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VOL. XXVI No. 5 May 2014 Rs. 20.00
Dragon Boat Racing in Chinese Dragon Boat Festival
Deputy Chief of General Staff (Operations) Lt. Gen. Qi
Jianguo met with General Bikram Singh, Chief of Army Staff of the Indian Army on April 22, 2014.
Chinese Ambassador Wei Wei met with Dr. D.Y. Patil,
Governor of Bihar on April 14, 2014..
Chinese Ambassador Wei Wei interacted with businessmen from Bihar on April 15, 2014.
Two Chinese PLA Navy ships - training ship “Zheng He”and frigate “Wei Fang” - arrived at Visakhapatnam on 17th May, on a four-day visit to India's Eastern Naval Command.
Mr. Cheng Guangzhong, Minister-Counsellor of Chinese Embassy visited The Hindu office in Chennai and met with the Chairman Mr, N. Ram and Editor-in-chief Mr. N. Ravi on May 2, 2014.
Deputy Chief of General Staff (Operations) Lt. Gen. Qi
Jianguo held talks with Defence Secretary Mr. R.K. Mathur on April 22, 2014.
May 2014 NEWS FROM CHINA 3
Chengdu, Sichuan--The Land of Abundance
Chengdu is situated in the middle of Sichuan Province, the West Sichuan Plain. With its long history of over 2,300 years, Chengdu was proclaimed one of the 24 cultural and historical cities by the State Council at the first batch. Through the history, Chengdu was a city densely covered by rivers and dotted with bridges, while trees grew in profusion and flowers bloomed all year around. No wonder that a traveler from France in the 19th century praised Chengdu as Oriental Paris.
Over 2,000 years, Chengdu has remained a city of importance in Southwest China on politics, economy and military affairs. Chengdu has also been a city with prosperous industry and booming business activities. Owing to their wisdom, diligence and creativity, from ancient time to present, Chengdu people have been creating uncountable Firsts in the fields of economy, science and technology, and on human culture. These Firsts bring up this historical and cultural city and endow Chengdu permanent enchantment and charming demeanor.
For example, Dujiangyuan Irrigation System was the first which was built around 250 B.C , the first explore and utilization of gas happened in the year of 61 B.C, the first engraving printing, the earliest paper money and the earliest bank… All these happened in Chengdu.
Embroidery, brocade, lacquer and bullion appliances, especially Chengdu lacquer, are known as the Four Treasures of traditional Sichuan craft art articles. With 2300-year history and the unique style of e x q u i s i t e h a n d c r a f t a n d p e r f e c t craftsmanship of the carving & filling with colors, Chengdu lacquer is national present to foreign leaders, and is also considered as treasures by collectors.
Investment Environment & Facilities
The reform on investment management, e-government, government openness and transparency and formalities simplifications enables government to offer increasingly better soft environment for investors. In the 2 national and 6 provincial development zones, Chengdu have attracted many top-500 enterprises and other large modern enterprises.
Transportation: There are 245 domestic air-routes and 9 international routes to
Pandas in Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding
Xiling Snow Mountain
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Singapore, Bangkok, Hiroshima, Tokyo, among others; Chengdu is the communication hub of southwestern China since lots of railways, State Highways, expressways meet here.
Banking: Located in Chengdu, the regional People’s Bank of China now administers 2536 financial organs. Many overseas banks such as Union Bank of Singapore, Standard & Charted Banking Group of England, Bangkok Bank of Thailand, Bank of Tokyo of Japan, and Bank Nat iona l de Pa i rs have es tab l i shed representative offices here. The regional office of China Securities Regulating Commission has 87 stock exchange spots with 18.7 million security investors, only second to Shanghai and Shenzhen.
Foundation of science and technology: This city has 22 universities, 114 doctorate-conferring institutions, over 120 doctorial research stations, 15 national key subjects, 18 key labs and over 2700 research institutes of various kinds, 24 academicians from both academies, 523 doctorial advisors, more than 100 state-class experts with outstanding contributions, and 490,000 technicians of various sectors.
Recreation and sports: At present, the city has 17 public libraries, 10 museums, 2 TV stations, 2 radio stations, more than 10 publishing houses, and a number of cultural and arts organizations, art-centers, music halls, and public art houses.
Tourism: Chengdu, with its 9 national
Flights from India to Chengdu
Mumbai---Chengdu---Shanghai
Airlines Flight No. Frequency Dep. Time Arr. Time
Air China CA430 1,2,4,6 0140 1240
Chengdu Lacquer Bullion AppliancesShu Embroidery Chengdu brocade
cultural relics (Wuhou Temple, Dufu Thatched Cottage, Yong Tomb, among others), 2 national scenic spots (Dujiang yan-Qingcheng Mt., Xiling Snow Mountain), 3 “forest gardens” (Longchiin Dujiang yan city and Tiantan Mt. In Qionglai county) and several nature reserves such as Anzi River (in Chongzhou), is reputed as “outstanding tourism city in China”.
Events: Western China International FairTime: Oct. 23—Nov. 3, 2014
About: Western China International Fair (WCIF) is a state- level international exposition under the co-sponsorship of China’s 16 ministries/commissions, 12 p r o v i n c e s ( a u t o n o m o u s r e g i o n s , municipality) and Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps in western China. The WCIF is held annually in Chengdu, Sichuan Province, China and 14 sessions have been held so far.
It serves as an important platform for investment promotion, trade cooperation and diplomatic service; it is the largest and most important platform for the opening-up and development of western China. The WCIF has development into one of the largest, most influential and advanced economy and trade fairs in China. (For more information please v i s i t h t t p : / / w w w . w c i f . c n / E m a i l : [email protected])
CONTENTS
May 2014 NEWS FROM CHINA 5
INFORMATION
1. Chengdu, Sichuan-- The Land of Abundance 3
EXTERNAL AFFAIRS
1. From Giver to Partner 62. Ministry of Foreign Affairs Holds the 9th "Lanting Forum" 113. Living Together in Peace 13
CHINA-INDIA RELATIONS
1. Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Hua Chunying’s Remarks on India’s General Elections 172. New Government will Boost Ties with China: China's Ambassador to India, Wei Wei 183. Senior Chinese Officer Calls for Closer Military Cooperation with India 204. China, India Meet on Border Issues 21
CHINESE DREAM
1. "Chinese Dream" to Benefit China, World 212. Concept of Peaceful Development Flows in Blood of Chinese People 23
ECONOMIC AFFAIRS
1. China Should Adapt to New Norm of Growth: Xi Jinping 252. Target 2020 273. HUAWEI: A Cornerstone in India’s Telecom Foundation 314. Interpreting the Brilliance of Chinese Company 34
EDUCATION
1. China Experience—I love Zhongguo 362. Chinese Government Scholarship Application 383. A Briefing on International S&T Cooperation Award 42
CULTURE & LIFE
1.Major Customs of the Dragon Boat Festival 45
3. How to Make a Zongzi 47
4. Artistic Concept of Chinese Garden Architecture—Part 2 48
5. Chinese Chengyu and Its Stories 496. Award-winning Chinese Crosswords 517. Chinese Chef Recipe---Stir Fry Chicken with Hot Chilli 52
TIBET TODAY
1. The Development of Tibetan Media in Dechen 54
2. Tibet Fully Develops “Sunlight Economy” 603. More Remote Villages Access Highway in Tibet 60
FLIGHTS BETWEEN CHINA AND INDIA 62BOOK REVIEW 64CCTV NEWS YOUR LINK TO CHINA AND THE WORLD 65CRI A BRIDGE OF FRIENDSHIP 66
The Dragon Boat Festival 432.
