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EU signals end of anti-dumping duties against Chinese shoes - People's Daily Online March 17, 2011
The European Commission on Wednesday signaled an end of the controversial anti-dumping duties slapped more than four years ago on shoes imported from China and Vietnam.
"The commission gives notice that the anti-dumping measure ... will shortly expire" since "no request for a review was lodged," the European Union (EU)'s executive arm said in its official journal.
The anti-dumping measures were now set to expire by the end of this month.
The EU first introduced anti-dumping duties of up to 16.5 percent against Chinese leather shoes for two years in October 2006, a decision widely criticized by EU retailers and consumers since the punitive taxes pushed up shoe prices in the European markets.
A similar move was taken at the same time against shoes imported from Vietnam.
Brussels temporarily reimposed the tariff pending a review launched in October 2008 when the penalty duties should have expired, despite opposition from the majority of member states.
During the review period which usually lasts 12 to 15 months, the duties remained in effect.
In December 2009, the review ended with an extension of the anti-dumping duties by another 15 months. The decision was a compromise among divided EU member states since the definite anti-dumping duties usually last five years.
Countries led by Britain and Northern European countries were largely against the anti-dumping measure, calling for free trade to the benefits of consumers, while Italy, Spain and other Southern European countries, home to small and less competitive shoe makers which lodged the complaint, were in favor of it.
Bigger and more competitive manufacturers such as Adidas and Puma, which have plants in China, were also opposed to the duties.
But the European Commission warned it would monitor for one year the evolution of the imports of shoes from China and Vietnam, with a view to facilitate swift appropriate action should the situation so require.
Source: Xinhua
The European Commission on Wednesday signaled an end of the controversial anti-dumping duties slapped more than four years ago on shoes imported from China and Vietnam.
"The commission gives notice that the anti-dumping measure ... will shortly expire" since "no request for a review was lodged," the European Union (EU)'s executive arm said in its official journal.
The anti-dumping measures were now set to expire by the end of this month.
The EU first introduced anti-dumping duties of up to 16.5 percent against Chinese leather shoes for two years in October 2006, a decision widely criticized by EU retailers and consumers since the punitive taxes pushed up shoe prices in the European markets.
A similar move was taken at the same time against shoes imported from Vietnam.
Brussels temporarily reimposed the tariff pending a review launched in October 2008 when the penalty duties should have expired, despite opposition from the majority of member states.
During the review period which usually lasts 12 to 15 months, the duties remained in effect.
In December 2009, the review ended with an extension of the anti-dumping duties by another 15 months. The decision was a compromise among divided EU member states since the definite anti-dumping duties usually last five years.
Countries led by Britain and Northern European countries were largely against the anti-dumping measure, calling for free trade to the benefits of consumers, while Italy, Spain and other Southern European countries, home to small and less competitive shoe makers which lodged the complaint, were in favor of it.
Bigger and more competitive manufacturers such as Adidas and Puma, which have plants in China, were also opposed to the duties.
But the European Commission warned it would monitor for one year the evolution of the imports of shoes from China and Vietnam, with a view to facilitate swift appropriate action should the situation so require.
Source: Xinhua
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China's largest metals trader to plunge into deep-sea mining - People's Daily Online March 17, 2011
An advertisement for China Minmetals on a street in Beijing. One of the company's subsidiaries has stepped up research into deep-sea mining. (Photo by China Daily)
China Minmetals, the country's largest metals trader, said it has carried out research and development work into deep-sea mining exploration and exploitation, a move designed to meet the country's growing demand for minerals and metals.
Changsha Research Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, a subsidiary of Minmetals as well as a key national laboratory in the development and utilization of deep-sea resources, has stepped up research in underwater mining for manganese nodules, multimetal sulphides and cobalt-rich manganese crusts, Zhou Zhongshu, president of Minmetals, told China Daily.
"China relies heavily on costly raw-material imports, and this will push the country to go for deep-sea mining to explore metals including copper, nickel, sliver and gold," he said.
"It will be profitable if we can sell deep-sea exploited raw ores priced at more than 80 U.S. dollars per ton," he said.
Deep-sea mining takes place about 1,400 to 3,700 meters under the ocean's surface, creating sulfide deposits, containing precious metals such as silver, gold, copper, manganese, cobalt, and zinc.
