1 9 8 1 年 6 月 2 日 星 期 二

Vol . 1 No. 2 Tuesday, June 2, 1981

China keeps her open door policyExclusive to "China Daily" by Re Xinren

China's policy of opening up tothe world will not change but shewill continue to encourage and ab-sorb foreign investment during thenation's economic readjustment.And China's exports will see a con-siderable expansion.

This was reaffirmed yesterday byVice Premier Gu Mu in an exclusive"China Daily" interview.

Replying to a question, he saidthat China's policy of opening up tothe world was not one of expedien-cy, but a basic policy. He said: "Ino r d e r t o c a r r y o n i t s s o c i a l i s tmoderniza t ion programme suc-cessfuly, it is essential for China tobroaden technical exchanges andco-operation with other countries.History shows that no country canhave any chance of getting moder-

nized, if it insists on closing its doorto the rest of the world."

Healthy readjustmentSpeaking of the present readjust-

ment programme, Gu Mu pointedout: "we have repeatedly stressedthat th is i s a sober and heal thyreadjustment. Some people abroadh a v e r e c e n t l y m a d e s o m egroundless remarks on China ' sreadjustment policy which we findregret table." However , he said,most people understood our policy.

The economic s i tuation in thefirst few months of this year, hesa id , " shows tha t readjus tment

has produced better results thanexpected." This was borne out bythe fact that the production situa-t i o n w a s v e r y e n c o u r a g i n g ,especially in agriculture; light in-dustry output in the first quarter,continued to show a fairly large in-crease, an increasing amount ofcurrency had been withdrawn fromcirculation, and there was a finan-cial surplus.

" R e a d j u s t m e n t " t h e V i c ePremier sa id , "has i nv igora tedChina's economy and its successwill surely bring about a biggereconomic expansion."

In answer to a quest ion regar-di ng i nt roduci ng and absorbi ng

foreign investments, Gu Mu stress-ed that such acceptence was one ofour long-term strategic policies.

Foreign capital"In the stage of economic read-

justment" he said, "we will con-t i n u e t o a b s o r b c a p i t a l f r o mabroad. There are key fields whereforeign capital can be used, such asconstruction projects of energy andt r a n s p o r t a t i o n , e d u c a t i o n a ld e v e l o p m e n t s a n d t e c h n i c a lrenovation of old factories."

Internationally, there are at pre-sent many favourable factors andwe should not let opportunities goby. We should work out the correctplans, make a proper selection ofpro j ec t s and then ac t ive ly and

steadily absorb foreign investment,he said.

As for foreign trade, Gu Mu said:"the past few years have witnessedrelatively rapid development of ourimport and export trade, and thetrend since the beginning of theyear is also favourable."

The Vice Premier congratulated"China Dai ly" on i ts publ icat ion.He sees this newspaper as a newbridge for international exchange.He expressed the hope that thepaper would play an effective rolein strengthening friendly relationsbetween China and the rest of theworld, promoting friendship bet-ween people of all lands and fur-t h e r i n g w o r l d w i d e e c o n o mi c ,t echno log ica l and cu l tu ra l ex -change.

Vice-Premier Gu Mu makes a point during his exclusive interview with"China Daily".

Her death mourned the world overCondolences comefrom all partsof the globe

People throughout China are mourning the passing of thewoman they regard as one of their nation's true heroines,Soong Ching Ling .

Messages of condolence have been received from all partsof the globe, sent by world f igures, fr iends and acquain-tances of Madame Soong, and others familiar with her deedsand role in the Chinese revolution.

People from all walks of life in theChinese capital have been payingtheir last respects to Soong ChingLing, widow of Dr Sun Yat-sen.

M o n d a y m o r e t h a n 3 0 ,0 0 0citizens and over 4,000 foreignersfrom more than 100 countries aswe l l a s Pa r t y a n d g o v e r n me n tleaders, leading members of depart-ments in the Par ty , governmentand the Chinese People's Libera-tion Army filed through the GreatHall of the People where the bodylay in state.

Mourning hallA portrai t of Soong Ching Ling

hung in the Mourning hall. A hugestreamer hanging across the en-trance to the hall read: "eternalg lory to comrade Soong ChingLing, a great patriotic, democraticinternat ional i s t and communistfighter." The mourning hall wasdraped in crepe and sheets of silk.

There were wrea ths f rom theChinese Communist Party CentralCommittee, the National People'sCongress Standing Committee, theState Council, the Military Com-mission of the C.P.C. Central Com-mittee and the National Committeeof the Chinese People's PoliticalConsultative Conference, as well asthose from party and state leaders.

Wrea ths p resen ted by SoongChing L ing ' s daughte r - in - l aw,Mme. Sun Fo, her granddaughters,Pearl Suiying Sun Lin, Rose SuihuaS u n T c h a n g a n d V e n u s S h i n gKung Tai, and other relatives wereplaced in front of her body.

CondolenceMore messages of condolence on

the dea th of Soong Ching Linghave been received from heads ofstate, government leaders, peopleand organizations throughout theworld.

