Premier stresses agriculture, rural economy (03/05/2003)
Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji has called for promoting all-round development of agriculture and the rural economy Wednesday, when he delivered the Report on the Work of the Government at the opening of the First Session of the Tenth National People's Congress.

China to further expand domestic demand (03/05/2003)
A relatively fast increase in investment should be maintained. Based on an overall consideration of various factors, we plan to issue 140 billion yuan of long-term construction treasury bonds in 2003.

Premier clarifies general requirements for government in 2003 (03/05/2003)
Delivering the Report on the Work of the Government at the opening of the First Session of the Tenth National People's Congress Wednesday, Premier Zhu Rongji outlined the general requirements for the government work this year, which were set forth by the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC).

Zhu calls for improvements in employment, social security (03/05/2003) Premier Zhu Rongji, in his government work report to the First Session of the 10th NPC Wednesday, called for further efforts to improve the work of job creation and social security, emphasizing that governments at all levels should take it as a major duty.

Chinese premier on democracy, rule of law, cultural ethics (03/05/2003)
Premier Zhu Rongji, in his government work report to the First Session of the 10th NPC Wednesday, called for strengthening the building of socialist democracy, the legal system and spiritual civilization.

Zhu calls for deepening reform, wider opening (03/05/2003)
Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji called for deepening economic restructuring and opening still wider to the outside world, in the Report on the Work of the Government he delivered at the opening of the First Session of the 10th National People's Congress Wednesday.

Zhu calls for industrial readjustments, development of west China (03/05/2003)
Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji has called for aggressively pushing forward the readjustment of the industrial structure and the development of the western region.

China makes new strides in national defense, army building (03/05/2003)
National defense and army building have made new strides over the last five years, said Premier Zhu Rongji Wednesday in his Report on the Work of the Government delivered at the opening of the First Session of the Tenth National People's Congress.

China sees remarkable improvements in people's living standard(03/05/2003)
China has succeeded in improving the people's standard of living and in establishing on the whole a relatively affluent society over the past five years, said Premier Zhu Rongji Wednesday.

Chinese premier on national rejuvenation through science, technology (03/05/2003)
Premier Zhu Rongji said Wednesday the government will conscientiously implement the strategy of national rejuvenation through science, technology and education and the strategy of sustainable development.

China makes significant achievements in building democracy: premier (03/05/2003)
The government work report presented by Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji to the first session of the 10th National People's Congress (NPC) that opened Wednesday described the achievements over the past five years in building socialist democracy and promoting socialist spiritual civilization as "outstanding".

Premier proud of achievements in science, technology, education (03/05/2003) China's scientific and technological innovativeness has improved noticeably, and education developed vigorously in the past five years, said Premier Zhu Rongji Wednesday.

Breakthroughs made in reform, opening: premier (03/05/2003)
Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji has said that in the past five years, the reform and opening up achieved many breakthroughs, and the basis of a socialist market economy was established.

Premier making an inventory of Chinese economy (03/05/2003 )
Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji has said that over the past five years, China's national economy has maintained good growth momentum, and important advances were made in the strategic restructuring of the economy.

CPPCC provides powerful support to major state affairs: Li Guixian (03/04/2003)
The Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) has provided broadly democracy-based support to major state affairs according to the principle of"democracy, truth-seeking, unity and encouragement".