The Canadian company Nautilus Minerals Inc suggests the deep ocean produces several billion tons of metals each year, including vast amounts of copper.
China filed the first application to the International Seabed Authority (ISA) for deep-sea mining in the Indian Ocean in May 2010, and it is awaiting approval.
But the country still lags behind international rivals. Nautilus Minerals and Australia's Bluewater Metals have already kicked off exploration of underwater mountain ranges in the South Pacific. Nautilus plans to start full-scale operations in 2012.
Zhou from Minmetals said the country should establish a trial ocean economic zone at home and also develop ocean mining exploration overseas.
China is focusing on exploration and exploitation of the deep sea to obtain more minerals and oils to meet the demands of a high-growth economy.
Liu Baohua, a geophysicist at China's State Oceanic Administration, said at an earlier conference that China will increase funding for R&D in deep-sea technology and list the target in the 12th Five-Year Plan (2011-2015).
Although the country hasn't started operations in deep-sea mining, it has already made progress in deepwater oil production.
China National Offshore Oil Corp, the country's largest offshore oil company, said that it will step up exploration in the South China Sea this year and plans to raise deep-sea oil production to 10 percent of global production.
Source: China Daily
An advertisement for China Minmetals on a street in Beijing. One of the company's subsidiaries has stepped up research into deep-sea mining. (Photo by China Daily)
China Minmetals, the country's largest metals trader, said it has carried out research and development work into deep-sea mining exploration and exploitation, a move designed to meet the country's growing demand for minerals and metals.
Changsha Research Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, a subsidiary of Minmetals as well as a key national laboratory in the development and utilization of deep-sea resources, has stepped up research in underwater mining for manganese nodules, multimetal sulphides and cobalt-rich manganese crusts, Zhou Zhongshu, president of Minmetals, told China Daily.
"China relies heavily on costly raw-material imports, and this will push the country to go for deep-sea mining to explore metals including copper, nickel, sliver and gold," he said.
"It will be profitable if we can sell deep-sea exploited raw ores priced at more than 80 U.S. dollars per ton," he said.
Deep-sea mining takes place about 1,400 to 3,700 meters under the ocean's surface, creating sulfide deposits, containing precious metals such as silver, gold, copper, manganese, cobalt, and zinc.
The Canadian company Nautilus Minerals Inc suggests the deep ocean produces several billion tons of metals each year, including vast amounts of copper.
China filed the first application to the International Seabed Authority (ISA) for deep-sea mining in the Indian Ocean in May 2010, and it is awaiting approval.
But the country still lags behind international rivals. Nautilus Minerals and Australia's Bluewater Metals have already kicked off exploration of underwater mountain ranges in the South Pacific. Nautilus plans to start full-scale operations in 2012.
Zhou from Minmetals said the country should establish a trial ocean economic zone at home and also develop ocean mining exploration overseas.
China is focusing on exploration and exploitation of the deep sea to obtain more minerals and oils to meet the demands of a high-growth economy.
Liu Baohua, a geophysicist at China's State Oceanic Administration, said at an earlier conference that China will increase funding for R&D in deep-sea technology and list the target in the 12th Five-Year Plan (2011-2015).
Although the country hasn't started operations in deep-sea mining, it has already made progress in deepwater oil production.
China National Offshore Oil Corp, the country's largest offshore oil company, said that it will step up exploration in the South China Sea this year and plans to raise deep-sea oil production to 10 percent of global production.
Source: China Daily
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Profits from state-owned enterprises in China up in first two months - People's Daily Online March 18, 2011
Profits from state-owned enterprises (SOEs) in China have reached 331.65 billion yuan (about 49.5 billion U.S. dollars) in the first two months of the year, up 29.4 percent from the same period of last year, the Ministry of Finance said Thursday.
The ministry said that in January and February, SOEs performed better than in the past, with the growth rate of profits higher than operating revenues.
According to the ministry, the operating revenues of SOEs in January and February came to 5.14 trillion yuan, up 26.4 percent.
Comparing industries, the construction materials and chemical industries enjoyed notable increases in profits in the first two months, while both the transportation and power sectors reported a decline in profits, according to officials.
Source: Xinhua
Profits from state-owned enterprises (SOEs) in China have reached 331.65 billion yuan (about 49.5 billion U.S. dollars) in the first two months of the year, up 29.4 percent from the same period of last year, the Ministry of Finance said Thursday.
