Tuesday, September 2, 2008
Thursday, May 15, 2008
Wen inspects quake-hit Guangyuan, SW China
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao arrived at Guangyuan City in Southwest China's Sichuan Province Thursday morning.
Wen spent three hours by ship to go to Muyu Township, Qingchuan County, one of the worst-hit area of Guangyuan City to oversee rescue work and visit survivors.
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao greets local people during an inspection tour in Muyu Township of Qingchuan County, one of the worst-hit area of Guangyuan City in Southwest China's Sichuan Province, May 15, 2008. [Xinhua Photo]
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao comforts local people during an inspection tour in Muyu Township of Qingchuan County, one of the worst-hit area of Guangyuan City in Southwest China's Sichuan Province, May 15, 2008. [Xinhua Photo]
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao (L) comforts local people in Muyu Township, Qingchuan County, Southwest China's Sichuan Province, May 15, 2008. [Xinhua Photo]
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao comforts local people during an inspection tour in Muyu Township, Qingchuan County, Southwest China's Sichuan Province May 15, 2008. [Xinhua Photo]
Monday's quake caused more than 1,400 deaths and 10,000 injuries in Qingchuan as of 4 p.m. Wednesday. More than 460 students were once under ruins of a junior middle school building in Muyu Township and about 150 have been rescued till now.
Wen said to disaster relief personnel, including firemen and medics that "the Party and the country thank and the people need you."
"You should be unafraid of difficulties and sacrifices, devoting yourself to rescue the people," he said.
Junior school student Wang Yunxiao, who survived the quake, cried to the premier that their house was crashed, they would soon be out of food, and he could not go to school.
Wen told her that the house would be rebuilt, food would be sent and school would resume too.
Wen said the Party and the country never forgot the remote quake-hit villages. He encouraged local residents to "rise from sorrow, help each other and rebuild home."
He said that "government is concerned about you and will make the utmost efforts to help you. See, a large number of soldiers are coming. Food, water and tents will also come soon."
He also visited journalists at scene reporting the disaster relief work.
He discussed with relative officials about intensifying rescue work on his way back to Guangyuan City.
More than 20,000 quake survivors rescued in SW China
More than 20,000 stranded survivors were rescued in quake-hit Sichuan Province in Southwest China by armed forces on Thursday alone.
Meanwhile, the roads to the epicenter Wenchuan County and worst-hit Beichuan County had been cleared.
As of 10:00 a.m. on Thursday, 64,040 victims had been hospitalized in Sichuan after a massive quick rocked this area. Among them, 12,587 patients were severely injured, Gao Qiang, deputy minister of health, said at a press conference here on Thursday.
Troops were poured into the worst-hit regions to repair roads connecting the epicenter.
As of 9:00 p.m. Thursday, road from Lixian to Wenchuan had been cleared. Three hours earlier, road from Mianzhu to Beichuan, the other worst-hit region, had been cleared.
As of 8:00 a.m. Thursday, more than 130,000 troops were engaged in rescue operations in areas ravaged by the quake.
Also, by Thursday morning, rescuers had reached all 58 counties and towns stricken by Monday's massive quake.
Premier Wen calls for nationwide rescue, relief efforts
Rescue operation and disaster relief for victims in the worst earthquake over decades are of top priority of the nation, and thus require concerted efforts from the whole country, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said Thursday night.
Monday's 7.8-magnitude earthquake that ravaged southwestern Sichuan Province and was felt in most parts of the country was the "most destructive" tremor and had the "most wide-spreading impact" since New China was founded in 1949, Wen said on a meeting of the rescue headquarters under the State Council headed by himself.
It was even more powerful than the Tangshan earthquake in 1976,Wen said. The catastrophe in northern Hebei Province claimed about240,000 lives three decades ago.
He hailed the efficiency and order the country has maintained for the past 80 hours as the country focused its resources on saving lives and disaster relief work for quake victims.
He said the government will stick to its "people-first" policy in its future rescue operations and reconstruction works.
"Saving lives is still our top priority, as long as hope of survival still exists," Wen said, urging that social stability to be maintained.
He warned relevant authorities to pay special attention to the prevention of plagues.
He said supplies of food, medicines, and tents must be ensured.
More than 50,000 people are feared dead in Sichuan alone after Monday's earthquake, with confirmed death toll in the province hitting 19,509 by Thursday afternoon.
Chinese president arrives in Sichuan, premier vows no give-up in saving lives
Chinese President Hu Jintao arrived in Mianyang, a city in quake-hit southwestern Sichuan Province, after more than two hours of flight from Beijing on Friday morning.
During the flight, Hu opened a map, and carefully assessed the quake damage and the progress of relief work with others aboard the plane.
Hu said that after several days of endeavor, the relief work has been comprehensively launched and is proceeding in an "forceful, orderly and effective" way.
However, he said, "The challenge is still daunting, the task is still arduous and the time pressing."
Premier Wen Jiabao (R) greets President Hu Jintao upon Hu's arrival in Mianyang, a city in quake-hit southwestern Sichuan Province, May 16, 2008. President Hu flew to Sichuan Friday morning to console the victims and inspect the rescue and relief work. [Xinhua Photo]
Premier Wen Jiabao greets President Hu Jintao (R) upon Hu's arrival in Mianyang, a city in quake-hit southwestern Sichuan Province, May 16, 2008. [Xinhua Photo]
President Hu Jintao (2nd L) discusses with officials the quake relief work during his flight to the disaster area in Southwest China's Sichuan Province, May 16, 2008. [Xinhua Photo]
Although the "golden relief time", which refers to the 72 hours after an earthquake occurs, has already passed, he said, "Saving lives is still the top priority of our work."
At the same time, he said, "we need to make greater efforts in treating the injured, restoring the transportation, telecommunications and power supply infrastructure in quake-stricken areas and ensure basic living conditions for local residents."
Hu stressed, "Currently, quake relief work has entered into the most crucial phase. We must make every effort, race against time and overcome all difficulties to achieve the final victory of the relief efforts."
At 10:30 a.m. Friday, Hu's plane landed at the airport of Mianyang City.
In the meeting room of the airport, Hu, together with Premier Wen Jiabao who has been in the disaster-hit area since Monday, vice premier Hui Liangyu and vice chairman of Central Military Commission Guo Boxiong, made research and deployment on the quake-relief work.
After that, Hu rushed to Beichuan county by automobile.
Hu, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission (CMC), flew to the quake-hit area to console the victims and inspect the rescue and relief work.
Hu will also visit the troops and medical workers who are engaged in around-the-clock relief efforts in the quake areas.
As of 4 p.m. Thursday, the confirmed death toll in Sichuan alone was 19,509 and more than 50,000 people were feared dead.
Also Friday morning, Premier Wen Jiabao told Chinese media on a train in Sichuan that saving lives remained the top priority almost four days after the quake.
"We won't give up if there is even the slightest hope of finding more survivors," he said.
Wen said the quake was "the biggest and most destructive since new China was founded in 1949," and the quick response had helped reduce casualties to the greatest extent.
The premier vowed "to pour out whatever the country is capable of" to combat the massive disaster and fight till the end.
To move forward with relief work, the country needs confidence, resolution, perseverance and forceful organization work, he said.
"We believe that so long as we rely on the people, the military and the civilians unite together, the officials and the general public unite together, and together we stand, we will surely win this anti-quake battle," Wen stressed.
Wednesday, May 14, 2008
Chinese premier encourages survivors to have confidence in rebuilding their homes
While Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao was reiterating the importance of saving people's lives, he encouraged survivors to have confidence in rebuilding their homes.