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EXTERNAL AFFAIRS
About 2,500 years ago, Chinese
philosopher Lao Tzu said, “Give a man a fish
and you feed him for a day; teach him how to
fish and you feed him for a lifetime.” Now this
ancient wisdom is being implemented to
strengthen the China-Africa friendship in a
modern context.
In early May, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang
made his first state visit to Africa after taking
office in March last year. Li’s trip upgraded
China-Africa relations into “version 2.0,” in
which traditional assistance programs will be
supplemented by economic cooperation and
cultural exchange.
Enriching Relations
Premier Li visited Ethiopia, Nigeria,
Angola, Kenya and the African Union (AU)
headquarters from May 4 to 11, marking his
first overseas visits this year and his first
voyage to Africa since March 2013.
The global situation is far from what it was
50 years ago, when late Chinese Premier Zhou
Enlai made his landmark visit to Africa. Li’s
From Giver to Partner
– China adds fresh elements of cooperation and partnership to traditional friendship with Africa
by Ding Ying
HELLO AFRICA: Chinese Premier Li Keqiang and his wife Cheng Hong wave after arriving in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on May 4 (LI TAO)
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tour sought to further advance the traditional
friendship, promote practical cooperation,
and boost the bilateral strategic partnership.
This voyage demonstrates the new
leadership’s commitment to the China-Africa
relationship, said professor Huang Zequan
with the African Studies Department at
Peking University. “The friendly cooperation
between the two sides will be
continuously pushed forward, and
generally be enriched with new
concepts,” said Huang.
“Premier Li’s visit cements
Africa’s significant, fundamental and
strategic status in China’s overall
diplomacy,” said professor Ji
Mingkui with the National Defense
University.
Li Zhibiao, a researcher on African
studies with the Chinese Academy of
Social Sciences (CASS), explained that
the four African countries are either
politically influential powers or major
economies in Africa. Nigeria has the
biggest population in Africa, and it
has replaced South Africa as the
continent’s top economy as its GDP in
2013 exceeded South Africa’s.
Ethiopia, where the AU headquarters
is located, has attracted many Chinese
investors in recent years. Kenya has
become one of the favorite tourist
destinations in Africa for Chinese travelers.
And Angola, an influential state in Southern
Africa and also an oil producer, has been in
close cooperation with China.
In his speech at the AU headquarters,
Premier Li came up with a suggestion of
developing bilateral relations in a 4-6-1 mode,
which is considered the new leadership’s
practical implementation of China’s new
Africa policy. Unlike the simple mode of
providing direct assistance to African nations
in the past, China has worked harder to
improve Africa’s competence in economic
and cultural development, shifting its role
from that of a giver to a partner. Moreover,
China has enhanced its political relationship
with these countries and bolstered economic
cooperation with them.
Professor Yuan Gangming with Tsinghua
University explained that the mode has been
developed on the basis of long-term
friendship and cooperation between China
and Africa. “There will be a completely new
outlook on bilateral cooperation leading to
win-win outcomes and reciprocity,” Yuan
said. He stressed that the platform of the
Forum on China-Africa Cooperation is
significant in that it represents an upgrading
of bilateral cooperation on both a mechanical
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang addresses at the AU Conference Center in
Addis Ababa, capital of Ethiopia.
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and operative level.
Chinese President Xi Jinping visited
Africa in 2013, during which he expounded on
China’s Africa policy and stressed China’s
commitment to cooperation with sincerity,
real results, affinity and good faith.
Li Zhibiao believed that President Xi’s
commitment pointed the way to China-Africa
relations, and the four principles Premier Li
suggested is a further step confirming China’s
determination to realize Xi’s pledge.
Referring to six areas of bilateral
cooperation, he stressed, “Both China and
Africa are at their respective crossroads of
development in the new era. The six areas not
only are of African countries’ general concern
of participating in economic globalization
based on independence, but also reflect
China’s practical interests of accelerating its
economic transformation.”
He said that the core of the six key areas is
cooperation in industry, while cooperation in
the remaining five areas is meant to solve
problems concerning financing, marketing,
environmental protection, personnel and
security.
Cooperation in the six areas is China’s
mid- and long-term strategic plan of boosting
China-Africa cooperation.
Yang Lihua, a senior research fellow with
the CASS, pointed out that the premier’s
speech showed the consistency of China’s
friendship with and its policy concerning
Africa in the past 50 years. “During the last
five decades, the China-Africa relationship
has been bound by mutual respect and
reciprocity. Our goal, approach and
destination have been consistent in spite of
changing circumstances,” said Yang.
Based on the similar target of fighting
imperialism to gain national independence,
the Chinese and African peoples started to
support each other in the mid-20th century.
On October 25, 1971, China resumed its
legal status in the United Nations with
support from the developing world, including
many African countries. Late Chinese leader
Mao Zedong emphasized, “It’s our African
brothers that have carried us into the UN.”
The China-Africa relationship has entered a
new phase since the beginning of the 21st
century. In October 2000, the Forum on China-
Africa Cooperation was launched. In 2006,
China and Africa agreed to upgrade their
relationship to a new type of strategic
partnership featuring political equality and
mutual trust, economic win-win cooperation
and cultural exchanges.
Two Wheels of Cooperation
About 60 cooperation documents were
signed during Premier Li’s Africa tour,
covering fields like economic, cultural,
agricultural, health and personnel training
cooperation. This great achievement is also
closely linked to the six areas that he
proposed.
Yang believed that the Chinese premier’s
proposal is very encouraging. According to
the new 4-6-1 mode, China will expand the
scope of industrial cooperation by including
trade, investment and infrastructure
construction, she said. “China is at a crucial
stage of industrial restructuring and
transformation of its economic growth
pattern. This is a good way to closely match
China’s development with Africa’s,” said
Yang.
Premier Li also laid out the blueprint for
increasing China-Africa trade volume to $400
billion by 2020. Yang believed such a goal is
relatively conservative. In 2013, China-Africa
trade reached $210 billion, 2,000 times that of
1960. China has been Africa’s biggest trading
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partner for the past five years; in addition,
more than 2,500 Chinese companies are
operating in Africa, creating over 100,000 jobs.
According to a report by the International
Monetary Fund, China-Africa cooperation
has contributed to more than 20 percent of
Africa’s development.
China and African countries have made
progress in infrastructural construction,
especially in railway projects. China is ready
to expand cooperation with Africa in building
roads, railways, telecommunications, power
grids and other infrastructure so as to help the
continent achieve regional interconnection,
the Chinese premier said in his speech, adding
that Beijing also encourages Chinese
enterprises to form joint ventures with
African counterparts in a bid to improve
Africa’s regional aviation industry. During
Premier Li’s visit, China and Nigeria agreed
on a coastal railway project worth $13.12
billion. The coastal railway will be of great
strategic significance in promoting the
economic development of the whole of West
Africa and building a coastal economic
corridor in the region.
The premier also depicted a vision of
connecting African capitals with high-speed
rail, saying that China is willing to use its
world-leading technologies in this area to
improve pan-African communication and
development.
Nowadays, China has become a major
railway equipment provider to Africa. Unlike
previous assistance projects, today’s railway
construction ventures in Africa are mostly
realized through commercial cooperation,
which is targeted at greatly increasing African
countries’ level of technical proficiency
through reciprocity. By 2013, China had built
about 2,200 km of railways and 3,500 km of
roads in Africa.