The ministry said that in January and February, SOEs performed better than in the past, with the growth rate of profits higher than operating revenues.
According to the ministry, the operating revenues of SOEs in January and February came to 5.14 trillion yuan, up 26.4 percent.
Comparing industries, the construction materials and chemical industries enjoyed notable increases in profits in the first two months, while both the transportation and power sectors reported a decline in profits, according to officials.
Source: Xinhua
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china just keeps growing and growing....... and growing.. and growing..
and that.... is a good thing..
its time for someone to challenge the west imperialistic ways...
and that.... is a good thing..
its time for someone to challenge the west imperialistic ways...
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Project hopes to pen new story on innovation - People's Daily Online March 18, 2011
Since there's little chance of making a better mousetrap, the government of China is putting its research dollars into improving another invention: the ballpoint pen.
China is set to launch a three-year project to develop its own technologies for making ballpoint pens, the Ministry of Science and Technology said.
The country's manufacturers currently rely heavily on foreign technology for their production.
With a fund of 60 million yuan ($9.1 million), the project will run from June 2011 to June 2014, a statement from the ministry said.
The project to make ballpoint pens a home-grown product will mostly focus on developing core production techniques, including producing inks, pen points and mechanisms to combine the two.
"Using advanced technologies to renovate and upgrade traditional industries is an important part of China building an innovative country," said Minister of Science and Technology Wan Gang.
The project was initiated in response to calls in recent years for upgrades in the ability to make ballpoint pens.
Wan said that a proposal submitted during the recently concluded annual session of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference "gave him quite a shake-up".
According to the proposal, China manufactures 38 billion ballpoint pens every year, but 90 percent of the pen points are imported from overseas and 80 percent of the ink is imported or produced by imported equipment. Manufacturers only earn 0.1 yuan from making a ballpoint pen.
"It doesn't mean we should not use overseas technologies," said Wan. "But Chinese companies must enhance their position in the world's industry chain to facilitate a more reasonable distribution of profits."
Who's got talent?
The central government has launched an ambitious program to lure 2,000 talented young people from overseas over five years to boost the country's research and technological capabilities.
The Young Thousand Talents Program, which takes effect in 2011, aims to lure skilled overseas Chinese or foreign workers to the country's universities and research institutions, a statement on the central government's website said.
The program will help the country rapidly advance its scientific and technological capabilities and industries over the next decade, it said.
Applicants should come from the natural sciences and engineering fields, have a PhD from a prestigious overseas university and at least three years of research experience. They should be younger than 40, the statement said.
Participants should also take full-time jobs in the Chinese universities or research institutes, the statement added.
They will enjoy a 500,000-yuan living subsidy and a research fund of between 1 million yuan and 3 million yuan, it said.
The program is the latest government effort to attract leading overseas scientists and researchers who are working at the world's best institutions or enterprises since it started the Young Thousand Talents Program in 2008. A total of 825 people have already signed up.
The National Outline for Medium- and Long-Term Talent Development (2010-2020) released in June said China plans to increase its talent pool from 114 million to 180 million by 2020, when it will spend 15 percent of its GDP on human resources.
Source: China Daily
Since there's little chance of making a better mousetrap, the government of China is putting its research dollars into improving another invention: the ballpoint pen.
China is set to launch a three-year project to develop its own technologies for making ballpoint pens, the Ministry of Science and Technology said.
The country's manufacturers currently rely heavily on foreign technology for their production.
With a fund of 60 million yuan ($9.1 million), the project will run from June 2011 to June 2014, a statement from the ministry said.
The project to make ballpoint pens a home-grown product will mostly focus on developing core production techniques, including producing inks, pen points and mechanisms to combine the two.
"Using advanced technologies to renovate and upgrade traditional industries is an important part of China building an innovative country," said Minister of Science and Technology Wan Gang.
The project was initiated in response to calls in recent years for upgrades in the ability to make ballpoint pens.
Wan said that a proposal submitted during the recently concluded annual session of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference "gave him quite a shake-up".
According to the proposal, China manufactures 38 billion ballpoint pens every year, but 90 percent of the pen points are imported from overseas and 80 percent of the ink is imported or produced by imported equipment. Manufacturers only earn 0.1 yuan from making a ballpoint pen.