On Wednesday morning, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao oversaw the rescue work at Beichuan County, one of the regions worst hit by Monday's massive earthquake,
The death toll in Beichuan is estimated at 3,000 to 5,000, with nearly 10,000 injured.
While inspecting rescue operations in Qushan Township, two kilometers from Beichuan County, Wen met several soldiers who rushed to carry an injured girl. Wen asked people to make way for the girl.
"Time is life," he stressed and urged rescuers to do their utmost to rescue survivors.
In Beichuan Middle School where more than 1,000 people were buried by the toppled buildings, rescuers continued hollering into a megaphone to remind those buried to keep calm.
"This is very important to let them know rescuers are trying to save them," Wen said, "Even though there is only a slim chance of survival, we should not lose hope."
As of Wednesday morning, more than 300 survivors had been evacuated from the school's debris.
Wen visited survivors temporarily settling down in the school playground. "I feel very sorry that you have lost your family members and relatives during the devastating quake," he said.
"But survivors should live on and live an even better life," he said, "When facing with calamity, the most important thing is that we should have determination to combat the disaster and are confident in a better future."
"With our joint efforts, we can build new homes and bring up our children," he said, "Our happy life is the best consolation to the dead."
"I believe we and our descendants will have a better life," he said.
In Qushuan Township, Wen also met several American volunteers.
"On behalf of the Chinese government, I'd like to express my thanks to the Americans for your help," he said.
While answering questions raised by reporters from the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, he also expressed his thanks to Hong Kong compatriots.
Chinese Politburo stresses saving lives first in quake relief
Saving lives should be taken as the top priority during the quake relief after nearly 15,000 confirmed dead, a high profile meeting of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee was told Wednesday.
The meeting of the Political Bureau Standing Committee of the CPC Central Committee, presided over by President Hu Jintao, General Secretary of the CPC Central Committee, urged more army, armed police, firemen and special policemen, as well as medical personnel be rushed to the quake-hit areas.
The meeting called on various government departments to take measures to provide appropriate accommodations to survivors, ensuring that they are well fed, clad and sheltered.
"Attention should be paid to maintain social stability," the meeting was told.
It presses resumption of transportation, electricity, communication and water supply as soon as possible.
A strong quake measuring 7.8 on the Richter scale jolted Wenchuan County in northwest part of Sichuan Province at 2:28 p.m. on Monday. The death toll tallied 14,463 by 4:00 p.m. on Wednesday in Sichuan. Another 14,051 were missing, 25,788 buried in debris, and 64,746 injured.
Tens of thousands of army personnel and armed police have arrived at or are approaching the epicenter to carry out disaster relief work.
As of 3:00 p.m. Wednesday, emergency relief teams sent by the China Seismological Bureau (CSB) and 13 provinces and municipalities had saved 84 survivors in Sichuan.
Disaster relief goods have been airdropped to major quake-hit areas including Wenchuan County and Mianzhu City.
Public donations in both cash and goods to the quake-hit areas had risen to 877 million yuan (125 million U.S. dollars) as of 4 p.m. on Wednesday, updating a previous figure of 603 million yuan, according to the Ministry of Civil Affairs.
Tuesday, May 13, 2008
Chinese, U.S. presidents talk over phone on quake, ties, Tibet
Chinese President Hu Jintao and his U.S. counterpart George W. Bush held a telephone conversation Tuesday, during which they discussed the latest massive earthquake in southwest China, bilateral ties and Tibet.
Bush said the United States expressed deep concerns over the quake in Sichuan province and sympathy toward the Chinese people, and is willing to provide any possible assistance for disaster relief.
Hu extended his thanks to Bush, adding that the Chinese people feel deeply sorrowful about the loss of lives of their compatriots in the strong quake.
The Chinese government is sparing no efforts in disaster relief, rescuing the injured, properly arranging the daily life of the people in the disaster areas so that social order there can be restored as soon as possible, Hu said.
A 7.8-magnitude quake rocked Wenchuan county, 159 km northwest of the Sichuan province's capital of Chengdu, at 2:28 p.m. (0628 GMT) Monday, killing thousands of people in eight affected provinces.
Hu said China-U.S. ties, under the joint efforts of both sides, have moved forward continuously in recent years.
The leaderships of the two countries and officials at other levels have carried out frequent visits, while exchanges and cooperation in various fields have made progress, he added.
Hu expressed hope that the fourth-round China-U.S. strategic economic dialogue next month in Washington will produce positive results.
"I would like to, together with President Bush, make the China-U.S. constructive and cooperative ties develop in a continuous, healthy and steady way," he said,
Hu also outlined China's stance on the Tibet issue. He said the Tibet issue is one of China's internal affairs, and affects the feelings of the Chinese people.
We hope the U.S. side would tackle related issues with an objective and fair-minded attitude and in a cautious and proper way, and understand and support China's justified stance, Hu added.
Hu and Bush also expressed their expectation toward their meetings at the dialogue between G8 and some developing countries in Japan's Hokkaido in July as well as during the Beijing Olympic Games in August.
Chinese FM: British tourists back to Chengdu safe after quake
A group of 31 British tourists have arrived safe in Chengdu, capital of the quake-hit Sichuan Province in southwest China, said Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Qin Gang late Tuesday.
The 31 British tourists encountered the massive quake Monday afternoon on their way back from a tour to Wolong, and all of them finally returned to Chengdu safe without any casualty or injury, with the assistance of the police of Dujiangyan, a city near Chengdu, according to Qin.
Sichuan earthquake death toll exceeds 12,000
A senior official with the Sichuan Provincial government said Tuesday the death toll in the province has exceeded 12,000, and is still rising.
Li Chengyun, vice governor of Sichuan, said at a news conference Tuesday afternoon that the death toll was based on incomplete figures tallied by 4:00 p.m. Tuesday. He said another 26,206 people were injured, and more than 9,400 people are buried in debris.
Li also provided a breakdown of the death toll, including 161 in the Aba Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture, 7,395 in Mianyang City, 2,648 in Deyang City, 959 in the provincial capital Chengdu and 700 in Guangyuan City. Other casualties were reported in cities including Ya'an, Ziyang and the Garze Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture.
The earthquake, which centered on the province's Wenchuan County at 2:28 p.m. Monday, has left the province in chaos. More than 3.46 million houses were wracked, Li said.
Li said he was deeply saddened by the super earthquake. He called on both officials and the masses in Sichuan to fight the disaster and rescue themselves.
Sichuan, China earth quake photos
People try to find their property among the debris of collapsed buildings in Dujiangyan, in southwest China's Sichuan Province, on May 12, 2008.
Rescuers search for students at Juyuan Middle School in Juyuan Township of Dujiangyan City, about 100 kilometers from the epicenter in Wenchuan county of southwest China's Sichuan Province, on May 12, 2008.
Illustration on earthquake of China Sichuan
Rescuers try to save wounded students at Juyuan Middle School in Juyuan Township of Dujiangyan City, about 100 kilometers from the epicenter in Wenchuan county of southwest China's Sichuan Province, on May 12, 2008. Nearly 900 students here were feared buried when a high school building collapsed in the earthquake measuring 7.8 on the Richter scale which jolted Wenchuan County at 2:28 p.m. on Monday. Rescue works were still underway by press time.
Strong aftershock rocks Chengdu
A strong aftershock measuring 6.1 on the Richter scale rocked Chengdu, capital of southwest China's Sichuan Province, around 3:10 p.m. Tuesday.