Professor Yuan said that the building of
joint ventures is an excellent way to promote
Africa’s self-sufficiency after adopting
China’s technology. This is a new cooperative
mode, he said, as China’s
successful experience in building
high-speed rail offers a vast
c o n t i n e n t l i k e A f r i c a t h e
infrastructural technologies of
which it is in urgent demand.
Traditional assistance projects
will continue at the same time.
Premier Li announced during his
trip that China has decided to
increase its loans for African
countries by $10 billion, which
brings the total pledged amount to
$30 billion, and to expand the
China-Africa development fund
by $2 billion to $5 billion.
Moreover, to help reduce poverty,
China will train 2,000 agricultural
technicians and management
INFRASTRUCTUAL COOPERATION: Chinese Premier Li Keqiang and Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn tighten a bolt during a visit to a light railway project in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on May 5 (LI XUEREN)
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personnel for Africa in the coming five years,
tilting its assistance toward such welfare areas
as drinking water and prevention and control
of epidemics.
The Chinese premier also emphasized the
importance of cultural and people-to-people
exchanges during his visit. In regards to
people-to-people exchanges, he said China
will carry out its “African talent plan” and will
provide African countries with 18,000
government scholarships and help them train
30,000 various professionals. He also declared
that China will offer South Sudan another 50
million yuan ($8 million) of humanitarian aid
to help deal with their humanitarian crisis.
Premier Li praised Africa’s encouraging
contributions to the world civilization and
economy. Now a land full of vigor, Africa has
reshaped itself into an important pole in
world politics, a new pole in global economic
growth and a colorful pole in human
civilization, he said in his speech.
“African civilization, as an important part
of a pluralistic global village, is worthy of our
undivided attention,” Yang said.
The 4-6-1 Mode Between China and Africa
Visiting Chinese Premier Li Keqiang
delivered a speech on May 5 in the Africa
Union Headquarters Center in Addis Ababa,
Ethiopia, proposing a new 4-6-1 cooperative
mode between China and Africa. This mode
includes:
Four principles: To further consolidate
bilateral cooperation, the two sides uphold
the four principles of treating each other
sincerely and equally; consolidating
solidarity and mutual trust; jointly pursuing
inclusive development; and promoting
innovation in bilateral practical cooperation.
Six key areas: Six areas—industry, finance,
poverty reduction, ecological protection,
people-to-people exchanges, and peace and
security—have been identified for the two
sides to make the leap forward.
One platform: As the Forum on China-
Africa Cooperation serves as an important
platform for deepening bilateral relations,
joint efforts should be made to turn it into a
more pragmatic and efficient mechanism.
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Ministry of Foreign Affairs Holds the 9th "Lanting Forum"
08/05/2014
On May 8, 2014, the 9th “Lanting Forum”
under the theme of “CICA: Important
Platform for Dialogue, Mutual Trust and
Collaboration in Asia” was held in the
Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Over 200 people
were present, including Vice Foreign Minister
Cheng Guoping, foreign diplomatic envoys to
China, representatives of international
organizations to China, representatives from
commercial circles, relevant experts and
scholars, Chinese and foreign media
journalists and others. The Forum was hosted
by Public Diplomacy Office of the Ministry of
Foreign Affairs, co-hosted by China Public
Diplomacy Association (CPDA), and chaired
by Vice President of CPDA Ma Zhengang and
Honorary Chairman of China Foundation for
International Studies (CFIS) Zhang Deguang.
In his keynote speech, Cheng Guoping
said that China will hold the 4th Summit of the
Conference on Interaction and Confidence
Building Measures in Asia (CICA) in
Shanghai from May 20 to 21, during which
China will take over the presidency of CICA
from 2014 to 2016. Since its establishment in
1992, CICA has constantly developed and
expanded, growing into one of the few
important cross-civilizations and cross-region
platforms for the discussion of regional
security and cooperation issues in Asia. CICA
complies with the common aspiration of the
Asian people for peace and tranquility,
promotes Asian countries’ development
process of mutual benefit and win-win
results, and represents special path of
diversified development in Asia. This is the
major reason that CICA has made numerous
development achievements. As an important
multilateral platform for the discussion of
security issues in Asia, CICA enjoys such
features as broad representation, increasingly
improved internal mechanism, and
prominent leading role played by Asian
countries, and therefore it has great
development potential.
Cheng Guoping pointed out that
currently, Asia is assuming rare and sound
development momentum, and in the
meantime, it is still facing a range of
difficulties and challenges on the way
ahead. It has become an urgent task for
Asian countries to safeguard peace, jointly
s t r e n g t h e n s e c u r i t y a n d p r o m o t e
development. Asian countries should
enhance the concept of Asia, improve
Asian responsibility and advocate the
Asian way.
Cheng Guoping stressed that China, as a
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founding member state of CICA, attaches
great importance to participating in CICA
cooperation and is actively committed to
promoting the development of CICA.
Constructive participation of the Chinese side
has made due contribution to promoting
CICA cooperation and facilitating solidarity
and mutual trust among Asian countries. The
Chinese side is going all out for the
preparatory work of the 4th Summit, striving
to make this summit a united, harmonious
and peaceful event. This Summit will be the
largest one in the history of CICA, with
representatives from over 40 countries and
international organizations gathering in
Shanghai and a number of participating
foreign leaders taking the opportunity of this
Summit to visit China. President Xi Jinping
will preside at the Summit and deliver a
keynote speech, and will hold bilateral
meetings with some of the participating
foreign leaders.
Cheng Guoping said that hosting the
CICA Summit is an important step for the
Chinese side to participate actively in CICA’s
process and to maintain security in Asia. After
taking over the baton of presidency of CICA,
the Chinese side will conscientiously fulfill
the duties of presidency, effectively advance
the confidence building measures of CICA in
five areas, improve the level of mechanism
construction of CICA, and facilitate CICA’s
greater role in maintaining regional security
of Asia and expanding regional cooperation.
The Chinese side will make efforts in the
following aspects: first, expanding political
mutual trust and settling disputes in a
peaceful manner; second, promoting common
development and cooperating to ensure
safety; third, advocating multilateralism and
improving safeguard mechanism; four,
insisting on seeking common ground while
shelving differences and respecting diverse
civilizations.
Cheng Guoping said that China, as a
member of the big Asian family and a
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responsible major country in the region, will
take the presidency of CICA as a valuable
opportunity to advance the development of
CICA and to promote regional security and
stability. Together with other countries, the
Chinese side will shoulder the important
mission of maintaining regional prosperity
and stability and make contributions to the
peaceful development in Asia.
Chairman of CFIS Liu Guchang, Vice
President of China Institute of Contemporary
International Relations (CICIR) Li Shaoxian,
Deputy Director of China Institute of
International Studies (CIIS) Dong Manyuan,
Secretary-General of Center for Shanghai
Cooperation Organization (SCO) Study of
Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS)
Sun Zhuangzhi, and Director of Asia-Pacific
Studies of CFIS Qi Jianguo, respectively made
presentations on specific topics from the
angles of the mechanism of CICA, the security
situation of Asia, CICA’s cooperation with
SCO, the “three evil forces” and Asian
security concept, and made exchanges and
interactions with the guests.
2014 marks the 60th anniversary of the
proclamation of the Five Principles of
Peaceful Coexistence. Over the past six
decades, all generations of the Chinese
leadership have regarded the principles as the
most valuable diplomatic tradition. They
have also become widely accepted by the
international community as pivotal norms of
international relations.