"It doesn't mean we should not use overseas technologies," said Wan. "But Chinese companies must enhance their position in the world's industry chain to facilitate a more reasonable distribution of profits."
Who's got talent?
The central government has launched an ambitious program to lure 2,000 talented young people from overseas over five years to boost the country's research and technological capabilities.
The Young Thousand Talents Program, which takes effect in 2011, aims to lure skilled overseas Chinese or foreign workers to the country's universities and research institutions, a statement on the central government's website said.
The program will help the country rapidly advance its scientific and technological capabilities and industries over the next decade, it said.
Applicants should come from the natural sciences and engineering fields, have a PhD from a prestigious overseas university and at least three years of research experience. They should be younger than 40, the statement said.
Participants should also take full-time jobs in the Chinese universities or research institutes, the statement added.
They will enjoy a 500,000-yuan living subsidy and a research fund of between 1 million yuan and 3 million yuan, it said.
The program is the latest government effort to attract leading overseas scientists and researchers who are working at the world's best institutions or enterprises since it started the Young Thousand Talents Program in 2008. A total of 825 people have already signed up.
The National Outline for Medium- and Long-Term Talent Development (2010-2020) released in June said China plans to increase its talent pool from 114 million to 180 million by 2020, when it will spend 15 percent of its GDP on human resources.
Source: China Daily
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Solar Report | China on track to become the global center of solar photovoltaic (PV) manufacturing - SolarServer
China on track to become the global center of solar photovoltaic (PV) manufacturing
February 14, 2011
In the first two financial quarters of 2010, Suntech Power Holdings Company Ltd. (Wuxi, China) surpassed previous industry leader First Solar Inc. (Tempe, Arizona, U.S.) in sales to become the world's largest solar photovoltaic (PV) manufacturer by revenue. During the third quarter of 2010, both Suntech and JA Solar Holdings Company Ltd. (Zhabei, China) surpassed First Solar in manufacturing capacities as well.
PV cells at a Hanwha Solar One manufacturing facilitySuch developments were hardly surprising to industry observers. Suntech and JA Solar are the tips of the iceberg in terms of China's enormous PV manufacturing industry, and such stories illustrate the slow consolidation of China as the undisputed center of the PV manufacturing world.
Clean energy manufacturing leaders in the 21st century
These trends have been establishing themselves for years, and are related to China's emergence in 2010 as the world's largest exporter and the economic powerhouse of the 21st century. However, PV manufacturing has unique conditions as an industry, and the reasons for China's dominance in PV manufacturing tell an important story with global relevance for other nations who seek to remain or become clean energy manufacturing leaders in the 21st century.
This report by Solar Server, with the assistance of iSuppli Corporation (El Segundo, California, U.S.), will cover the emergence of China as the world leader in PV manufacturing. Our focus is on recent developments in 2009 and 2010 and particularly shared characteristics of large Chinese PV manufacturers, as expressed by industry leading companies including Suntech, JA Solar, LDK Solar Company Ltd. (Xinyu, China), Yingli Green Energy Holding Company Ltd. (Baoding, China), Trina Solar Limited (Changzhou, China), and others.
China on track to become the global center of solar photovoltaic (PV) manufacturing
February 14, 2011
In the first two financial quarters of 2010, Suntech Power Holdings Company Ltd. (Wuxi, China) surpassed previous industry leader First Solar Inc. (Tempe, Arizona, U.S.) in sales to become the world's largest solar photovoltaic (PV) manufacturer by revenue. During the third quarter of 2010, both Suntech and JA Solar Holdings Company Ltd. (Zhabei, China) surpassed First Solar in manufacturing capacities as well.
PV cells at a Hanwha Solar One manufacturing facilitySuch developments were hardly surprising to industry observers. Suntech and JA Solar are the tips of the iceberg in terms of China's enormous PV manufacturing industry, and such stories illustrate the slow consolidation of China as the undisputed center of the PV manufacturing world.
Clean energy manufacturing leaders in the 21st century
These trends have been establishing themselves for years, and are related to China's emergence in 2010 as the world's largest exporter and the economic powerhouse of the 21st century. However, PV manufacturing has unique conditions as an industry, and the reasons for China's dominance in PV manufacturing tell an important story with global relevance for other nations who seek to remain or become clean energy manufacturing leaders in the 21st century.