The epicenter of Tuesday's quake was again in Wenchuan County, said Yin Zhaomin, an official with the China Seismological Bureau.
This was the strongest aftershock after the devastating quake, measuring 7.8 on the Richter scale, hit Wenchuan County, 159 km northwest of Chengdu on Monday afternoon.
Office workers in downtown Chengdu took to the streets again after the quake. Many said they felt clearly the buildings were rocking and bottles toppled.
Experts with the China Earthquake Networks Center said strong aftershocks may still rock Wenchuan, though quakes exceeding 7.8 on the Richter scale are unlikely.
The region, which experts said is historically prone to earthquakes, has suffered more than 1,950 aftershocks in the past 25 hours, including three over 6 on the Richter scale and 14 between 5 and 6.
President Hu orders utmost effort for Sichuan quake victims
President Hu Jintao on Monday ordered all-out efforts to help those affected by a major earthquake measuring 7.8 on the Richter scale that jolted Wenchuan County of southwest China's Sichuan Province at 2:28 p.m. on Monday.
Premier Wen Jiabao was on his way to the area to direct the rescue work.
The Chengdu Military Area Command has dispatched troops to help with disaster relief work in the earthquake-stricken area, military sources said.
Tian Yixiang, officer with the emergency office of the People's Liberation Army (PLA), said the troops will assist local government in Wenchuan county to gauge the current situation and to help with disaster relief work.
A major earthquake measuring 7.8 on the Richter scale jolted Wenchuan at 2:28 p.m. Monday, the State Seismological Bureau said. The epicenter of the quake was located 31.0 degrees north latitude and 103.4 degrees east longitude, the bureau said.
Premier Wen pledges to save more lives when inspecting quake-hit hospital, school
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao has pledged to save as many lives as the rescue teams can in southwest China's Sichuan Province which was hit by a major quake on Monday afternoon.
Wen made the remarks during his inspections at a hospital and a school in Dujiangyan, a city northwest of the provincial capital Chengdu, partly damaged by the quake measuring 7.8 on the Richter scale.
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao has pledged to save as many lives as the rescue teams can in southwest China's Sichuan Province which was hit by a major quake on Monday afternoon. 
The road from Dujiangyan to Wenchuan, epicenter of the quake, was blocked by rock and mud slides, holding up rescue, medical and other disaster relief teams in the city.
"Please just hold on, people are going to get you out of there!" the Premier told the people trapped in the collapsed buildings of the hospital in a loudspeaker.
When comforting patients and medical staffs in the hospital, Wen asked rescuing troops to search every corner for people waiting for salvation and carry out the rescue work in an orderly way.
"If there is a gleam of hope, we will do all the best to save the people," the Premier vowed at a middle school of Juyuan town, adding that the rescuing team would not rest until the last one under the ruin wassaved.
Chinese Pemier Wen Jiabao (2nd R) speaks to buried people at a ruined hospital in Dujiangyan city of southwest China's Sichuan Province May 12, 2008. Premier Wen flew into southwest China's Sichuan Province on Monday.
"The medical experts are coming, the rescuing planes will land soon," Wen told people crying for help in the school, "I was told many trapped people have hopes to survive from the disaster."
He made a three-time bow to pay his respect to the bodies of the people killed by the quake laid on the school's square, saying that he was very depressed.
Premier Wen told officials at the temporary headquarters for disaster relief in Dujiangyan that roads to Wenchuan should be recovered as soon as possible at all costs.
"The road is the key for the relief work since we can only know the situation there when we can send peopleand we can only transport the injured out when the road is clean," Wen said.
China Sichuan quake death toll rises to 9,219
The death toll from a Monday earthquake in Southwest China's Sichuan Province has climbed to 9,219, according to the Ministry of Civil Affairs.
The 7.8-magnitude quake has left 9,219 people dead in eight affected provinces and municipality including Sichuan, Gansu, Shaanxi, Chongqing, Yunnan, Shanxi, Guizhou and Hubei, the ministry said in a release issued at 7 a.m. Tuesday.
Of the killed, 8,993 were in Sichuan, 132 in Gansu, 85 in Shaanxi, eight in Chongqing and one in Yunnan, the ministry said.
The Sichuan provincial seismological bureau said more than 1,180 tremors up to six magnitude have been recorded as of 5:00 a.m. on Tuesday.
Government in Shifang City of Deyang City, where a major chemical leak happened after the quake, said about 600 people died, including 81 students. As many as 2,300 people are still buried, in which 920 are students.
In Anxian County of Mianyang City, about 500 people died, and 85 percent of the houses in rural areas collapsed.
Dozens of military vehicles are heading to Beichuan County, where officials said about 80 percent of the buildings collapsed.
Escaped villagers said the old town of Beichuan was tightly covered by giant swaths of debris slides, and the new town also suffered grave damages, particularly kindergartens, primary and middle schools, and vocational schools.
The rescuers were stranded about 10 kilometers from the county.
Rocks slid down the mountains and piled upon boulders the size of a house which already jammed up the road sections.
Local villagers said the rocks came down in scary roaring noises when the quake occurred. They warned that it was very dangerous to move ahead, as the rock slides could push the vehicles down the hill and straight into a river that runs in the valley.
People stay outdoors in Mianzhu, some 60 km away from Wenchuan County, Southwest China's Sichuan Province, May 13, 2008. [Xinhua Photo]
Rescuers work in Dujiangyan City of Southwest China's Sichuan Province, May 13, 2008. [Xinhua Photo]
Over 16,000 soldiers join in disaster relief after Sichuan quake
As of 6:30 a.m. Tuesday, 16,760 Chinese soldiers have joined in disaster relief efforts after a major earthquake jolted southwest China's Sichuan Province Monday afternoon.
China will also send 20 military planes to transport armed forces and armed police to the quake-hit areas, according to the military emergency response office on Tuesday.
Additional 34,000 armed forces from the Jinan and Chengdu military commands are advancing towards the disaster-hit regions by planes, trains, and trucks, and on foot.
A rescue team composed of 227 military medical staffs and seismologists arrived in Dujiangyan City, northwest of Sichuan's capital Chengdu earlier Tuesday morning.
The epicenter of the quake, measuring 7.8 on the Richter scale, is located 31 degrees north latitude and 103.4 degrees east longitude.
The road from Dujiangyan, a city northwest of the provincial capital Chengdu, to Wenchuan, the epicenter, was blocked by rocks and mud slides, holding up rescue, medical and other disaster relief teams, a witness said via mobile phone.
Premier Wen Jiabao asked military personnel waiting in the city to enter into the area as soon as possible even if they had to walk to Wenchuan.
The earlier the troops arrived, the more lives they could save, he said.
1,300 rescuers reach epicenter of major quake
Some 1,300 rescue and relief troops arrived for the first time at Wenchuan County, the epicenter of Monday's major quake, and started operations in rain.
The military doctors and soldiers have started to search for survivors and treat injured people at the Yinxiu County of Wenchuan, 20 kilometers from Dujiangyan city.
The road from Dujiangyan, a city northwest of the provincial capital Chengdu, to Wenchuan, the epicenter, was blocked by rocks and mud slides, holding up rescue, medical and other disaster relief teams.
Tuesday morning, Premier Wen Jiabao ordered to remove barriers and open up roads to epicenter before 12 p.m. Tuesday after a strong earthquake jolted southwest China's Sichuan Province Monday afternoon.
Soldiers from the Chengdu Military Command have chosen to walk to the areas with heaviest damage inflicted by the quake last night.
About 700 soldiers will soon arrive at Maoxian County and 3,000soldiers will arrive at Wenchuan County, according to sources with the Chengdu Military Command.