The Five Principles of Peaceful
Coexistence were raised just a few years after
the founding of the People’s Republic of
China in 1949. After the birth of New China,
the country faced huge challenges as it found
itself caught between the two nuclear powers
of the United States and the Soviet Union.
China’s original intent in raising the concept
was to rise above the ideological strife of the
two camps, find friendship, seek peace and
Living Together in Peace
Six decades after its emergence, a set of guiding principles continues to influence global affairs
by An Gang
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safeguard national independence. The five
principles have helped China distinguish its
foreign policy from the hegemonic strategy of
the United States and the Soviet Union, laying
the moral and legal foundation for China to
establish a foothold in the world.
Without these principles, there would be
no friendly cooperation between China and
other developing countries. China’s return to
the UN as well as the settlement of border
disputes with many neighboring countries
would not have been achieved, either.
Moreover, without the principles, China
would not have been able to grow into its
current status.
Enduring Relevance
Since it adopted the reform and opening-
up policy in the late 1970s, China’s foreign
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policy focus has shifted from revolutionary
diplomacy to peace diplomacy. Having
moved past the point of merely seeking
survival and development space, it has set out
to strengthen economic cooperation and
integrate itself into the global system.
However, China remains a developing
country that often faces pressing challenges
due to foreign interference. As such, it has
consistently upheld the value of its
independence.
China’s current leadership continues to
uphold this historic legacy as it speaks highly
of the significance of the principles. At a study
session of the Political Bureau of the
Communist Party of China Central
Committee in January 2013, only a few
months after the Party’s leadership transition,
newly elected General Secretary Xi Jinping
said that China has proposed and adhered to
the Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence,
and made a solemn commitment to never
seeking hegemony, adding that the country
will unswervingly uphold these principles
and commitments.
At the same time, the Chinese leadership
understands that the world today is no longer
that of 60 years ago. It is now a world of
political multi-polarization and economic
globalization. As an emerging major power,
China inevitably is participating more and
more in international affairs. The question for
the Chinese Government now is how to
creatively inherit the Five Principles of
Peaceful Coexistence to ensure they align with
the new global situation and China’s national
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HISTORIC LEGACY: Chinese Prime Minister Zhou Enlai (second left) meets with Burmese President Ba U (second right) in Yangon, Myanmar, on June 28, 1954 (XINHUA)
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interests.
The question of whether the five
principles are still applicable today has long
been debated among China’s academic circle
as well as the public. Many claimed that “non-
interference in internal affairs” is already
outmoded, and have expressed hope that
China would exert its influence to defend its
national interests when the domestic crisis of a
foreign country threatens China or a foreign
country’s domestic policy damages China’s
interests. Several renowned Chinese scholars
have proposed the concepts of “creative
i n t e r v e n t i o n ” a n d “ c o n s t r u c t i v e
involvement,” suggesting China increase its
voice on international affairs.
The Chinese authorities believe that the
argument is centered on the concept of
national sovereignty. The traditional
principles of independence are being
challenged by globalization, unilateralism
and the idea that human rights take
precedence over sovereignty. Moreover,
global issues such as climate change,
terrorism and human dignity require
countries to forge international consensus.
However, it should be acknowledged that
despite these developments, nation-states
remain major actors in international politics,
and sovereignty still embodies and
guarantees national interests.
Other Asian countries that initiated the
Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence
together with China—including India and
Myanmar—also see these principles as
having universal value. Developing countries
know that in order to safeguard their rights to
development in a world marked by “social
Darwinism,” they cannot give up the
supremacy of state sovereignty. They must
firmly support the principles of equality of all
c o u n t r i e s a n d c o n s e n s u s t h r o u g h
consultation in the current global governance
system.
Chinese leaders are soberly aware of
China’s current comprehensive strength.
While they stress making full use of the
country’s increasing power to safeguard its
national interests, they understand that there
are still serious bottlenecks for China’s
development. In the meantime, China’s
reunification, territorial integrity, national
unity and development path are facing
multiple external challenges. The security
situation of neighboring countries also poses
potential threats to China’s national security.
Therefore, China should focus on domestic
reform and development and never abuse its
diplomatic resources or practice diplomatic
activities that infringe upon other countries’
sovereignty. What China needs to do is to
enrich and develop the Five Principles of
Peaceful Coexistence, making the principles a
banner for promoting common development,
safeguarding international security,
respecting diversity of world civilizations,
strengthening multilateralism and pushing
for democracy in international relations.
Diplomatic Practice
The Chinese Government doesn’t want to
become mired in the debate. Instead, it is
willing to accumulate experience in practice,
make adjustments, and increase its influence
on the domestic and foreign policies of
surrounding countries and participation in
international affairs.
The Korean Peninsula situation is deeply
connected with China’s strategic security
interests. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un,
after taking power in 2011, took a tough stance
on both domestic affairs and foreign policies.
Despite international opposition, Kim
conducted his country’s third nuclear test in
2013, further deteriorating relations with the
international community and further
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c o m p l i c a t i n g C h i n a ’ s s u r r o u n d i n g
environment. China first tried to persuade
Pyongyang to continue dialogue with other
parties. Later, while maintaining regular
working-level communication and normal
economic and trade contacts, Beijing
temporarily closed the door to top-level
official visits with Pyongyang and earnestly
implemented the UN sanctions on North
Korea. However, China didn’t give up its
efforts to bring North Korea back into
dialogue. Since February, China has sent Vice
Foreign Minister Liu Zhenmin and Wu
Dawei, the country’s special representative
for Korean Peninsula affairs, to visit
Pyongyang, in an attempt to restart the long-
stalled six-party talks as well as urging
Pyongyang to improve its relations with other
c o u n t r i e s a n d f o c u s o n e c o n o m i c
development.
As for the current Ukrainian crisis, China’s
stance is crucial as it keeps strategic
p a r t n e r s h i p s w i t h a l l t h e p a r t i e s
concerned—Ukraine, Russia, the European
Union and the United States. The annexation
of Crimea by Russia has undermined the
sovereignty of Ukraine, which goes against
China’s long-held diplomatic principles.
However, China believes that there are
complex historical and practical reasons for
the move. The U.S.-led NATO enlargement
under the Cold War mentality, which
extrudes the strategic space of Russia, is
actually the blasting fuse of the tensions.
Under these circumstances, China chooses
not to take sides but promotes peace talks.
China’s proposal of sett ing up an
international coordination mechanism for
political settlement of the crisis has won the
understanding and respect of all parties.
Regarding Sino-U.S. relations, one of the
most important bilateral relationships in the
world, China’s top leaders have called for
building a new type of major-power
relationship between the two countries. This
new-type relationship aims to ensure the
sound and stable development of Sino-U.S.
relations. Featuring non-confrontation, non-
conflict, mutual respect and win-win
cooperation, the vision can help the two
countries to avoid a possible lose-lose
situation resulting from competition between
the emerging power and the established
power. To an extent, the notion of new-type
major-power relations is the extension and
development of the Five Principles of Peaceful
Coexistence in handling big power relations,
which will surely have a far-reaching
influence on international relations.
The Five Principles of Peaceful
Coexistence—mutual respect for each other’s
sovereignty and territorial integrity, mutual
non-aggression, non-interference in each
other’s internal affairs, equality and mutual
benefit, and peaceful coexistence—were first
put forward by Chinese Premier Zhou Enlai at
a meeting with the Indian delegation for
negotiations on bilateral relations in China’s
Tibet region in December 1953. The principles
were later incorporated into the Agreement
on Trade and Intercourse Between the Tibet
Region of China and India released on April
29, 1954.