This report by Solar Server, with the assistance of iSuppli Corporation (El Segundo, California, U.S.), will cover the emergence of China as the world leader in PV manufacturing. Our focus is on recent developments in 2009 and 2010 and particularly shared characteristics of large Chinese PV manufacturers, as expressed by industry leading companies including Suntech, JA Solar, LDK Solar Company Ltd. (Xinyu, China), Yingli Green Energy Holding Company Ltd. (Baoding, China), Trina Solar Limited (Changzhou, China), and others.
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China's largest direct-drive wind turbine passes critical grid test - People's Daily Online March 18, 2011
China's largest direct-drive wind turbine recently passed a critical international test on its capacity to withstand power dips in the national grid, announced the Sino-German maker Friday.
The 2.5MW direct-drive permanent magnetic wind turbine, independently developed by Guangxi Yinhe Avantis Wind Power Co., Ltd (GYAW), recently passed a low-voltage ride through (LVRT) test, said Lars Andreasen, general manager of the turbine maker in Beijing.
"This is so far the largest direct-drive permanent magnetic wind turbine passing the LVRT test in the world," said Lars.
The test measures the capacity of a turbine to maintain continuous online operations when the voltage of the grid dips.
The GYAW wind turbine was connected to the national grid for a trial operation in June 2009, making it the first grid-connected 2.5MW wind turbine in China.
On March 5 this year, the turbine, located on a testing site in Beihai, south China's Guangxi, successfully passed two-phase and three-phase LVRT tests, carried out by China Electric Power Research Institute (CEPRI).
On March 7, the prototype successfully passed the LVRT test based on the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) standard.
Few of China's popular 1.5MW wind turbines have passed the test.
In October 2010, a 5MW direct-drive wind turbine rolled off the production line of Xingtan Electric Manufacturing Corporation (XEMC), a wind turbine maker in central China's Hunan.
The turbine is so far the largest in the country, but XEMC is planning to develop 6MW and 7.5MW direct-drive wind turbines.
In March 2010, the National Energy Bureau (NEB) announced it had established a technical committee of wind energy industry standardization to draft the Standard for Wind Power Grid Connection.
At present, the main components of the national standard have been made ready and submitted to the central government for examination.
"Compared with the current technical rules for connecting wind farms to the State Grid, the national standard concerning the LVRT test is stricter, adding requirements for response time and duration of reactive compensation under three-phase short-circuit of wind farm," said, Amanda Yang, an engineer with GYAW.
Chinese wind farm operators have been perplexed and disappointed with the quality of wind turbines.
According to Dai Huizhu, a professor with CEPRI, 598 wind turbines were disconnected from the grid during voltage sags in February this year in Jiuquan, northwest China's Gansu Province. Hundreds of turbines met the same problem in January in northeast Jilin Province.
Xie Wenbo, from the wind power branch of China Guangdong Nuclear Power Group, said "The 1.5MW wind turbines could operate soundly only for three years. After that, they will show problems one way or the other."
"As a wind farm operator, we are most concerned with the rate of return on investment," said Xie.
Liu Bin from China Wind Power, a leading wind farm developer, said "With wind turbines of the present quality, China cannot realize its ambitious installed capacity objective in 2020."
To upgrade the existing thousands of wind turbines in operation, mostly without the LVRT function, a huge amount of money will be needed, perhaps up to 1 percent of the value of the turbines, industry officials say.
China aims to have 290GW of power generation capacity from new energy sources in 2020. Wind power will amount to 150GW and nuclear power 70GW in installed capacity.
By the end of 2010, China had 44.7GW cumulative wind power installed capacity, replacing the United States to be the largest in the world.
Following explosions at a Japanese nuclear power plant wreaked by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, the Chinese government announced on March 16 that it had suspended the approval process for the country's nuclear power stations, including pre-construction works of all new nuclear power plants, so that safety standards could be revised.
"Wind power will play an even greater role now in achieving the government's 2020 objectives," said Li Junfeng, deputy director of the energy research institute under the National Development and Reform Commission.
Source: Xinhua
China's largest direct-drive wind turbine recently passed a critical international test on its capacity to withstand power dips in the national grid, announced the Sino-German maker Friday.
