Editorial |
Beijing Mayor’s Report Highlights “Scientific Concept of Development” Achieving sustainable development and improving the lives of Beijing’s 15 million residents were highlighted on January 23, 2005 in Mayor Wang Qishan’s work report to the Beijing Municipal People’s Congress. |
Beijing Eases Visa Requirements for Foreigners Visa requirements for international visitors to Beijing have been loosened. Visitors are now able to extend their visas for 6 to 12 months as many times as they wish.
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Stadia China 2005 Wrap-up China's leading sports infrastructure conference, Stadia China, attracted much of the world's leading companies in an effort to sell into Beijing's booming Olympic Economy. Business Beijing wrap reports the conference. |
Beijing’s Economy Soared in 2004 Beijing achieved its highest growth rate in ten years in 2004. With a total value of 428.33 billion yuan (US$51.75 billion), Beijingcelebrated the Chinese Lunar New Year knowing that its GDP had grown by 13.2 percent. |
China's Ten Most Important Economic Policies for 2004 As a routine, China’s top authorities issue a directive at the beginning of every year that outlines each and every task for the year and specifies the policies and measures for their accomplishment. The so-called “No. 1 document of 2004,” which was issued on February 8, 2005, was different, in that it called for accomplishment of just one task, that is, the task of helping farmers increase their incomes over the years to come, highlighting the importance attached by the ruling Communist Party to the “problems facing agriculture, farmers and the countryside.” |
Jack Zhong's column: Is junk e-mail driving you crazy? Strategies for junking the spam before it drives you crazy. |