At 4:00 a.m. Tuesday, a 85-member medical team from the Aba military region have arrived at Lixian County after six hour walk of 32 kilometers.
The 7.8-magnitude quake, which occurred in Wenchuan Monday afternoon. A total of 9,219 people were be killed in eight affected provinces and municipality including Sichuan, Gansu, Shaanxi, Chongqing, Yunnan, Shanxi, Guizhou and Hubei, the ministry of civil affairs said in a release issued at 7 a.m.
President Hu: quake relief government's top priority
Chinese leader Hu Jintao urged governments at all levels to regard earthquake rescue and relief as the top priority at a high profile meeting late Monday evening.
Hu, state President and General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC), presided over the meeting of the Political Bureau Standing Committee of the Central Committee of the CPC. The meeting called on the army, armed police and paramilitary forces, as well as medical personnel to go to the quake-hit areas as soon as possible, and mount all-out efforts to save the injured and reduce the impact caused by the havoc.
Monday's quake measuring 7.8 on the Richter scale jolted Wenchuan County, Sichuan Province in southwest China at 2:28 p.m., resulting in nearly 9,000 deaths reported so far. Tremors were also reported in over half of China's provinces and municipalities, according to the China Seismological Bureau.
The meeting demanded sufficient supply of food, medicine, clothes and tents to the quake-hit areas and that telecommunication, power and water supplies and transportation access must be restored as soon as possible.
Local governments should keep a close watch on the latest development of the earthquake and its aftershocks, and guard against earthquake-induced disasters causing new casualties.
Those who spread rumors to sabotage disaster relief work would be dealt with according to China's laws and regulations.
The meeting decided to set up a disaster relief headquarters with Premier Wen Jiabao as head, and Li Keqiang and Hui Liangyu, both vice premiers, as deputy heads.
The meeting called on all party members in the quake-hit areas to devote themselves to protect the interests of the public on the front line of disaster relief work.
Wednesday, May 7, 2008
China says it is able to maintain stable grain supply and price
China is able to guarantee stable domestic food supply and keep prices level, as the country has abundant grain reserves, said the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) Tuesday.
In March, international rice prices rose to their highest level in 19 years, and wheat prices rocketed to a 28-year peak. At the same time, China's domestic grain prices only reported mild increases, up 5.7 percent in January and 6 percent in February.
"China's grain output reached 500 billion kilograms in 2007, 70 billion kilograms more than that of 2003. The total production of rice, wheat and maize surpassed 450 billion kilograms in 2007," said the NDRC on its website.
Official figures showed that the country's output of rice, the most important stable food, topped 185 billion kilograms last year, slightly more than the domestic consumption volume between 180 to 185 billion kilograms.
The country's current ratio of grain reserves to consumption is higher than the 17 to 18 percent level, which is regarded as a safe minimum for global stocks, said the NDRC, the country's top economic planning agency.
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said in April the country has abundant grain reserves standing at 150 million to 200 million tonnes.
The central government vowed this year to spend more than 562 billion yuan (80.1 billion U.S. dollars) to support farms and the rural sector, 130.7 billion yuan more than last year.
The government decided in March to spend another 25.25 billion yuan in addition to this year's rural budget, mainly to subsidize farmers' purchase of seed, diesel, fertilizers and other production materials.
The government raised the lowest state purchasing prices for rice and wheat by the end of March, with lowest state purchasing price for rice up 0.14 yuan per kilogram, the second such move since February.
The Ministry of Railways last month ordered railway authorities in the northeast provinces to improve efficiency and send 10 million tonnes of grains out of the grain-rich northeast to the south from May 1 to June 30, in a bid to ease supply imbalances and stem price rises.
The northeast of China, namely the Heilongjiang, Jilin and Liaoning provinces, contributes 16.6 percent of the national grain output, or 83.1 billion kilograms annually.
The country this year has decided to strictly control grain export to ensure domestic supply and fight inflation, abolishing tax rebates, levying temporary duties and imposing quotas on the export of some grain products like rice and wheat.
Beijing imposes broader smoking ban ahead of Olympics
BEIJING, May 1 (Xinhua) -- In effort to create a smoke-free Olympics, Beijing on Thursday expanded its non-smoking policy in more public places to cover a range of areas from hotels to parks.
Following a regulation implemented in 1996, the measures have been expanded to include fitness centers, cultural relic sites, offices, meeting rooms, dining halls, toilets, and aisles and lifts in buildings belonging to government or private institutions.
In addition, restaurants, Internet cafes, parks, waiting halls in airports, railway stations and coach stations are also required to provide separate smoking and non-smoking areas.
Hotels were told to offer smoke-free rooms or floors, but the regulations didn't specify the proportion.
People caught smoking in forbidden areas will be fined 10 yuan (1.4 U.S. dollars), while enterprises and institutions that violate the rule face fines ranging between 1,000 yuan and 5,000 yuan.
Local authorities will dispatch about 100,000 inspectors to check the enforcement of the rule.
Before the new regulation, the capital had previously banned smoking in hospitals, kindergartens, schools, museums, sports venues and other places.
From Oct. 1 last year, it also banned smoking in the city's 66,000 taxis. It imposed a fine of between 100 yuan and 200 yuan on drivers if they were caught smoking in cabs.
China has pledged a non-smoking and green Olympics. The upcoming Games will be the first non-smoking Olympics since the implementation of the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC), of which China was a signatory, went into effect in 2005.
Beijing health officials said the smoking ban in public places were designed not just for the Olympics, but as a long-term campaign to promote health. Local authorities were also considering upgrading the existing regulations to a law in future.
"Smoking areas in public places will eventually be abolished in the city," said Zhang Peili of the Beijing Municipal Legislative Affairs Office.
About 350 million people in China smoke, Ministry of Health statistics show. That is about 26 percent of the country's population and a third of the world's smokers. About 1 million people die from smoking-related diseases in the country annually.
As high as 90 percent of the Chinese public applauded Beijing's smoking ban in public places, according to a recent survey by the China Youth Daily and sina.com.cn.
The survey, covering 5,482 netizens, also revealed that 52 percent of smokers agreed with the ban, while 37 percent opposed.
"Of course, smoking shouldn't be allowed in public places. We non-smokers need more fresh air," said a local resident surnamed Wang.
Guangzhou to build 2500 hotspots in 2008
It was learned at a recently held Guangzhou Government Informationization Work Meeting that the city will take the opportunity to build a National Information Demonstration City network pushing forward the integration of informationization and industrialization and building an “Informationized Guangzhou The informationization in Guangzhou will focus mainly the construction and application of a “Wireless City (Urban wireless broadband network)”, improvements to further the service levels of the “international information hub”, work to establish 2500 hotspots within the “Wireless City” concept covering all the public areas in Guangzhou so as to facilitate public access to the net, allowing internet users to go shopping, attend education courses and get entertainment online.
Besides the construction of such projects as a Video Monitoring System to ensure Dynamic Public Security, a Social Security Information System, a Guangzhou Supercomputer Center, a Government Information Sharing Platform, a Digital version of the Asian Games, Digital City Planning, and more, Guangzhou will also further boost the concept of E-government, social informationization and, finally, enterprise informationization.
