TOKYO, May 1 (Xinhua) -- Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda met on Thursday with 10 representatives of Chinese students studying in Japan, delivering friendly messages before the upcoming visit of Chinese President Hu Jintao to Japan. "We warmly welcome President Hu to Japan," said Fukuda in the talks with the Chinese students at his residence. He said that despite some problems in bilateral ties, he hoped that the Chinese students will, under whatever circumstances, recognize the importance of Japan-China relations and strive for their development. China is a major power in the world, and the performance of a major power has direct bearing on world stability, said the Japanese prime minister, adding that Japan hopes to foster a relationship with China that helps make joint efforts for world stability. Li Guangzhe (R), a Chinese student who is also head of the Chinese students' association in Japan, presents to Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda an album commemorating the 110th anniversary of Chinese students studying in Japan in Tokyo, May 1, 2008. Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda met on Thursday with 10 representatives of Chinese students studying in Japan, delivering friendly messages before the upcoming visit of Chinese President Hu Jintao to Japan Enquiring about their campus life from time to time, Fukuda encouraged the Chinese students to work hard and make due contributions to the Japan-China friendly relations. The Japanese government and universities provide Chinese students with very favorable conditions for their study, said Li Guangzhe, a Chinese student who is also head of the Chinese students' association in Japan. Li said that the Chinese students are determined to play a positive role in promoting China-Japan friendship while studying in Japan. Chinese President Hu Jintao is scheduled to pay a state visit to Japan from May 6 to 10.
BEIJING, Sept. 21 (Xinhua) -- China would deepen economic and trade cooperation and step up strategic and mutually beneficial relations with Japan, Chinese President Hu Jintao said on Sunday. "China hopes the two sides would work together to enhance economic and trade cooperation, aiming at realizing mutual benefit and development," Hu told members of a delegation from the Japan-China Association on Economy and Trade (JCAET). JCAET honorary president Fujio Mitarai and president Fujio Cho congratulated China on the success of the Olympics and Paralympic Games, and expressed willingness to push forward bilateral ties. Hu expressed gratitude for Japanese aid after the Sichuan earthquake and for supporting the Beijing Olympics and Paralympics, praising the JCAET for "important contributions to the improvement and development of bilateral ties". Chinese President Hu Jintao (R) meets with Fujio Mitarai (2nd L), honorary president of the Japan-China Association on Economy and Trade (JCAET), and Fujio Cho (1st L), president of JCAET, at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China "China would work with Japan to enhance strategic trust, mutual contact and coordination in regional and international affairs, in accordance with the two countries' four political documents," Hu said. "China is willing to handle sensitive affairs appropriately together with Japan," he added. JCAET was established in 1972 to promote economic exchanges between the two countries
BEIJING, Sept. 16 (Xinhua) -- The infant milk powder produced by most companies in China was safe according to the nationwide check results following the Sanlu baby formula scam, the country's State Council departments said on Tuesday. The State Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine said it had tested 491 batches of baby milk powder produced by all the 109 companies in the country in a special inspection move. Tang Yiwen, 9-month old, is checked by doctor at a children's hospital in Guilin, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region Sept. 16, 2008. The infant milk powder produced by most companies in China was safe according to the nationwide check results following the Sanlu baby formula scam, the country's State Council departments said on Tuesday. 69 batches from 22 companies nationwide were found containing melamine, a chemical which had tainted Sanlu's baby formula and led to kidney stone illness of more than 1,200 infants across the country. The number of companies with melamine-tainted milk accounted for 20.18 percent of the total of milk powder companies in China. And the number of tainted batches accounted for 14.05 percent of the total batches tested. The melamine content in the Sanlu brand reached 2,563 mg per kg, the highest among all the samples. In other samples, the range was from 0.09 mg to 619 mg per kilogram. Parents with their babies wait for examinations at a children's hospital in Hefei, capital of east China's Anhui Province Sept. 16, 2008.Authorities have sealed the problematic milk powder products in companies, or removed them from store shelves and recalled all those sold. Safe powder milk products will continue to be sold on market to ensure enough supply, according to the State Council. To ensue the quality safety, the quality inspection bodies will dispatch supervisors to each baby milk powder company since Wednesday to oversee the quality of raw materials and production procedures. Every batch of products will be checked. Sanlu, which is 43 percent owned by New Zealand dairy company Fonterra, has been ordered to halt production. The Hebei provincial government decided on Tuesday to dispatch four working teams to Sanlu Group for a thorough investigation. So far, four milk dealers have been arrested and 22 others detained for questioning by Hebei police.