They include: Romanian Com-munist Party and State Council;Khieu Samphan, President of thePresidium of the State and PrimeMinis te r o f the Government o fDemocratic Kampuchea, and NuonChea, Chairman of the StandingCommittee of the Assembly of theKampuchean People's represen-tatives;

Austrian President Rudolf Kir-chschlaeger; Bangladesh ActingPresident Abdus Sattar; GuineanPres ident Ahmed Sekou Toure;Paki s tan Pres iden t MohammadZia-u l -Haq ; Mohamed KhounaOuld Haidalla, Chairman of theMili tary Committee of Nat ionalSalvation of Mauritania; QueenMargrethe II OF Denmark;

Ma l ay s i a n Su p r eme Hea d o fState Sultan Haji Ahmad Shah Ib-ni Al marhum Shl t an Abu Bakar ;B u r m e s e P r e s i d e n t N e W i n ;Surinam President Chin A Sen;Pat r ick J . Hi l le ry , Pres ident ofIreland;

Aiichiro Fujiyama, President ofthe Association for the Promotionof International Trade of Japan;British Writer Han Suyin and herhus ban d Louwe ns in ; J ap anes efriends of the Japan-China Friend-ship Associations.

Government leaders and peopleof various countries have called atChinese embassies in their respec-t i ve cou n t r i e s t o e xp r e s s con -dolences.

They in c lude : Nep a l ' s P r imeMinister Surya Bahadur Thapa;Maur i t an i an Premier Ould S idAhmed Taya.

M o u r n i n g c e r e m o n i e s a r escheduled to continue today in thecapital.

It was a sad, but fit ting prelude to Children's Day as these youngsters paid their lastrespects to Soong Ching Ling, the leader they regarded as a grandmother.

Sovietsignore gunembargo

JOHANNESBURG, SouthAfrica June 1, (AP via Xinhua) －"Guns manufac t u red in Sov i e tBloc Countries are easier to buyhere than weapons made in westernnations," the Johannesburg Sun-day Express reports.

"There is an arms embargo whichis strictly adhered to by the UnitedStates and Western Germany, andyet we can get all the weapons wewant from the eastern countries,"a rms dea l e r Leo Bic o f Johan-nesburg told the paper.

R u s s i a n s h o t gu ns andCzechoslovakian pistols were plen-tiful in arms shops checked by theSunday Express.

Arms salesman Clint Serjeanttold the paper: "The CZ is aboutthe finest pistol on the market. Weimport the CZ' s because of thea r m s e m b a r g o . F o r s e c u r i t yreasons I cannot say from whichcountries we import them."

The United Nations imposed amandatory arms embargo againstSouth Africa in 1977.

A l t h o u g h t h e S o v i e t U n i o ndenies any dealings with Pretoria,there is a variety of goods from theeas tern countr ies on sale he re ,r an g i n g f ro m S o v i e t c av i a r t oCzech motorcycles.

Rebellion ends astroops take port

DACCA, Bangladesh, June 1(UPI via Xinhua) － Governmenttroops marched into the port city ofCh i t t agong wi thou t r e s i s t an ceM o n d a y , e n d i n g a t h r e e - d a yr e b e l l i o n t h a t b e g a n w i t h t h eassassination of President ZiaurRahman.

Police arrested the leader of thecoup bid, Maj. Gen. Manzur Ahm-ed, and author i t i e s loca ted thebody of the president which wasflown to Dacca for a state funeral.

Gen. Manzur and his supportersfled the rebel stronghold of Chit-t a g o n g e a r l y M o n d a y w h e n i tbecame apparent that support forhis bid to take power had waned.

Some reports said so people haddied is clashes before the rebellionwas crushed.

Government sources said Man-zur and his major backers were cap-tured outs ide Chi t tagong whilethey were driving towards the In-dian border.

Shortly after it broke the back ofthe rebellion, the government an-nounced a $30,000 reward for Man-zur － dead or alive.

Authorities said the president'sbody was located in a shallow gravenear the Chittagong engineeringcol lege about 24 mi les outs ideBangladesh's major port and wasimmediately flown to the capital.

No funeral plans were announc-ed, but officials said the president'sb o d y wo u l d l i e i n s t a t e i n t h ecapital before it was returned to hishometown for burial.

The coup attempt was launchedbefore dawn on Saturday when thepres ident and e ight a ides weremurdered in their sleep while on ano ve rn igh t v i s i t t o Ch i t t agong ,about 150 miles southeast of Dac-ca.

Vice-Prisident Abdus Sattar, 73,was sworn in as acting presidentaf ter word of the death reachedDacca. Sattar was convalescing ata military hospital at the time, buthe made a broadcast to the nationasking for calm and promising thatall t reaties and agreements withother nations would be honoured.

Al though Manzur ' s goals in at -tempting to take control of the im-poverished nation were not clear,

the former chief of the general staffhad been sacked and given a deskjob in Chittagong.