In addition, authorities will also vigorously develop strategically advanced manufacturing industries such as flat panel display companies and those producing integrated circuits, they will push the construction of Guangzhou’s digital home industrial innovation and application and demonstration base forward faster, speed up the construction of the third party electronic commerce platform, the Southern modern logistic information platform, the e-commerce systems of professional markets, the state mobile e-commerce pilot project, the Guangzhou and Hong Kong Information service cooperation and host the China (Guangzhou) IT Week program. Too, the Asia Flat Panel Display Industry Expo, China Digital Home Summit Forum, and Guangzhou and Hong Kong IT Industrial Summit Forum and others will be supported building them into a world famous IT conference and exhibition brand.
Olympic Torch Relay in Guangzhou
The Olympic Torch Relay in Guangzhou starts this morning at 8:15 when the provincial Party Chief Wang Yang passed the sacred fire to Yang Jinghui, the first torch bearer of the Guangzhou Relay and the gold medal winner in the synchronized 10 metre platform diving in 2004 Athens Olympic Games.
Altogether 208 torch bearers will run over 40 km today, passing the Baiyun Mountain, Guangzhou Art Museum, Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall, Chen’s Clan, Beijing Road, Haizhu Bridge, Haiyin Park, Embassy Square, Guangzhou Bridge, Zhujiang New Town and Guangzhou Tianhe Sports Center. The relay will end at the Tianhe Sports Center at 6 pm, following by a grand ceremony and show.
The final torch bearer in Guangzhou will be Dong Zhaozhi, Silver Medal in Men’s Team Foil at the Athens 2004 Olympic Games. Both Yang and Dong are Guangzhou native.
Besides the two former Olympic winners, the torch bearers in Guanghzou includes representatives from all walks of life and are expected to disseminate the Olympic spirit throughout the city.
Torchbearer Yang Jinghui shows the torch during the launching ceremony of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games torch relay in Guangzhou, capital of south China's Guangdong Province, on May 7, 2008. (Xinhua Photo)
Torchbearer Yang Jinghui runs with the torch during the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games torch relay in the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou Wednesday morning, May 7, 2008. (Xinhua Photo)
Torchbearer Yang Jinghui (R) lights the torch for the next torchbearer Liu Jiangnan during the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games torch relay in the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou Wednesday morning, May 7, 2008. (Xinhua Photo)
People cheer for the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games torch relay in Guangzhou, capital of south China's Guangdong Province, on May 7, 2008.
Map of Torch Relay in Guangzhou
Olympic torch relay in Shenzhen adjusts schedule with flame in final assault at Mt. Qomolangma
The Beijing Olympic torch relay in south China boomtown Shenzhen will kick off later then previously scheduled as Chinese mountaineers carrying the sacred flame started to launch a final assault to the top of Mt. Qomolangma earlier on Thursday.
The Shenzhen relay, previously scheduled to start Thursday morning, has been reset to launch at noon, after an expected success in reaching the world's highest peak, announced here the Beijing Organizing Committee of the Olympic Games (BOCOG) in a statement.
No changes have been made on the relay route in Shenzhen, but with less hours expected to use, added the BOCOG.
The relay will start from the Shimin Guangchang, or the People's Square, and finish at the western square of the city stadium. It will also pass by landmarks such as the Window of the World, Red Forest Park and the city's highest skyscraper Diwang building.
The distance run by each torchbearer will be shortened from 200 meters to 100, or the torch will be carried by two bearers together in a run of 200 meters, according to the statement.
Climbers carrying the Olympic flame are expected to reach the top of Mt. Qomolangma at around 9 a.m. (0200 GMT).
Olympic flame atop Mt. Qomolangma
Chinese climbers display flags at the top of the 8844.43-meter summit of Mt. Qomolangma in southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region on May 8, 2008.(Xinhua Photo)
Norbu Zhamdu (L) lights the Olympic torch of the first torchbearer Gegyi with a kindling at the top of the 8844.43-meter summit of Mt. Qomolangma in southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region on May 8, 2008. (Xinhua Photo)
Chinese climbers cheer with flags at the top of the 8844.43-meter summit of Mt. Qomolangma in southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region on May 8, 2008. (Xinhua Photo)
Chinese climbers display an Olympic torch, an Olympic flame lantern, a flag of International Olympic Committee, a Chinese National flag and a flag of the 29th Olympic Games at the top of the 8844.43-meter summit of Mt. Qomolangma in southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region on May 8, 2008.(Xinhua Photo)
TV grab from May 8, 2008 shows the Chinese climbers spurt to the top of Mt. Qomolangma, at about the altitude of 8,800 meters in southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region. Chinese climbers carrying the Olympic flame will reach the top of Mt. Qomolangma Thursday morning. (Xinhua Photo)
TV grab from May 8, 2008 shows Chinese climbers spurting to the top of Mt. Qomolangma, at about the altitude of 8,800 meters in southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region.(Xinhua Photo)
Graphics shows the route on the north slope along which the Beijing Olympic flame is to be carried to Mt. Qomolangma.(Xinhua Photo)
This picture taken on May 7, 2008 shows tents at the Attack Camp of Mt. Qomolangma, at the altitude of 8,300 meters in southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region. Chinese mountaineers will carry the Beijing Olympic flame to the top of Mt. Qomolangma on May 8, an official of the Beijing Olympics organizing committee announed at the Base Camp of Mt. Qomolangma on May 7. (Xinhua/Luo Shen)
The Beijing Olympic flame reached the top of Mt. Qomolangma at 9:18 am Beijing time Thursday.
The last of the five torchbearers, Cering Wangmo, hoisted the sacred flame at the world's highest summit.
The relay on Mt. Qomolangma started with female climber Gyigyias the first bearer and Wang Yongfeng as the second. A dozen of climbers celebrated at the 8,844-meter summit, holding the Chinese national flag, the Beijing Olympic flag and the five-ring Olympic flag.
"Long live Beijing!" shouted one climber. Beijing organizers postponed the main torch relay, which isre-scheduled to start in the southern city of Shenzhen Thursday noon.
The Qomolangma flame will be reunited with the main flame later in the relay.
Olympic torch lit at Mt. Qomolangma
The Beijing Olympic torch was ignited by Norbu Zhamdu at 9:12 am local time on Mt. Qomolangma on Thursday.
A 30-meter relay on the world's highest peak has started with female climber Gyigyi as the first bearer and Wang Yongfeng as the second.
Captain Nyima Cering was the third bearer. "One World, OneDream," he shouted.
Olympic flame reaches 8,800 meters
The Beijing Olympic flame has reached 8,800 meters of the 8,844-meter Mt. Qomolangma.
Final climbers to top of Mt. Qomolangma
Following are the members of the Attack Team of climbers carrying the Beijing Olympic flame to the top of Mt. Qomolangma:
Captain: Nyima Cering
Deputy captain: Luo Shen
Members:
Dagguang
Gyigyi
Cering Wangmo
Li Fuqing
Huang Chungui
Yuan Fudong
Norbu Zhamdu
Ngawang Chagxi
Chagxi Cering
Purbu Toinzhub
Backup team:
Captain: Celo
Members:
Wang Yongfeng
Deqen Ngoezhub
Cedain Jigme
Painba Toinzhub
Yan Dongdong
Loze
Beijing Olympic torch relay in Sanya concludes
SANYA, South China, May 4 (Xinhua) -- The Beijing Olympic torch relay in south China's Sanya concluded at the senic spot of TianyaHaijiao on Sunday.
Pop star Jackie Chan and Pu Huifang, head of a small town in Sanya, who run as the last torchbearers, kindled the cauldron at 5:56 p.m. local time, prompting loud cheers and applauses from the spectators.
The torch relay started from the Phoenix Island, passing the Crown of Beauty Center, Haiyue Square of Sanya Gulf and Haihong Square. A total of 208 torchbearers from all works of life run through the 30.09-kilometer route.