In June 1954, Premier Zhou visited India
and Burma, now known as Myanmar. The
joint statements issued between Zhou and his
Indian and Burmese counterparts both
affirmed the Five Principles of Peaceful
Coexistence as guiding principles for China-
India and China-Burma relations. The three
nations also jointly proposed that the
principles should be established as norms
governing international relations in general.
(The author is an op-ed contributor to Beijing Review
Origins of the Principles)
External Affairs
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Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Hua Chunying's Remarks on India's General Election
Q: Results of India's general election has
come out, and the Bharatiya Janata Party
(BJP) wins the election with landslide
victory. What is China's comment on this
election? What are China's expectations for
future relations with India? How does China
evaluate the role played by the Indian
National Congress, Manmohan Singh in
particular during his term of office as the
Prime Minister, in advancing China-India
relations?
A: We have noted that the result of India's
general election has come out with the BJP
winning with landslide victory. We
congratulate the BJP on the victory.
China always values bilateral relations
with India. In recent years, China-India
relations have maintained a sound
momentum of development. This year marks
the year of friendly exchanges between China
and India, and China, India and Myanmar are
to hold a joint commemoration on the 60th
anniversary of the announcement of the five
principles of peaceful coexistence, both
bringing new opportunities to China-India
relations. China is willing to join hands with
the new government of India to maintain
high-level exchanges, deepen exchanges and
cooperation in various fields and bring the
strategic cooperative partnership for peace
and prosperity between China and India to a
new height.
In the past decade, China and India jointly
established strategic cooperative partnership
of peace and prosperity and brought tangible
interests to people of the two countries
thanks to notable progress achieved in
friendly exchanges and mutual beneficial
cooperation in various fields. The two
countries reached the Agreement on the
Political Parameters and Guiding Principles
for the Settlement of the India-China
Boundary Question and try hard in pursuing
a fair and just solution acceptable to both
parties through friendly negotiation. Peace
and tranquility of the border area is ensured
through joint efforts. Prime Minister Singh is
committed to developing China-India
relations and receives considerable respect
from the Chinese people. The important
remarks he made, for example, "China and
India are cooperative partners rather than
competitors" and " the world has enough
room to accommodate the common
development of both China and India", are
widely known and acknowledged by people
of the two countries. China commends Prime
Minister Singh and the Indian National
Congress on their positive efforts and
significant contributions to pushing forward
China-India relations.
CHINA-INDIA RELATIONS
18 May 2014 NEWS FROM CHINA
On April 28, 2014, Indian English
Newspaper The Economic Times published
the interview to Chinese Ambassador to India
Wei Wei. The full text is as follows:
China’s Ambassador to India, Wei Wei
tells ET’s Dipanjan Roy Chaudhury that the
new Indian government is expected to boost
economy and help bilateral ties reach
historical stage. Describing India as an
important neighbour, Wei Wei says the
relation between the two countries is a prior
agenda in China’s foreign policy.
What will be the thrust of Beijing to further strengthen India-China ties? What will be China’s priority with the new Indian government?
China-India relations have been on a new
upward track in the recent years. We have also
developed a new model of relations, which is
characterised by expanding bilateral
cooperation while properly handling
differences. This model has become an
example of relations among countries under
new international situations. With elections
going on in India, China expects that the new
Indian government will work together to
promote the bilateral relations with maturity
and rationality. The new leadership in China
is now carrying forward ‘China reform and
development Version 3.0’.
The new Indian government is also
expected to boost its economy. Our bilateral
relationship will move to a historical stage
with new leaderships, opportunities,
momentum and prospects. China is ready to
join hands with India to deepen strategic
trust, properly handle differences, promote
cooperation in various fields and strengthen
communication and coordination on
international and regional issues. I have full
confidence in the future of China-India
relations. India is an important neighbour.
China-India relation is a prior agenda in
China’s foreign policy. President Xi Jinping of
China said recently there was a historic
mission to push forward China-India
relations. This is the first time that a Chinese
leader has made such remarks.
Has Beijing identified areas where it wants to focus with the new Indian
New Government will Boost Ties with China:
China's Ambassador to India, Wei Wei
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May 2014 NEWS FROM CHINA 19
government?
2014 is the year of China-India Friendly
Exchanges. It is also the 60th anniversary of
the announcement of the Five Principles of
Peaceful Coexistence or the Panchsheel. On
the bilateral-level, firstly, the two countries
will maintain high-level exchanges. We will
s t r e n g t h e n s t r a t e g i c a n d p o l i t i c a l
communication and enhance mutual
understanding through political dialogue and
consultation at various levels, such as the
recently concluded Sixth China-India
Strategic Dialogue. Secondly, we will make
full use of exiting mechanisms like Strategic
Economic Dialogue and Joint Economic
Group to intensify our pragmatic cooperation
to expand economic cooperation. I am of the
view that we have great potentials in the area
of investment.
Thirdly, we will expand defense exchanges and
cooperation to jointly maintain peace in border
areas. We both uphold independent foreign policy
for peace and share common interests in regional
and global affairs. We are committed to
safeguarding regional peace, stability, development
and integration. We have maintained close
cooperation in safeguarding world peace and
promoting global economic and financial
governance as well as strengthening democracy in
international relations.
What measures is China planning to boost economic ties and expand trade relations with India?
China ranks second in terms of economy
while India is at the tenth position. China has
nearly US$ 4 trillion foreign exchange
r e s e r v e s , a n d i s s p e e d i n g u p i t s
implementation of the ‘going out’ strategy.
India also has ambitious development
schemes and huge demand for foreign
investment. So I can say our economic and
trade cooperation is highly complementary
with extensive potential and bright future. We
signed MoU on railway cooperation in
November 2012. A month ago, during the
third China-India Strategic Economic
Dialogue, both sides had fruitful discussions
regarding cooperation on projects in heavy
haul, raising speed of existing rail routes and
station reorganisation and expansion in India.
Until the end of 2013, the accumulated
foreign direct investment from China to India
had amounted to US$ 0.94 billion. It is far from
satisfaction considering the huge scale of both
the economies. I see joint development of
industrial parks a helpful way of providing
better infrastructure and more investment-
friendly environment, which will attract more
Chinese enterprises to invest in India. I also
expect that the Bangladesh-China-India-
Myanmar Corridor will be a good platform for
enhancing trade and economic relations
between our countries and among others in
the region. China is willing to offer financial
support to both public and private banking
pro jec t s in India through var ious
a r r a n g e m e n t s . T h e I n d u s t r i a l a n d
Commercial Bank of China has set up its
branch in Mumbai and is now considering a
second one in Gurgaon. Bank of China is also
coming to India.
What are the global and regional issues that China would like to focus with the new Indian government?
As the world’s two largest developing
countries, China and India have identical
views on many international issues. China
and India have established bilateral
consultation with Afghanistan. Both of us
recognise the importance of maintaining
peace and security in Afghanistan post 2014. It
is in line with the common interests of China
and India and regional countries as well.
China will host the 4th Foreign Ministers’
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Senior Chinese Officer Calls for Closer Military Cooperation with India
New Delhi, April 23 (Xinhua) —
A visiting senior Chinese army
officer on Tuesday called on the
Chinese and Indian militaries to
forge closer ties by expanding
exchanges and cooperation in
various fields.
Qi Jianguo, deputy chief of the
General Staff of the People’s
Liberation Army, made the remarks
when meeting here with Bikram
Singh, chief of the Army Staff of the
Indian Army.