BEIJING, July 15 (Xinhua) -- A senior official of the Communist Party of China (CPC) said here Tuesday that China values its relations with South Africa and would like to work together with the latter to expand bilateral exchanges and cooperation and enhance the understanding and friendship between their peoples. Wang Gang, member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, made the remarks while meeting with Blade Nzimande, secretary general of the South African Communist Party (SACP). China and South Africa have maintained close high-level visits,frequent exchanges, fruitful cooperation, and coordination in international affairs since their diplomatic relations began in 1998, Wang said. Wang Gang (R), member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, meets with Blade Nzimande (L), secretary general of the South African Communist Party (SACP), in Beijing, capital of China, July 15, 2008 Hailing the SACP's contribution in promoting political, economic and social development in South Africa, Wang said the CPC and the SACP, with a long-term friendship, have verified the levels and forms of party-to-party exchanges and enriched their content in recent years. "The CPC would like to continuously develop friendly cooperative relations with the SACP and jointly push forward the China-South Africa strategic relationship," Wang said. Wang also briefed the guests on China's economic and social development, Sichuan earthquake relief work, and preparatory work for the Beijing Olympic Games in August.
BEIJING, June 10 (Xinhua) -- The quake relief headquarters of the State Council (cabinet) Tuesday sent a congratulatory telegram to the Tangjiashan lake emergency rescue headquarters for the successful drainage of the quake lake. "After more than 10 consecutive days of hard work, you successfully drained the Tangjiashan quake lake and eliminated a huge threat of secondary disaster after the May 12 quake," the telegram said. The drainage water of Tangjiashan quake-formed lake passes Mianyang City, southwest China's Sichuan Province, June 10, 2008. The crest of the flood from Tangjiashan quake-formed lake passed safely by downstream Mianyang City on Tuesday afternoon. (Xinhua Photo)Photo Gallery>>> "Your work has ensured the people's security, avoided a huge loss and created a miracle in dealing with large quake-formed lakes," it said. "The State Council quake relief headquarters would like to express heart-felt gratitude and respect to the troops, geologists and quake and weather technicians working at the front line and those who helped evacuate people in low-lying areas," it said. The headquarters urged people to continue the work until they were done with follow-up activity in terms of drainage and evacuations. The Tangjiashan lake was formed after quake-triggered landslides from Tangjiashan Mountain blocked the Tongkou River running through Beichuan County, one of the worst-hit areas in the quake that struck southwestern Sichuan Province. Had the lake overflowed, it could have threatened some 1 million people on the lower reaches of the lake. A man-made spillway started to drain the lake on Saturday morning and military engineers used recoil-less guns, bazookas and dynamite on Sunday and Monday to blast boulders and other obstructions in the channel and speed up the outflow. The lake shrank dramatically on Tuesday as muddy water flowed into the low-lying areas. About half of the lake's 250 million cubic meters of water has been discharged since the drainage started. More than 250,000 people in low-lying areas of Mianyang were relocated under a plan based on the assumption that one-third of the lake volume breached the dam.
BEIJING, Oct. 9 (Xinhua) -- China's securities regulator on Thursday said publicly-traded companies must pay dividends in cash rather than stock over three years before submitting their refinancing applications. The move could help to encourage long-term investment and reduce market volatility, the China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) said. The benchmark Shanghai Composite Index has plunged 66 percent from its record high last October. In a new regulation stipulating cash dividend payment by listed companies, the CSRC said: "The listed firms, if applying for refinancing, must pay dividends in cash totaling no less than 30 percent of its distributed profits over the past three years." The regulation went into effect on Thursday. In the draft version released in August, companies were allowed to pay dividends either in cash or stock. The listed firms were also ordered to reveal their cash dividend policies and previous cash dividend data to investors in their annual reports to improve transparency. "The listed company should give reasons why it failed to pay a cash dividend if it is able to and where the money goes," according to the rule. Cash dividends could offer stable investment returns and prompt large institutional investors to reduce speculation on the secondary market, the regulator said. A couple of huge refinancing plans earlier this year triggered a market plunge on concerns over stake dilution and liquidity stress. In a separate regulation on share buy-back, also effective on Thursday, the CSRC said it allowed a cash dividend payment when the controlling shareholders bought stocks on the secondary market. Such action was banned in the draft version released in late September to solicit public opinion. Share buy-back through bidding at stock exchanges also no longer needs regulatory approval. The CSRC added it would continue to revise the rules on stock buy-back and also give consideration to repurchase through agreement or tender offer.