During the torch relay, tens of thousands local people lined the route, chanting support for the Beijing Olympic Games. The Olympic "five-ring" flags and red flags laid all over the sidewalk along the route.
This was the first leg of the Beijing Olympic torch relay in the Chinese mainland. The sacred flame will go to Wuzhishan city on Monday.
China, Japan sign joint statement on all-round promotion of strategic, mutually beneficial relations
TOKYO, May 7 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Hu Jintao and Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda signed here Wednesday a Sino-Japanese joint statement on all-round promotion of strategic and mutually beneficial relations.
The statement includes the following points.
On bilateral relations, both countries agree that China and Japan play significant roles and bear solemn responsibilities in maintaining world peace, stability and development. Long-term peace and friendly cooperation between them is the only choice for the two countries.
On the political basis for the stable growth of their relations, both sides reaffirm that they will adhere to the principles set forth in the three political documents, namely the Sino-Japanese Joint Statement, the Treaty of Peace and Friendship between the People's Republic of China and Japan and the Sino-Japanese Joint Declaration, which form the political basis for the stable development of the Sino-Japanese relations.
On the Sino-Japanese strategic and mutually beneficial relations, the two sides are determined to promote mutual understanding and trust, expand cooperation of mutual benefit to open up a new prospect for their strategic and mutually beneficial relations.
On their partnership for cooperation, the two countries believe that they are cooperation partners, with neither side posing threat to the other. Both countries reaffirm that they will support each other in its peaceful development.
On the Taiwan issue, Japan reiterates that it will adhere to its stance declared in the Japanese-Sino Joint Statement.
On bilateral cooperation, the two sides decide to open dialogue and establish cooperation framework in enhancing political mutual trust, promoting human and cultural exchange, strengthening cooperation of mutual benefit, contributing to the development in Asia and Pacific and join hands in tackling global issues.
Friday, April 25, 2008
Zhuhai Yindo Hotel
The Yindo Hotel is strategically located at the Zhuhai Commercial Center and adjacent to Macau. The hotel is a joint-venture Cooperate Hotel set up by the Bank of China, occupying an area of 23, 893 square meters and a floor space of over 60, 000 square meters. The grand opening was held on August 28, 1988. Being the first 5-star hotel in the city, the hotel offers over 300 gracefully decorated rooms and a level of personal care and attention that makes it a favorite choice for both business and leisure traveler alike. It also provides 6 restaurants, 11 conference halls and well equipped entertainment facilities to ensure all guests a comfortable and convenient stay. The traditional Cuisine and the Huntress%26#39; Grill sample elegant Western meals in European style.
Memo: Check out 12 noon.
Unless upon request, the hotel will only keep the reservation till 18:00.
Weekend and holiday only keep till 16:00.
unless upon special request.
Rates may be subject to surcharge during peak periods.
Above rate includes service charge.
West breakfast: RMB40 per person.
Extra bed : RMB200 per bed.
Address: East Road of Gong Bei Yue Hai, Zhuhai
- Guangdong Regency Hotel
The Guangdong Regency Hotel is located in Zhuhai City, in Southern China - an attractive seaside city bordering Macau. It is situated on Yuehai Road East, a business and commercial center of the city. The two skyscrapers, connected by an overpass bridge, present an imposing appearance. A wise saying ...
- Haoting Commercial Hotel
Haoting Commercial Hotel (Haotingshangwu Jiudian) is a three-star hotel in Zhuhai, which is built according to international standards. The hotel has 18 floors, with 145 rooms, including superior room, executive suite, and deluxe suite.All are equipped with modern facilities such as air conditioning ...
- Hotel Jumbo
The Hotel Jumbo, Zhuhai is located in Xiawan, Gongbei. It is about 2-minutes from the Customs examination building and 30-minutes from Zhuhai airport and close to the flourishing commercial district of Gongbei. It has gathered the marrow of Western European classical architecture and modern design d ...
- Nanhai Oil (Zhuhai) hotel
Nanhai Oil (Zhuhai) hotel is a unique apartment hotel for a business travel or family vacation in Zhuhai City. The hotel is by the mountainside with gardenesque environment of 78, 000 square meters in area. If you stay here, you will entirely experience a nice feeling in the natural life.The hotel i ...
- Nanyang Seascape Hotel Zhuhai
The Hotel is located in the flourishing Gongbei District, Zhuhai. Facing the beautiful Chinese South Sea, nearby the Macau. As a 4-star hotel with international deluxe level, the hotel is a combination of travel, relaxation and business. ...
- Paradise Hill Hotel
The hotel located at the southern estuary of the Zhujiang Delta in Guangdong Province, Zhuhai has an advantageous setting between the two Special Administrative Regions, Macau to the south and Hong Kong to the east across the South China Sea. The city boasts a amiable climate, beautiful beaches and ...
- Popoko Hotel
Located in the Gongbei District of Zhuhai city, facing the sea, the Popoko Hotel (Bubugaodajiudian) is a three star hotel with beautiful surroundings. Only 200 meters awayfrom the customs gate to Macau, about 30 km from the Zhuhai Airport, 15 minutes%26#39; drive tothe Jiuzhou Port by taxi, 1 hour%2 ...
Thursday, April 24, 2008
The Jingzhen Octagonal Pavilion
The Octagonal Pavilion is situated on a hill in Jingzhen Village, in the county of Menghai, Yunnan Province, which is about 87 kilometers (54 miles) away from the city of Jinghong. It represents the superb craftsmanship of the Dai Minority in both construction and decoration. The half-timbered pavilion was built in 1707 and was originally used as a Buddhist meeting chamber. It is said that the pavilion was constructed in honor of Sakymuni by the Dai Buddhists. The construction is over 20 meters (65.6 feet) high and composed of three parts: the base, the body and the roof; appearing in octagonal splendor. On every metope of the sides are exquisitely carved relievo in patterns of animals, such as elephants, lions and tigers. Inside the pavilion are twenty-four walls with many kinds of gilded pictures. There are four doors with beautifully designed pictures reflecting a distinct ethnical characteristic. Above the vaulted frontispiece is a niche where is enshrined a figure of Buddha. The exterior surface of the pavilion is enchased and studded with numerous small pieces of mirrors and colored glass which makes the pavilion flickeringly beautiful. The roof comprises ten layers of eaves ranging in degressive sizes from the bottom up. The roofs are found to be elaborately decorated, and the surfaces are covered with delicately-designed glazed tiles in the shape of scales. There are figuline flowers and pagodas ornamented on the fastigiums and each tip of the horn decorated with figurine sculptures. At the pinnacle, the roof covers a baldachin in the shape of lotus, and a long mast with lots of wind-bells stands high on it. These melodious sounds drifting on the gentle breeze will make you feel relaxed and happy. With a history of more than 300 years, the Octagonal Pavilion has undergone several renovations, still stands firmly with great elegance and grace. It was put onto the list of major historic and cultural sites under state protection in 1988. Admission Fee: CNY 10 (individual) CNY 5 (group up to 10 guests)
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Saturday, April 19, 2008
GuangZhou Watch Market of China
GuangZhou Watch Market is the largest watch trading center in China. Even in the world. It has been running more than 20 years since 1987. It becomes the most important watch trading market in China and around the world. There are thousands of branded watch wholesalers,watch fittings and accessories manufacturers,suppliers on the best qualty famous watch like Rolex|Omega|Constantin|Tissot|Titoni|Patek Philippe|Breiting and so on.!