China and India are the two
largest developing countries, and bilateral
cooperation not only benefits both nations but
contributes to global peace and stability, Qi
said.
He called for earnest implementation of
the border defense cooperation agreement the
two countries signed during Indian Prime
Minister Manmohan Singh’s official visit to
China in October 2013.
Meanwhile, the two militaries should
boost exchanges and cooperation in various
fields so as to push their relations to higher
levels, added the Chinese officer.
China, he said, is ready to work with India
to strengthen management and control,
handle bilateral differences in a proper
manner, and thus safeguard border peace and
stability and create a favorable environment
for the common development of both
countries.
For his part, Singh said this year marks the
Year of India-China Friendly Exchanges,
Conference of Istanbul Process on
Afghanistan in August.
We had also signed an agreement on
climate change cooperation as early as 2009. I
hope we will continue to work closely with
India to push the international community for
a fair achievement which is conducive not
only to climate protection but also to the
development of all countries. We have also
established dialogue mechanism on maritime
cooperation in fighting pirates. India’s ‘Look
East’ strategy needs to expand to Pacific affair
while China’s initiative ‘Maritime Silk Road in
the 21stCentury’ also requires tranquility in
Indian Ocean.
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which provides new opportunities to
promote the relations between the two
militaries.
The Indian side is willing to enhance
exchanges and communication with China in
order to maintain a peaceful border and help
safeguard regional stability, he added.
China, India Meet on Border Issues
Beijing, April 29 (Xinhua) — China and
India continued with their three-day meeting
on border affairs in Beijing on Tuesday, said
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Qin
Gang.
According to Qin, the progress of the
fourth meeting of the Working Mechanism for
Consultation and Coordination on China-
India Border Affairs will be released when it is
concluded on Wednesday.
Qin told a regular press briefing the two
countries had taken positive measures in
maintaining peace and stability in recent
years, and signed an agreement on border
control cooperation.
“We are willing to make joint efforts with
India to explore ways to maintain border
peace and stabil i ty and strengthen
coordination on border issues,” Qin said.
China and India share a 2,000-km-long
border that has never been formally
delineated. The two countries began
discussing border issues in the 1980s.
The two sides signed an agreement in New
Delhi in January 2012 to formally launch the
working mechanism. Under the agreement,
the mechanism is headed by officials at the
director general level from the Chinese
Foreign Ministry and by officials at the joint
secretary level from the Indian External
Affairs Ministry, and is composed of
diplomatic and military officials from both
sides.
CHINESE DREAM
Beijing, May 10 (Xinhua) — During his
tour of Europe in late March, Chinese
President Xi Jinping expounded on many
occasions on the “Chinese dream,” a policy
the new Chinese leadership has adopted to
pursue peace, prosperity, happiness and
social stability.
The Chinese dream is the dream for
people’s happiness, Xi said when delivering a
speech marking the 50th anniversary of the
"Chinese Dream" to Benefit China, World
Chinese Dream
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establishment of China-France diplomatic
relations.
As people across the world have all
dreamt of the “Chinese dream” in their own
way, it is no wonder that foreigners
understand the notion upon first hearing it.
The concept of the “Chinese dream,” first
mentioned during a speech by Xi two weeks
after he was elected general secretary of the
Communist Party of China (CPC) Central
Committee in November 2012, is considered a
central mission of the new leadership.
The way towards realizing these dreams
varies. China has chosen to realize its dream
based on its own ways, in line with China’s
national conditions and the trend of the times.
China cannot copy the political system or
development model of other countries
“because it would not fit us and it might even
lead to catastrophic consequences,” Xi has
said.
This proves that the path of socialism with
Chinese characteristics is a path of peaceful
development.
China has kept sober-minded about its
status quo. China is still the world’s largest
developing country, Xi said when addressing
the Korber Foundation in Berlin in March.
China will firmly stick to the path of
peaceful development and pursue an
independent foreign policy of peace, Xi said,
and the country should not be compared to
Mephisto, the demon figure in the German
classic legend of Faust
“Today, the lion has woken up, and it is
peaceful, pleasant and civilized,” Xi said in a
final speech after a trip to the UNESCO
headquarters.
In essence, the “Chinese dream” means
peace, prosperity, happiness and social
stability, for which China strives for in a bid to
bring mutual benefit to China and other
countries.
The “Chinese dream” will benefit the
world while opening up new opportunities
for other countries to realize their own
dreams.
When visiting Germany, Xi urged both
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countries’ enterprises to optimize trade
s t r u c t u r e , d e v e l o p t a r g e t e d a n d
complementary products that meet market
demand, and increase the proportion of
technology and service in bilateral trade.
China’s sufficient internal impetus is
driving the country’s sustainable and stable
growth, thus providing a huge market and
opportunities for its cooperation partners.
“The new era presents new opportunities
for China and Europe to boost their friendship
and cooperation. China and Europe share
common interests in pursuing development,
and China will continue to view Europe as a
strategic partner and support European
integration,” Xi wrote in an article published
by Belgian paper Le Soir ahead of his visit to
Belgium.
The realization of the Chinese dream helps
other countries to realize their own dreams of
peace and prosperity.
In pursuit of the “Chinese dream,” China
must comprehensively deepen reform and
further open up, Xi stressed.
China is undergoing profound changes
and the country’s reform has entered a “deep-
water zone,” Xi said when addressing the
students of the College of Europe.
“We know keenly that reform and
opening-up is an ongoing process that will
never stop. China’s reform has entered a deep-
water zone, where problems crying to be
resolved are all difficult ones,” said the
president, adding that “what we need is the
courage to move the reform forward.”
In the next five years, China’s exports are
estimated to top 10,000 billion U.S. dollars
while the accumulated value of China’s
foreign investment is projected to exceed 500
billion dollars.
The efforts of comprehensively deepening
reform will not only provide strong
momentum for China’s modernization drive,
b u t a l s o b r i n g n e w d e v e l o p m e n t
opportunities to the world, Xi said.
Concept of Peaceful Development Flows in Blood of Chinese People
Beijing, May 5 (Xinhua) — More than two
centuries ago, Napoleon Bonaparte said
China was a sleeping lion and the world
should let her sleep because when she woke
up she would shake the world.
Two hundred years later, Chinese
President Xi Jinping borrowed the lion
metaphor during his Europe tour in late
March to show the world his country’s firm
commitment to peaceful development.
“Today, the lion has woken up. But it is
peaceful, pleasant and civilized,” said Xi,
outlining the inner core of China’s foreign
policy in a clear-cut way.
China is a country that loves peace, and its
pursuit of peace and harmony is in the blood
of the Chinese people.
“Only by following the path of peaceful
development and safeguarding world peace
with all other countries can China realize its
own goal and make more contributions to the
world,” Xi told an audience at the Korber
Foundation during his Germany visit.
Xi said China has pledged to adhere to the
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path of peaceful development for a long time
and the Chinese people are confident of
realizing their goals through peaceful
development.
In pursuing the Chinese dream of national
rejuvenation, China, the world’s largest
developing country, clearly knows that it
needs both internal stability and a peaceful
international environment to realize that goal.
“The path of peaceful development will
benefit both China and the world at large,” he
said. “We can not find any reason that we
don’t stick to the way that has been proven
right.”
To really understand China, the world
needs to see it from a more objective, historic
and multi-dimensional perspective: China
opposes hegemonism and power politics,
and never interferes in other countries’
domestic affairs, nor seeks hegemony or
expansionism.