Observers say that Bangladeshwill elect a new president by univer-sa l su f f rage wi th in s ix monthsunder the na t ion ' s cons t i tu t ionwhich came into force three yearsago under the late president.

They believe that the civilian in-stitutions which he set up are nowstrong enough to resist a furthersucces s ion o f t he b loody cou pd ' e t a t s w h i c h m a r k e dBangladesh ' s f i r s t yea rs o f i n -dependence.

The authorities have declared 40days of national mourning, and pro-claimed a state of emergency tem-porar i ly suspending democraticliberties, but less harshly than themartial law lifted by the late presi-dent at the beginning of 1979.

General Ziaur Rahman had pro-claimed martial law when he tookpower in 1975, three months afterthe assassination, in which he hadplayed no part , of Bangladesh'sfounding father Mujibur Rahman.

Beirut shellingends ceasefire,kills 23 andwounds 276

BEIRUT, Lebanon June 1 (APvia Xinhua) － Mid-city bombard-ment on Monday broke a ceasefirethat silenced Syrian and Christianmi l i t i a guns in Bei ru t a f t e r 18hours of random shelling that left23 civilians killed and 276 injured.Most of the casualties occurred onthe Mediterranean beaches of theLebanese capital, a Beirut policespokesman reported.

He sa id the mid-morn ing ex-change of artillery and rockets sets e v e r a l f i r e s i n r e s i d e n t i a lne ighborho ods i n Mos lem andChr is t i an a reas . The "Voice ofLebanon" radio s tat ion claimedthree Christ ian children, a two-year-old boy and two sisters a yearand two years his senior, were kill-ed as a shell s lammed into theirh o m e i n e a s t B e i r u t ' s D o r aneighbourhood.

Lebanon's state radio said high-f l y i ng I s r ae l i j e t s c r a s he d th esound barrier over Beirut and othercities in southern Lebanon in themorning and shortly before noon,drawing an t i -a i rc raf t f i r e f romPalestinian guerrilla positions. Butthey did not attack.

Missiles staySyria reiterated its rejection of

Israel's demand to pull the Soviet-made surface-to-air missile fromeast Lebanon's Bekaa valley as USpresidential envoy Philip C. Habibprepared to Launch a new Mideastshuttle this week to avert a Syrian-Israeli military showdown.

"The missiles are there to stay,"s a i d S y r i a n F o r e i g n M i n i s t e rAbdul-Halim Khaddam in an inter-v i e w p u b l i s h e d b y t h e G u l fnewspaper Al-Khaleej. "They willnot be withdrawn."

Meanwhile Palestine LiberationOrgan iza t ion cha i rman Yasse rArafat was quoted as saying thatLibyans serving with guerrillas ins o u t h e r n L e b a n o n , h i s m a i nmi d e a s t p o w e r b a s e , w e r e a l l"Volunteers," not regulars.

Chinese Premier arrives in PakistanISLAMABAD, June 1 (Xinhua)

－ Zhao Ziyang, Premier fo theS t a t e C o u n c i l o f t h e P e o p l e ' sRepublic of China, arrived here at8:40 hours local time by specialp l a n e t o a c o l o u r f u l a n d e n -thusiastic welcome.

T h i s i s t h e f i r s t t i me t h a t aC h i n e s e p r m i e r h a s v i s i t e dPakis tan s ince 1966 . I t i s a l soPremier Zhao's first visit to southAsian countries since he took theoffice of premiership.

I n a w r i t t e n s t a t e m e n tdistributed at the airport, Premier

Zhao said that the aim of his cur-r e n t v i s i t i s t o l e a r n f r o m t h ePak i s t an peop l e an d e xchangeviews wi th Pakis tan leaders oni s sues o f common concern . Hep o i n t e d o u t t h a t s i n c e t h eestablishment of diplomatic rela-tions between the two countries,"the amicable rela t ions and co-o p e r a t i o n b e t w e e n C h i n a a n dPa k i s t a n h a v e w i t n e s s e d c o n -t i nuous consol i dat ion and rapi ddevelopment, thanks to the joint ef-forts of the two governments andpeoples".

A grand welcome ceremony washeld at the airport. Accompaniedb y P r e s i d e n t Z i a - u l - H a q , t h eChinese Premier reviewed a guardof honour of the three services ofthe a rmed fo rces . Hundreds o fwelcomers who had gathered at theairport shouted slogans of Sino-Pakistan friendship.

La te r , Ch inese Premier ZhaoZiyang and Pakistan President Zia-ul-Haq held their f i rs t round oftalks at the state guest house.

The two leaders discussed the

s i t u a t i o n i n K a m p u c h e a a n dAfghanis tan as wel l as in southAsia as a whole. The talks proceed-e d i n a w a r m a n d f r i e n d l y a t -mosphere.

Zhao told General Zia-ul-Haq:"We are visi t ing each other l ikerelatives."

Zia-ul-Haq said: "You have manyfriends in Pakistan."

Zhao Ziyang and Zia-ul-Haq hada luncheon together. The two sideswill continue their talks this after-noon.