GuangZhou Watch Market is located in ZhanXi Road,Yue Xiu District in Guangzhou City. It is made up of 9 installments, which were set up by different periods. They are called Southern Trade Center of Horologe|ZhanXi KowLoon Watch Center|Southern Watch Trade Centre|East Watch City|MongKok International Watch Center|New KowLoon Watch Center|West Station Clock and Watch City|XX Watch city|SanYi Watch city
There are more than 3000 companies engage in wholesale business of watches and watch fittings and accessories in Guangzhou watch market. They are from all parts of China. Some of them are famous manufacturers in China and around the world. You can find multitudinous fittings at a low cost, International Transportation companies, Import and Export companies and developed ability of traffic. All these conditions supply advantage for the developement of the market. In this market, there are the most styles, the newest designs and the best price! It's the optimal watch and clock market in the world!
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GuangZhou Hotels List
We list some hotels in Guangzhou here, it will helpful for you to trip to Guangzhou, for travel and for Canton Fair
- Guang Dong Hotel
The Hotel is situated on Changti Road, facing the Pearl River.
- Guang Sha Hotel
Guangsha Hotel is under the charge of Guangsha Hotel management co.
- Guangdong Foreign Business Club %26 Hote
The Guangdong Foreign Businessmen Club %26 Hotel is a luxurious hotel located in the city center of Guangzhou.
- Guangdong Shamian Hotel
Located on Guangzhou Shamian Island, facing the White Swan Hotel, the 2-star level Guangdong Shamian Hotel is easily accessible.
- Guangdong Victory Hotel
Located on the charming historical Shamian Island ---- an oasis of tranquility in this busy city, Guangdong Victory Hotel boasts an enthanting and peaceful environment, embodying the essence of Greek and Baroque architecture.
- Guangzhou Civil Aviation Hotel
Guangzhou Civil Aviation Hotel has 105 deluxe guest rooms, each business suite deploys massage bathtub except for the basic configuration; More than 10 different style of B%26F passenger compartments as well as wide and bright Banquet Hall that can seat up to over 400 persons simultaneously; And three conference rooms contains near 200 persons.
- Guangzhou Fu Hao Hotel
The Hotel is located near central Guangzhou, near the Beijing Road shopping area.
- Guangzhou Grand China Hotel
The Hotel is the gateway to the bustling district and is within walking distance of the Subway Entrance, Guangzhou Book Selling Center, Tianhe Sports Complex, Tianhe Shopping Mall and various government offices.
- Guangzhou He Yuan Building
Guangzhou He Yuan Building locates at the central business area of Guangzhou -- No.
- Guangzhou Huaxia Apartment
Rest with business landscape is located along the river, park extends to a mature merchants, Germany, next walk Passing regional and Haizhu Square.
- Guangzhou Overseas Chinese Hotel
The Overseas Chinese Hotel is conveniently located close to the Trade Fair Center (Liu Hua Road), Guangzhou Train Station, Airport Express, and the Fashion %26 Decoration Wholesale Market.
- Guangzhou Parkview Square
The Parkview Square Hotel (Yuexiu tian%26#39;an dasha) is ideally located in the Yue Xiu District, a prosperous section in the heart of Guangzhou%26#39;scommercial district, close to the major tourist attraction-Yue Xiu Park.
- HanFeng International Hotel
HanFeng International Hotelislocated in the CBD of TianHe Bei Road No.
- Hotel Canton
The Hotel is a 4-star hotel located on Beijing Road, the most famous shopping and business center of Guangzhou.
- Hotel Landmark
Hotel Landmark Canton is located beside the Haizhu Plaza in the riverside of Pearl River, and from some guest rooms you can enjoy beautiful river-view.
- Jianghe Hotel
Jianghe Hotel is situated at 31 Tianshou Road, Tianhe District, Guangzhou, very close to the East Railway Station, the Tianhe Sports Center and the CITIC Plaza; adjacent to the Tiahe Shopping Center, he Tianhe Computer and the Grandview Plaza; within about 8 minutes%26#39; drive from the Pazhou GECF Hall, the Liuhua GECF Hall and the Railway Station.
- Jinying Hotel
Jin Ying Hotel-a modern multifunctional hotel, which is located in the most prosperous section of Huan Shi Road.
- King Garden Hotel
King Garden Hotel, a four-star standard hotel, is close to the Friendship Store, Huanshi Road Business District, TaoJin Shopping Area and Luhu Park.
- Landsman Hotel
Luxury is a word we take seriously at the Guangzhou Landsman Hotel Guangzhou.
China Guangzhou Canton Fair Hotel Price Reference
If you are interested in making a reservation for any hotel listed here, just click on the reservation button, fill out the form, and we will be be more than happy make a temporary reservation for you right away. Our staff will then contact you for payment to guarantee the room reservations, as this is the pre-payment policy of hotel in China. Please Note that during the Canton Fair, all hotels in Guangzhou require advance payments in full to guarantee room reservaton. Otherwise, the hotel still hold the right to release the room without prior Notification. Also, during this period, all payments made in advance will not be subject to any refund, all reservations not cancellable, and all scheduled check-in and check-out dates and time not changeable.