On the one hand, China will staunchly
safeguard its own sovereignty, security and
development interests, and will never
tolerate any move that aims to harm those
interests.
On the other hand, China will neither seek
development at the cost of other countries’
interests, nor pursue success by harming its
neighbors.
SEEKING COMMON GROUND,
SHARING OPPORTUNITIES
In an article published in Belgian paper Le
Soir ahead of his visit to Belgium in late
March, Xi wrote: “The time we live in is both a
time of cooperation and a time of distinctive
dynamism. It is a time of both unprecedented
opportunities and challenges unmet before.”
“‘The wise seeks common ground while
the unwise clings to differences.’ China and
Europe should respect each other, treat each
other as equals, seek common ground while
shelving differences, and pursue win-win
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cooperation,” Xi wrote. “By doing so, we will
enhance our dialogue and engagement,
maximize common interests , share
opportunities and jointly meet challenges.”
The article explores how China and
Europe deal with each other in the new
century, and also provides guidance on the
exchanges between China, a civilized oriental
lion, and the world.
Countries with different histories,
cultures, national conditions and social
systems should understand and treat each
other sincerely, hear each other’s views and
think with each other’s perspectives.
The world is at a crucial stage of reform
and adjustment, amid slow post-crisis
recovery and both tradit ional and
untraditional safety threats.
Although the world is developing toward
multilateralism, economic globalization,
cultural diversification and democratization
of international relations, the cold-war
antagonistic idea of zero-sum and the
arrogant concept of “the end of history” linger
on.
Xi said during his speech at the Korber
Foundation that Beijing will share its wisdom
and experience in peaceful development with
the outside world.
In fact, China has been engaged in
safeguarding the post-war international order
and the UN Charter, striving for a more just
and fairer global, political and economic
governance and contributed to the
development of the world.
The rise of the oriental lion will bring the
world opportunities, peace and progress,
instead of threats, turmoil and reverse.
Therefore, the international community
should welcome, help, and support, instead of
fearing, blocking and containing this
“peaceful, pleasant and civilized” lion.
ECONOMIC AFFAIRS
Zhengzhou - Chinese President Xi Jinping
said Saturday that the country should adapt
to new norm for its economic growth and be
cool-minded amid slowdown in the world’s
second-largest economy.
Xi made the remark during his inspection
tour to central China’s Henan province from
Friday to Saturday.
“China is still in a significant period of
strategic opportunity. We must boost our
China Should Adapt to New Norm of Growth: Xi Jinping
confidence, adapt to the new normal
condition based on the characteristics of
China’s economic growth in the current phase
and stay cool-minded,” Xi said.
The country’s economy has gradually
slowed since the international financial crisis
in 2008. Its economy expanded by 7.7 percent
in both 2012 and 2013, the slowest pace since
1999.
However, China should also attach great
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significance to preventing diversified risks for
its economy and take timely countermeasures
to reduce potential negative effects, Xi said.
“The basic conditions for sustaining the
country’s growth have not changed, so we
should stick to the fundamental principle of
seeking progresses while maintaining
stability in economic work,” he said.
The government must continue to
coordinate the relations of stabilizing growth,
promoting reforms, adjusting structure,
improving people’s l ivel ihood and
preventing risks so as to ensure sound
economic growth and social stability,
according to Xi.
Xi’s words are in line with recent message
from some other senior officials concerning
the direction of China’s economic policies.
Premier Li Keqiang said at a forum in
Hainan Province last month that China will
not resort to strong short-term stimulus
policies just because of temporary economic
fluctuations, but rather pay more attention to
sound development in the medium and long
run.
China will seek growth impetus from
deepening reforms, adjusting economic
structure and improving people’s livelihood,
the premier said.
On Saturday, China’s central bank
governor Zhou Xiaochuan reaffirmed the
stance at a conference in Beijing, saying that
macroeconomic policies should be stable and
no massive stimulus should be taken at
present.
Zhou urged for more accurate judgment
Chinese President Xi Jinping (L front), also general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, talks with staff members of Zhengzhou-Europe International Block Train at Zhengzhou International Land Port in Zhengzhou, capital of central China’s Henan Province, May 10, 2014. Xi made an inspection tour in Henan from May 9 to 10. [Photo/Xinhua ]
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about the present economic situation, arguing
that short-term economic figures may not be
sufficient to help come to conclusions.
China’s economic growth slowed to a six-
quarter low of 7.4 percent in the first quarter of
the year, down from a growth of 7.7 percent in
the final quarter of 2013.
In spite of the slowdown, the pace was
within a reasonable range, as the government
has set the annual growth target for this year
at about 7.5 percent.
During the two-day inspection, Xi visited
rural areas, companies and the inland port in
Zhengzhou, one of the terminals for a railway
connecting the city with Europe to facilitate
cargo transportation.
He stressed the significance of agriculture
after inspecting a pilot area for high-standard
grain production in the city of Kaifeng, saying
that grain safety and the work of agriculture,
farmers and rural areas are important
foundation for all other government work.
Xi lauded the independent innovation at
the China Railway Engineering Equipment
Group Co., Ltd. after visiting an assembly
plant of the company.
“Equipment manufacturing is the
backbone of a country’s manufacturing
industry, but weakness still exists in many
aspects of China’s equipment manu-
facturing,” Xi said.
China needs to boost investment, enhance
research and development efforts to
accelerate the development of the sector and
gain a say in terms of advanced technology in
the world, he said.
Through innovation and technological
development, the country should push for the
transformation from “Made in China” to
“Created in China”, from “China speed” to
“China quality” and from “Chinese
products” to “Chinese brands”, according to
Xi.
The Chinese Government has started
formulation of its 13th Five-Year Plan (2016-
20) as of April 17, anticipating that the
country’s medium- and long-term economic
and social development plan can plough full
steam ahead after the current 12th Five-Year
Plan (2011-15) ends. That day, the National
Development and Reform Commission
Target 2020
The 13th Five-Year Plan will play a vital role in deciding how China fares in its quest to become a high-income country
by Lan Xinzhen
(NDRC), the country’s top economic planner,
which is responsible for compiling the plan,
held a televised meeting to arrange the key
tasks necessary for the drafting process.
Xu Lin, Director of the NDRC’s
Department of Development Planning and a
key participant in the plan’s formulation, said
the goal of this plan is to turn China into a
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Economic Affairs
high-income country under the
World Bank’s classification system
and complete the building of a
moderately prosperous society in
all aspects as proposed by the 18th
N a t i o n a l C o n g r e s s o f t h e
Communist Party of China (CPC).
The 13th Five-Year Plan is the
first five-year plan that has been
formulated since President Xi
Jinping took office. This plan will
r e f l e c t h o w C h i n a ’ s n e w
leadership thinks about the
country’s future economic and
social development.
This plan will take China up to
2020, the year by which China
hopes to have reached its target of having
built a moderately prosperous society in all
areas. The Chinese Government has thus laid
an unprecedented level of importance on the
drafting of this plan, commencing the
formulation process earlier than before. The
NDRC has released more than 20 research
topics to universities, research institutes, large
enterprises, industrial associations and
international organizations, with the aim of
making the 13th Five-Year Plan as scientific
and feasible as possible.
Xu said the commission will also make
full use of Internet platforms such as
Wechat, a popular messaging and social
media app, and Weibo, a twitter-like
microblogging service, to interact with the
public and attract its participation in
drafting the plan.
