Top legislator meets foreign leaders  2008-08-20

Wu Bangguo, chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (NPC), met on Monday with some foreign leaders in Bejing to watch the Beijing Olympic Games. In his meeting with Ranko Krivokapic, the Republic of Montenegro parliament speaker, Wu said China advocated al...

Hu meets Bush, underscoring China-U.S. relations  2008-08-11

China is ready to work together with the United States to forge ahead bilateral relations of constructive cooperation along the right track and in a sustained, healthy and stable manner, President Hu Jintao said in Beijing on Sunday. During a meeting with his U.S. counterpart George W...

Chinese FM: Informal Six-Party Talks end with meaningful results  2008-07-24

SINGAPORE, July 23 (Xinhua) -- The first informal meeting of the Foreign Ministers of the Six-Party Talks on the Korean Peninsula nuclear issue concluded here on Wednesday with "very meaningful results", Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi said. In a news briefing after the ...

China's dispatched institutions overseas should further promote economic, trade co-op  2008-07-20

China's business and commercial dispatched institutions overseas should play an active role in promoting economic and trade cooperation between China and the residing countries, said Vice Premier Wang Qishan on Friday. He made the remarks when meeting with the country's counselors of...

China, Guinea vow to further parliamentary exchange  2008-07-15

BEIJING, July 14 (Xinhua) -- China National People's Congress (NPC) was ready to further exchanges with the National Assembly of Guinea on legislation, democracy and legal construction, said China's top legislator Wu Bangguo on Monday. "The NPC attaches importance to the rela...

China, Mexico establish strategic dialogue mechanism  2008-07-12

China and Mexico announced the establishment of a strategic dialogue mechanism on Friday during talks between Chinese President Hu Jintao and his Mexican counterpart Felipe Calderon Hinojosa. They agreed to strengthen strategic dialogue and expand reciprocal cooperation to further sta...

Vice President Xi Jinping meets with HKSAR chief executive   2008-07-06

Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping met with Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) Donald Tsang Yam-kuen in Hong Kong Sunday morning. Xi arrived in Hong Kong Sunday morning from Shenzhen on a three-day inspection tour. It was Xi's first visit to Hong...

Senior CPC official: China pays great attention to Sino-African relations  2008-07-05

China has always paid great attention to Sino-African relations, and is willing to strengthen unity and cooperation with African countries including Angola, said visiting senior official of the Communist Party of China (CPC) He Guoqiang in Luanda Thursday. In a meeting with Juliao Ma...

China puts forward four-point proposal for furthering ties with Greece  2008-06-23

Chinese President Hu Jintao put forward a four-point proposal to further develop Sino-Greek ties in his meeting with Greek President Karolos Papoulias in Beijing on Monday. Pointing to the smooth development of bilateral relations since the establishment of diplomatic ties 36 years ag...

China, U.S. pledge to further cooperation at 4th Strategic Economic Dialogue  2008-06-18

ANNAPOLIS, United States, June 17 (Xinhua) -- China and the United States pledged to further and expand mutual cooperation at the 4th round of their Strategic Economic Dialogue (SED) here on Tuesday. "Due to the complicated, changeable nature of the current global economic an...

2008 China Int'l Private Equity Forum opens in Tianjin  2008-06-11

The 2008 China International Private Equity Forum (CIPEF) opened in north China's Tianjin Municipality June 10, 2008. The three-day forum is expected to attract over 500 overseas and domestic equity investment funds, 300 intermediaries, 1,500 excellent enterprises and 6,000 audiences. [X...

Chinese telecom giants announce regrouping details  2008-06-03

HONG KONG, June 2 (Xinhua) -- Mainland-based telecommunications giants China Unicom and China Netcom, both listed on the Hong Kong stock exchange, announced Monday that each share of Netcom will be exchanged for 1.508 Unicom shares in a proposed merger. The rate was based on t...

China, ROK agree to upgrade ties to "strategic partnership"   2008-05-28

China and the Republic of Korea (ROK) on Tuesday agreed to upgrade their "comprehensive and cooperative partnership" to "strategic cooperative partnership". The agreement came out of the two-hour summit talks in the Great Hall of the People as Beijing rolled out the red carpet for ROK...

Premier thanks Cuban, Japanese medical teams in quake relief   2008-05-25

Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao on Saturday thanked medical staff from Cuba and Japan for their assistance in China's earthquake relief. "On behalf the Communist Party of China, the Chinese government and the people, I would like to extend my sincere gratitude to you," Wen said while visit...

UN chief promises to support China's quake relief efforts  2008-05-24

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon promised on Saturday to mobilize efforts from the United Nations to support China's quake relief and post-quake reconstruction. Ban said the Chinese government demonstrated extraordinary leadership to overcome this natural disaster. He s...

Russian, ROK rescue teams arrive in China's quake-hit Sichuan  2008-05-17

Rescue teams from Russia and the Republic of Korea (ROK) arrived in Chengdu, capital of the quake-hit Sichuan Province in southwest China on Friday to assist local disaster relief efforts. The Russians sent two batches of 98 rescuers including experienced professionals and doctors, wh...