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GUANGZHOU, April 18 (Xinhua) -- Exhibitors at China's largest trade fair may have one more question to ask when their paper-thin profits are further squeezed by a fast-rising yuan. "Are you willing to pay by euro?" Lu Jia, a sales manager from a local leather manufacturer at the Canton fair, ventured the final but most crucial question to her Turkish client after introducing her products. "Honestly, starting clearing of euro transactions rather than the U.S. dollar is not easy for my company, but it is still worth a try given a faster yuan rise this year," the 23 year-old Lu said at the trade-promotion event in Guangzhou, capital of the southern Guangdong Province. The Chinese currency, the yuan, breached the 7-yuan mark for the first time on April 10, gaining 4.47 percent this year and 18.27 percent since the government unpegged it from the dollar in 2005. "The yuan appreciation far outpaced our business growth. Its weekly increases were even beyond our anticipation," said Cao Xiaojian, the Jiangsu Shuntian Co., Ltd vice chairman. Like most other Chinese exporters, Cao earns dollar-denominated profits, which are on the decline as the dollar becomes cheaper. He said that a 1 percent rise in the yuan would result in a sales profit decrease of 2 percent to 6 percent and things were even worse for the garment industry. "Profit margins for home electrical appliances are between 3 percent and 5 percent and the rising exchange rate has eaten them away," said Zhang Yujing, China Chamber of Commerce for Import and Export of Machinery and Electronic Products vice chairman. Most exhibitors at the fair had to raise their offers due to higher costs in raw materials, energy and transport. Yet, they were afraid too high prices might scare away orders faced with sagging demand due to a global slowdown. "A small rise in offers is acceptable," said Khaldoun Kalbouneh, general manager of the Furniture World, a trading company headquartered in Palestine. "But if the prices are too high, I may consider other markets." Zhang said export-oriented sectors should improve their product mix, add more value and use financial tools to evade risks by the yuan rise. As China's largest listed textile manufacturer, the Jiangsu Shuntian has pulled investment from textile into other industries like chemical, finance and securities, mines and high-tech, among others. But many other companies prefer price increases. Chinese leading home appliance maker Qingdao Haier said it would re-set its prices with overseas sellers once the yuan gained more than 3 percent. The new price would be determined by the specific foreign exchange rate. Feng Bin, Suzhou Chunlan Air Conditioner Co., Ltd general manager, said he hoped to transact via the euro. "The offer will expire in three months if the client sticks to the dollar. The exchange rate changes too quickly." Experts say the change of currency clearing system is still not feasible for most exporters as it involves adjustment of export markets and bargain with foreign buyers. Besides, such services in domestic banks are too complicated, they say. Therefore, some companies are considering financial derivatives as a way out. Shen Zhiming, Zhejiang Cathaya International Co., Ltd manager, said his company had bought currency futures for two years. "It is a real learning process for Chinese enterprises, a process for internationalization." The China Import and Export Fair has two phases, from April 15 to 20 and April 25 to 30. The first phase features textiles, garments, health products, household appliances, tools, small vehicles and hardware. Food, tea, kitchenware, decorations, toys, sporting goods and office supplies highlights the second phase.
BEIJING, July 22 (Xinhua) -- From anti-terrorism drills to halt of flights during the opening ceremony, Beijing is taking every possible measure to ward off terrorism and ensure security for next month's Olympic Games. China Civil Aviation Administration announced on Tuesday a new move for Olympic security that no planes would be allowed to take off or land at Beijing Capital International Airport from 7 p.m. to midnight on Aug. 8, the night of the Games' opening ceremony. Zhou Yongkang (2nd R Front), member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, inspects a police station in the Nanchizi Community of Donghuamen Street in Beijing, capital of China, July 22, 2008. Zhou inspected public security posts for Olympics security work in Beijing on Tuesday. The security measure followed the experience of other countries that had hosted the Olympics and was ratified by the Chinese government. "At present, the security work for the Olympics is in a key phase, and we should mobilize the masses of people to contribute to the security of the Games," said Zhou Yongkang, a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, during an inspection tour of a community in Beijing's Dongcheng District. Zhou Yongkang (R Front) talks with a volunteer during his inspection at Terminal Three of Capital International Airport in Beijing, capital of China, July 22, 2008.He further urged major officials of security-related departments and bureaus to monitor the safety work personally to ensure a smooth, orderly and effective operation. Beijing residents felt the presence of Olympic security measures as the city launched subway security checks on passengers late last month. Currently, air, rail and long-distance bus facilities here are on heightened alert as the Olympic Games approaches. Armed police with dogs began round-the-clock patrols on Monday at the capital's four railway stations, including the renovated one in a southern district that hasn't yet opened. At the Beijing West Railway Station, a major terminal, passengers were asked to taste any liquids they carried or put a sealed one under a special detector handset to identify its contents. "Security is of the utmost importance in relation to the full success of the Olympics," China's Minister of Public Security Meng Jianzhu said at a meeting on security work. He demanded all police bureaus take actions immediately and make full preparations to respond to any possible emergencies. The end of a series of anti-terrorist drills dubbed "Great Wall5" at the national level in June marked the beginning of the anti-terrorism campaign in China. At present, an anti-terrorist force of nearly 100,000 commandos, police and army troops was being deployed for handling possible terrorist attacks before and during the Beijing Olympic Games, official statistics showed.