The 2.5MW direct-drive permanent magnetic wind turbine, independently developed by Guangxi Yinhe Avantis Wind Power Co., Ltd (GYAW), recently passed a low-voltage ride through (LVRT) test, said Lars Andreasen, general manager of the turbine maker in Beijing.
"This is so far the largest direct-drive permanent magnetic wind turbine passing the LVRT test in the world," said Lars.
The test measures the capacity of a turbine to maintain continuous online operations when the voltage of the grid dips.
The GYAW wind turbine was connected to the national grid for a trial operation in June 2009, making it the first grid-connected 2.5MW wind turbine in China.
On March 5 this year, the turbine, located on a testing site in Beihai, south China's Guangxi, successfully passed two-phase and three-phase LVRT tests, carried out by China Electric Power Research Institute (CEPRI).
On March 7, the prototype successfully passed the LVRT test based on the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) standard.
Few of China's popular 1.5MW wind turbines have passed the test.
In October 2010, a 5MW direct-drive wind turbine rolled off the production line of Xingtan Electric Manufacturing Corporation (XEMC), a wind turbine maker in central China's Hunan.
The turbine is so far the largest in the country, but XEMC is planning to develop 6MW and 7.5MW direct-drive wind turbines.
In March 2010, the National Energy Bureau (NEB) announced it had established a technical committee of wind energy industry standardization to draft the Standard for Wind Power Grid Connection.
At present, the main components of the national standard have been made ready and submitted to the central government for examination.
"Compared with the current technical rules for connecting wind farms to the State Grid, the national standard concerning the LVRT test is stricter, adding requirements for response time and duration of reactive compensation under three-phase short-circuit of wind farm," said, Amanda Yang, an engineer with GYAW.
Chinese wind farm operators have been perplexed and disappointed with the quality of wind turbines.
According to Dai Huizhu, a professor with CEPRI, 598 wind turbines were disconnected from the grid during voltage sags in February this year in Jiuquan, northwest China's Gansu Province. Hundreds of turbines met the same problem in January in northeast Jilin Province.
Xie Wenbo, from the wind power branch of China Guangdong Nuclear Power Group, said "The 1.5MW wind turbines could operate soundly only for three years. After that, they will show problems one way or the other."
"As a wind farm operator, we are most concerned with the rate of return on investment," said Xie.
Liu Bin from China Wind Power, a leading wind farm developer, said "With wind turbines of the present quality, China cannot realize its ambitious installed capacity objective in 2020."
To upgrade the existing thousands of wind turbines in operation, mostly without the LVRT function, a huge amount of money will be needed, perhaps up to 1 percent of the value of the turbines, industry officials say.
China aims to have 290GW of power generation capacity from new energy sources in 2020. Wind power will amount to 150GW and nuclear power 70GW in installed capacity.
By the end of 2010, China had 44.7GW cumulative wind power installed capacity, replacing the United States to be the largest in the world.
Following explosions at a Japanese nuclear power plant wreaked by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, the Chinese government announced on March 16 that it had suspended the approval process for the country's nuclear power stations, including pre-construction works of all new nuclear power plants, so that safety standards could be revised.
"Wind power will play an even greater role now in achieving the government's 2020 objectives," said Li Junfeng, deputy director of the energy research institute under the National Development and Reform Commission.
Source: Xinhua
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China moves to stabilize 2011 grain production over 500 mln tonnes - People's Daily Online March 18, 2011
China is taking measures to stabilize its grain production as severe drought in its major wheat belt triggers food security concerns.
China aims to keep its 2011 grain production over 1 trillion jin (500 million tonnes), according to Thursday's executive meeting of the State Council, or the Cabinet.
The State Council has required relevant departments to take part in a national movement to promote harvests this year, according to a statement released after the meeting, which was presided over by Premier Wen Jiabao.
The action will focus on increasing grain supplies of both abundant and scarce species, spreading key technologies on disaster prevention and mitigation in China's major grain producing areas.
Source: Xinhua
China is taking measures to stabilize its grain production as severe drought in its major wheat belt triggers food security concerns.
China aims to keep its 2011 grain production over 1 trillion jin (500 million tonnes), according to Thursday's executive meeting of the State Council, or the Cabinet.
The State Council has required relevant departments to take part in a national movement to promote harvests this year, according to a statement released after the meeting, which was presided over by Premier Wen Jiabao.