Star Hotel Name - Price Braekfast Location
5 Asia International Hotel $98--$615 N No. 326, Huanshi Dong Road
5 Chime Long Hotel ---- N Yingbin Road, Panyu
5 China Hotel ---- N Liu Hua Lu Guangzhou
5 Dongfang Hotel ￥2995 N 120 liu Hua Rd
5 Foshan Hotel $120--$350 Y No.75 South-Fenjiang Road
5 Garden Hotel $198--$654 N 368 Huansi Dong Road
5 Guangdong International Hotel $120--$438 Y 339 Huansi Dong Road
5
H. J. Grand Hotel
$70--$200
Y
No. 339, Yingbin Road
5 Hotel Silverland $89--$105 Y HuangCun Dist., Dongguan
5 Nanyang King's Gate Hotel ￥1962 Y No. 38, Xinghua Rd., Tianhe Dist.
5 Nanyang Royal Hotel Guangzhou $150--$304 N No.11 TianFu Road,Tianhe District
5 Tianlun International Hotel ---- Y Tianhe 172 Linhe Zhong Road
5 White Swan Hotel ￥1900--4000 N Liwan 1 Southern Street
Star Hotel Name Price Breakfast Location
4 Bai Yun Hotel --- N 367 Huan Shi Dong Road
4 Country Garden Holiday Resorts Shunde
---- Y Yushan Rd., ZhongCun PuYu Town
4 Globelink Hotel ---- N 208, Yuexiu Nan Road
4 Guangdong Guest House $857--$240 Y Beijing Rd .Shopping Street
4 Guangzhou Hotel ￥700--3350 N No. 374 Beijing Road, Guangzhou,
4 Hotel Landmark Canton ---- ---- 8 Qiao Guang Road Haizhu Plaza
4 IT. World Hotel $80--$210 N 20 Keyun Road, Tianhe Dist.
4 Landmark International Hotel ---- N 39-49 Linle Rd. Tianhe dist.,
4 Landsman Hotel $89--$353 N 111, Liuhua Road
4 Liuhua Hotel $130--$325 N 194 Huansi Xi Road
4 Mandarin Hotel $100-$425 Y 618 Middle of Guangzhou Ave.,
4 Parkview Square Hotel $95--$580 Y 960 Jie Fang Bei Road
4 Ramada Pearl Hotel ￥874--3623 Y 9 Ming Yue Yi Road, Guangzhou
4 Raystar Hotel ---- Y No. 95 Chepi Road, Tianhe District
4 Rosedale Hotel & Suite ￥1650--2650 Y 348 Jiang Nan Da Road Central
4
Waking Town Hotel $85--$185
Y
368 Zhongshan Avenue,Tianhe District, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province
4 Warm YES Hotel ---- N 468 Xingang Rd. (M), Haizhu Dist.
Star Hotel Name Price Breakfast Location
3
Colorful Days Hotel $80--$145
Y
Dongdu Great World, No. 475 of Huanshidonglu
3 Furama Hotel $45--$196 N No. 316 Changdi Road
3 Grand China Hotel $65--$205 N 108 Tianhe Road, Guangzhou
3 Guangxuan Hotel $102--$165 Y 9 Lijiao Zhenxing St., Haizhu Dist.,
3 Guangzhou Haitao Hotel $60--$125 N 208-210 Huangpu Da Dao Xi Rd,
3 Guo Tai Hotel $145--$245 N No. East 376 Huan Shi Road
3 New Tianhe Hotel $105--$155 N No.178 Tiyu Rd., Tianhe Dist.
3
Hotel Elan $65--$251
N
No.32 Zhan Qian Heng Road, GuangZhou, China
3 Nanfang Yiyuan Hotel $65--$214 Y 8 Nanda Rd., Yingbin Ave., Panyu Dist
3 Pazhou Conference Hotel $70--$220 Y 6-10, East Xingang Rd., Haizhu Dist.
3 Wanhao Hotel $60--$150 N No 141-143 Huangpu Avenue
3 Weiba (Xiang Jiang) Hotel $130--$265 N 183 W. Huan Shi Xi Rd
3 Yun Lai Hotel $63--$212 N 1 Lian Hedong St., E. Jichang Rd
Star Hotel Name Price Breakfast Location
2 Baigong Hotel $55--$107 N No.17 Ren Min Nan Lu
2
Guangdong Hotel $85
Y
No.309 Dongfengzhong Road, Guangzhou, China
2 Wanma Hotel $45--$106 Y No.268 Jiangyan Road Haizhu District,Guangdong
Friday, April 18, 2008
China to Tighten Monetary Policy in 2008
China will shift its monetary policy "from prudent to tight" in 2008, to prevent its economy from overheating and to try to contain accelerating inflation, according to the three-day 2007 Central Economic Work Conference concluded on Wednesday.
The conference, an annual event initiated more than a decade ago, serves as a crucial mechanism for the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and the State Council, the cabinet, to make policies to govern the Chinese economy.
China will maintain a "prudent" fiscal policy for the coming year.
Various monetary instruments should be used to regulate liquidity and to strictly control the size of loans and frequency of credit extension, so as to better regulate domestic demand and balance international payments, said the conference.
China raised interest rates five times and reserve requirement ratio nine times this year.
The conference said that with a prudent fiscal policy and a tight monetary policy, China aims to prevent economic growth developing from rapid to overheating, and to prevent price rises evolving from structural to evident inflation.
"A tight monetary policy can develop a progressive effect, which will help curb the overheating in markets of assets, including equities and real estate, and then cap price rises," said Cao Honghui, an economic researcher with the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS).
China has been implementing a prudent monetary policy since 1997. From 1998 to 2002, the country increased money supply to counter deflationary pressure.
From 2003 to 2007, the monetary policy has been tigtened in order to help address changes in economic development, including rapid growth in credit extension, investment and foreign exchange reserves.
"The new policy reflects the accurate judgment by the central government on China's current economic situation, which is under pressure from further price rises and unduly fast loan growth," said Peng Xingyun, a senior researcher with the Research Institute of Finance under the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences.
The country's consumer price index (CPI) rose a decade-high 6.5 percent in October, well above the government-set alarm level of three percent. Observers here said the major inflation indicator will most likely rise to a new high in November.
In the first 10 months, Renminbi-denominated loans were 1.1 times the amount for the whole of last year.
Yu Yongding at CASS research institute of world economy and politics said that four percent was the CPI ceiling that China could tolerate. If the inflation measurement increased higher it would send a signal to the central bank that a tight monetary policy was necessary.
The Central Government urged to "moderately tighten money supply" on the basis of prudent monetary policy in June 2007, the first time the central government used the word "tighten" for monetary policy since 1997.
Observers believed China would continue to face high inflationary pressure next year. In international markets, oil prices would continue their exposure to high volatility and grain prices would keep rising.
In the domestic market, high food prices, a major contributor to the country's CPI growth, would likely force up labor costs and then production cost in different sectors.
Prof. Song Guoqing predicted that a sixth interest rate rise was around the corner. "Next year, the central bank will likely grant loan quota to commercial banks quarter by quarter, instead of year by year, which will better control credit," he said.
The observers said it was noteworthy that while the monetary policy went tighter, the fiscal policy would remain prudent.
"Considering requirements of improving people's lovelihood, major construction projects, economic restructuring and of energy saving and emissions reduction, the country's fiscal expenditure will remain huge next year. It is unsuitable for the fiscal policy to turn to tight," said Prof. Zhu Qing of the business school of the prestigious Renmin University.
The State Information Center forecast China's GDP growth at 11.4 percent for this year and at 10.8 to 11.3 percent for 2008.
According to its prediction, the country's CPI will rise 4.7 percent this year, 2.9 percentage points higher than the previous year, and go up 4.5 percent for next year. The exports will increase by 25.7 percent, and imports by 20 percent, with the trade surplus forecast at USD268 billion, USD90.5 billion higher than the 2006 level.
The center said 8.9 trillion yuan (USD1,202 billion) was invested in fixed assets in urban areas in the first 10 months of this year, up 26.9 percent on the same period of last year. The growth has stayed at around 20 percent for 78 months, the center added, predicting the pace at 25.5 percent for the whole of this year and 23.5 percent for 2008.
According to the Central Economic Work Conference, China should fulfill its economic development goals for next year in a steady manner, so as to maintain the economy on a stable, rapid and healthy track.
Not For Your Body Only: Modern Jewelry Show by Esther Brinkmann
Venue: Fei Gallery
Time: 2008-04-26~2008-05-14
Tel: 020-37 68 87 81- Nikita Cheung -13 580 332 611
Opening Hours: Monday-Friday 10a.m. - 7p.m. • Weekend 11a.m. - 5p.m. • closed on Thursday
Wearing jewellery conducts to a dialogue with the body, the mind and the feelings. Wearing jewellery enables each of us to transmit exterior signs of interior states. Jewels open up spaces for the imagination. They accentuate or invoke in each of us the feeling of being an individual.
——Swiss Jewellery Designer Ms. Esther Brinkmann
Look Inside
Double Ring
A modern jewelry show by Ms. Esther Brinkmann, gives us a different view on the meaning of precious - that jewelry is not only valuable in price, but teaches us to pay attention to the details of life. Among her works, the "Last Drop of Water," and the "Look Inside" series are the most pleasant and exquisite.
One World- Chinese Paintings Depicting all the United Nations
Venue: Guangdong Museum of Art, Halls 1-4
Time: 2008-04-05~2008-04-23
The One World-Chinese Painting Exhibition is a big event of the Chinese civilization and art community during the 2008 Beijing Olympics as well as a creative campaign in the history of cultural exchange between China and other countries. 200 Chinese painters were invited to create 200 Chinese paintings based on symbols of civilization, folklore, architecture, national paintings and birds of 192 UN members as well as UN departments. This has been the first time that Chinese artists created and reflected the beautiful things of countries around the world. It embodies the aspiration of these artists for world peace, for better understanding of the world and for being understood. The event is also a contributor to world cultural exchange. (english.gz.gov.cn)