Chinese Trade Unions Strive to Protect Workers' Rights and Interests in Dealing with the Global Financial Crisis

Protecting the rights and interests of workers and staff members constitutes an important aspect of China＇s human rights protection. At the time when the country is dealing with impacts of the global financial crisis, the All-China Federation of Trade Unions has been working fruitfully and effectively to accelerate economic and social development and safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of workers, therefore making contributions to the protection of the rights and interests of Chinese workers. Now I would like to make a brief introduction on this subject.

Yuxi Cigarets Factory Strives to Be A World-Class Enterprise

The Yuxi Cigarets Factory is located in Hongtashan in Yuxi, Yun’nan Province. Established in 1956, the factory is now the country’s biggest modern cigaret enterprise with more than 4,000 employees and fixed assets worth RMB600. With more than 100 pieces of world advanced production equipment and high-quality tobacco production bases, the factory produces eight brands including Yuxi, Hongtashan,

ROK, China Strive for Mutual Economic and Trade Benefits

The President of the Republic of Korea (ROK) Roh Moo-hyun announced that Ko- rea fully recognized China’s market economy status. Roh’s announcement was made during a joint press conference with Chinese President Hu Jintao. who was on a state visit to ROK in November. China is now the largest trading part- ner of ROK, with trade volume between the two countries expected to reach 100 billion US dollars this year. The two leaders agreed that the bilat- eral trade volume should be doubled to 200 billion US dollars by 2012. A significant milestone having been reached between the two countries, what kind of impact can be expected to follow from the events in regards to the bilateral economic and trade relations between China and ROK? With such questions in mind. China’s Foreign Trade reporters in- terviewed Kim Ha-joong. Ambassador of ROK to China.

Strive for Greater Exposers

In 1994, the Beijing Arts and Crafts Import and Export Corporation has spared no efforts to expand its export trade by making fully use all of its particular resources, such as funds, personnel, access to overseas markets and links with customers and overseas businesses, etc. In the first half of this year, the corporation exported

Strive for the Modern Town with the Specialized Production of Boxes and Bags——Sidelights on Nantai Town Economy

Nantai town is located at the south of Liaoning Province, North is Anshan, Haichengis on the south, Shenda expressway, Hada highway and railway crisscross the town fromnorth to south. Nantai town covers an areas of 95 square Kgs with 23 administrativevillages, 4 sub-district offices, 1 economic development zone and there are 15 thousandfamilies and 54 thousand populations. Nantai town is a trial place for overall structuralreform in Liaoning Province and a center on larger-scale production, processing anddistributing of boxes and bags nationwide.

Strive for A New Chapter of China's Trade Promotion Cause for the New Era

This year marks the40th anniversary of China’s adoption of reform and opening-up policy.Openness has become a theme of modern China.The19th National Congress of CPC has set out a clear plan to make new grounds in pursuing opening-up on all fronts,which pointed a new direction of the opening-up in the new era.

Strive to Tame Cancer Threat

The gloomy situation of chronic diseases, cancer in particular, is casting a shadow over China＇s glaring economic scenario, with the feeble public health system appearing to offset the rising gross domestic products.

Act in the Spirit of the 15th Congress of the Party and Strive to Promote the Development of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation in Terms of Both Quantity and Quality

China’s foreign trade continued to maintain its development momentum last year througn vigorous promotion of two fundamental changes,spurred by the smooth return of Hong Kong and propelled by the spirit of the 15th Congress of the Communist Party of China. Imports and exports developed steadily。

Strive to Break New Ground In Human Rights Ideas And Theory

Human Rights, the first international journal specializing in human fights in China, has been officially launched. This is something new in the annals of Chinese publishing history and also a mater of importance in the building of human fights theory in China. The launch of the journal is an indicator of China’s steady opening up and social progress and the healthy development of China’s human fights. For a considerably long period of time after the founding of New China, due to the influence of the ultra-

STRIVE TO PREVENT AND CONTROL DIABETES IN CHINA

Resolution on the prevention and control of diabetes was adopted by the World Health Assembly

APEC Strives for Action

The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation tackles climate change and prospects for a regional free trade

Strive to Raise the Level of China's City Planning and Design to Suit the Needs of Development in the New Historical Stage

ⅠKeeping step with the economic re-structuring and the policy of opening tothe outside world,marked progress hasbeen made in China’s urban constructionand great strides have been taken in cityplanning during the ten years and more re-cently.This is manifested in the following5 respects.A.Thanks to the

Strive to Write a New Chapter of High Quality Development

Forge ahead on a new journey and set sail again.At the historical juncture of striving for the"two centenary"goals,the National People’s Congress(NPC)and the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference(CPPCC)formulated a blueprint for economic and social development in the forthcoming five years or even longer.