The action will focus on increasing grain supplies of both abundant and scarce species, spreading key technologies on disaster prevention and mitigation in China's major grain producing areas.
Source: Xinhua
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Affordable apartments built in central China - People's Daily Online March 19, 2011
A construction site of affordable apartments is seen in Changsha, central China's Hunan Province, March 18, 2011. The province plans to boost the number of affordable houses to 416,200 in 2011 from 2010's 262,700, including 261,100 rebuilt houses for the residents living in shanty areas. (Xinhua/Long Hongtao)
Under-construction affordable apartment building is seen in Changsha, central China's Hunan Province, March 18, 2011. (Xinhua/Long Hongtao)
A construction site of affordable apartments is seen in Changsha, central China's Hunan Province, March 18, 2011. The province plans to boost the number of affordable houses to 416,200 in 2011 from 2010's 262,700, including 261,100 rebuilt houses for the residents living in shanty areas. (Xinhua/Long Hongtao)
Under-construction affordable apartment building is seen in Changsha, central China's Hunan Province, March 18, 2011. (Xinhua/Long Hongtao)
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New navigation system to create big business - People's Daily Online March 21, 2011
A new Chinese global navigation system is expected to help China compete with other foreign GPS technologies, and could generate around 400 billion yuan ($60 billion) in revenues by 2020, a senior space technology expert has announced.
Liu Jingnan, executive president of the China Satellite Navigation Conference, said on March 19 that, "The Beidou project will be part of an industry that's worth from 150 to 200 billion yuan by 2015, and that figure is expected to reach 400 billion by 2020."
According to previous reports, there will be 12 to 14 navigation satellites put into orbit to provide navigation and short messaging services in the Asia and Pacific region, during the first stage of the project (2011-2015). By 2020, there will be more than 30 satellites in the global navigation system.
China has already sent seven of the Beidou positioning satellites aloft.
Qi Faren, former chief designer of Shenzhou spaceships, said earlier this month that the Chinese Beidou GPS system can cover any place that the United States' GPS system covers.
The system could also play an important role in forecasting earthquakes, defining borders and helping drivers find their way around, Qi said.
The United States is currently the dominant navigation service provider for Chinese drivers, accounting for 95 percent of China's navigation system market.
According to industry analysts, the Beidou system's performance in the global navigation sweepstakes over the next 10 years will mainly depend on three things: user feedback, the overall fitness of China's basic industries and government policy support.
China began work on its own navigation system in 2000. It established a regional satellite navigation system after sending up three Beidou geostationary satellites between October 2000 and May 2003. The word "Beidou" is the Chinese pinyin for the English word compass.
Source: Chhina Daily
A new Chinese global navigation system is expected to help China compete with other foreign GPS technologies, and could generate around 400 billion yuan ($60 billion) in revenues by 2020, a senior space technology expert has announced.
Liu Jingnan, executive president of the China Satellite Navigation Conference, said on March 19 that, "The Beidou project will be part of an industry that's worth from 150 to 200 billion yuan by 2015, and that figure is expected to reach 400 billion by 2020."
According to previous reports, there will be 12 to 14 navigation satellites put into orbit to provide navigation and short messaging services in the Asia and Pacific region, during the first stage of the project (2011-2015). By 2020, there will be more than 30 satellites in the global navigation system.
China has already sent seven of the Beidou positioning satellites aloft.
Qi Faren, former chief designer of Shenzhou spaceships, said earlier this month that the Chinese Beidou GPS system can cover any place that the United States' GPS system covers.
The system could also play an important role in forecasting earthquakes, defining borders and helping drivers find their way around, Qi said.
The United States is currently the dominant navigation service provider for Chinese drivers, accounting for 95 percent of China's navigation system market.
According to industry analysts, the Beidou system's performance in the global navigation sweepstakes over the next 10 years will mainly depend on three things: user feedback, the overall fitness of China's basic industries and government policy support.
China began work on its own navigation system in 2000. It established a regional satellite navigation system after sending up three Beidou geostationary satellites between October 2000 and May 2003. The word "Beidou" is the Chinese pinyin for the English word compass.
Source: Chhina Daily
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All great news. The navigation system is vital for our military movements to become independent of GPS, and affordable housing is exactly what we need to suppress hot money flowing from the West.
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