The research of topics and collection of
suggestions are set to proceed until the end of
the year, and a primary framework will then
be formed. In the first half of 2015, the draft of
the plan will be finished and submitted to the
State Council. The State Council will then
organize several discussions among experts
who will revise the draft and then submit it to
the National People’s Congress for
deliberation when it holds its annual session
in March 2016.
Xu noted that the 13th Five-Year Plan is
being formulated at a time when great
changes are taking place in both domestic and
international environments. The world
economic structure is undergoing changes in
the wake of the global financial crisis. The
Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), Transatlantic
Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) and
other high-standard free trade and
investment pacts led by the United States will
have far-reaching influence on China’s
development in the future. Additionally, the
geopolitical situation has become more
complicated.
Within the country, since the 18th
National Congress of the CPC, China has
entered a new stage of comprehensively
deepening its reform, facing an unheard-of
number of opportunities as well as risks and
FARMING FOR THE FUTURE: A helicopter sprays a mixture of pesticide and fertilizer over an area of farmland in Huaxian County, Henan Province. Agriculture remains one of the focus points in China’s next five-year plan (WANG ZIRUI)
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challenges. China must ensure that its goal of
building a moderately prosperous society is
realized, that results are achieved in key fields
for comprehensively deepening its reform,
and that substantial progress is achieved in
transforming its model for economic
development.
All of the changes in the external and
internal environments impose new demands
on the formulation of the 13th Five-Year Plan
and means that in the years to come, the plan
may well take an important place in Chinese,
and global, history.
New Thinking on Development
Much speculation has been made as to
what will be involved in the 13th Five-Year
Plan. Xu says there are several points that
should be focused upon in the detailed
consideration of development. For example,
with a per-capita GDP of $6,700, China has
become a country of largely upper middle-
income earners. The government therefore
hopes to approach the status of high-income
country by the World Bank’s standards. But to
realize this goal and reach the target of
building a moderately prosperous society,
China still has some chinks in its armor, such
as unsatisfactory results in industrial
transformation and upgrading. It will be hard
for China to become a high-income country if
the transformation process is not driven by
innovation and structural upgrading against
the backdrop of rising labor costs and
intensifying restrictions related to resources
and the environment. It is possible that China
may remain in the “middle income trap” for
some time to come. Therefore the issue of how
to better real ize innovation-driven
development and industrial upgrading must
be one of the primary focuses of the 13th Five-
Year Plan.
China is accelerating agricultural
modernization, because grain and food
supply problems are a perpetual theme in a
country with a huge population. Although
China has maintained bumper harvests for 10
consecutive years, agriculture is still a weak
sector, with severe challenges in improving
agricultural productivity, the level of
m o d e r n i z a t i o n , f o o d s a f e t y , r u r a l
development and farmers’ income. Solutions
to all of these challenges will be outlined in the
13th Five-Year Plan.
The plan also includes many other
issues—environmental protection and
ecological progress to name but two—which
are of public concern. The NDRC is organizing
experts to devise new methods and
mechanisms to tackle these issues.
“There are many problems that cannot be
effectively solved with the old measures taken
in the past. We need to find solutions based on
new institutional designs. These should all be
seriously considered in the primary stage of
formulating the 13th Five-Year Plan,” Xu said.
The 12th Five-Year Plan has been followed
for three years now, but the data concerning
some economic indicators have failed to reach
the scheduled targets. Will the disappointing
results affect the formulation of the 13th Five-
Year Plan? Xu explained that the data in the
energy-saving and environmental protection
sectors haven’t reflected satisfactory
performance. However, the NDRC and some
related departments as well as local
governments are ratcheting up their efforts in
this field, and the fulfillment of goals for these
indicators will be remarkably improved by
the end of this year and into next year.
Xu was optimistic that the requirements of
the 12th Five-Year Plan can be met by the end
of next year, and that the setting of targets in
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the 13th Five-Year Plan won’t be affected. He
also pointed out that the requirements of the
12th Five-Year Plan in the other fields have
been satisfied, and some of them have even
been met ahead of schedule.
Balancing Gov’t and Market
The Third Plenary Session of the 18th CPC
Central Committee held in November 2013
put in place the framework, time table and a
specific roadmap for overall reform by 2020.
In this equation, the role of the market cannot
be discounted and its relationship with the
government should thus take the utmost
priority in planning.
“The plan provides a method for the
government to manage the economy,
therefore how to balance the relationship
between the government and the market is an
important aspect that must be considered
when formulating the plan,” said Xu.
He added that the five-year plan for
economic and social development is quite
different from many other plans. It must be
passed by the National People’s Congress, so
it shares some characteristics with legislation
and carries a similar degree of authority. It
even has binding power in some aspects.
When formulating the 11th Five-Year Plan
(2006-10), the Chinese Government for the
first time differentiated the requirements on
the government and the market to achieve
certain goals. For example, targets related to
e n v i r o n m e n t a l p r o t e c t i o n , e n e r g y
conservation and government public services
should be reached mainly by relying on the
government through allocation of public
resources and the formulation of appropriate
policies.
When creating the 13th Five-Year Plan,
China will continue to search for the optimum
balance in the relationship between the
government and the market. In the fields that
need the government to function, the plan
needs not only outline goals and specific
measures, but also strengthen the assessment
of government performance. In the fields that
need the market to function, the plan will
enable the market to play a decisive role in the
allocation of resources.
“When formulating the 13th Five-Year
Plan, we will allow both the government and
the market to play a better role,” said Xu.
Fulfillment of the 12th Five-Year Plan
The level of economic growth has actually
been better than expected. The GDP grew 9.3
percent, 7.7 percent and 7.7 percent each
respective year in the 2011-13 period, all
higher than the expected target of 7 percent
outlined by the plan.
New progress has been achieved in
economic restructuring and domestic
demand has played a much bigger role in
ensuring stable economic growth.
In 2013 , the ter t iary industry ’s
contribution to economic growth surpassed
those made by the secondary and primary
industries for the first time.
The data for most of the 24 major indicators set
by the plan have reached their targets as
scheduled, and data concerning some
indicators have even reached their targets
ahead of time. However, progress has been
slow with regard to some indicators, such as
energy consumption intensity, carbon dioxide
emission, improvement of energy structure
and reduction of the emission of nitrogen
oxides.
(Compiled according to the mid-term evaluation report
of the 12th Five-Year Plan released by the State Council
on April 10)
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HUAWEI: A Cornerstone in India’s Telecom Foundation
Huawei Technologies is a Fortune
500 , employee-owned pr ivate
company and a leading global ICT
solutions provider. Its robust global
footprint is a testimony to the trust
between the company and its
stakeholders.
This trust and reliability is a result of
Huawei’s customer-centric innovation and its
endeavour to deliver maximum value to
telecom operators, enterprises and consumers
by providing competitive solutions and
services. The manifestation of this trust is seen
in the reality that Huawei today, partners
with 45 of the top 50 telecom operators in the
world. Among these partnerships, Huawei’s
presence in India has proved both enduring
and fruitful.
Retrospect: Laying the Huawei
Foundation in India
Huawei’s association with India goes back
to the year 1999, when the first and largest
overseas R&D centre was established in
Bangalore. Over the last 13 years, more than
$300 million have been invested in this centre,
which employs approximately 3000 software
professionals, comprising 98% local Indian
talent. It is further investing in expansion of
the R&D centres which will be able to employ
about 5000 software professionals. Huawei
consolidated its business leadership position
in 2011-12 in India. During the 3G rollouts,
Huawei was able to secure over 25% of the
national market share in the segment.
Huawei has further consolidated its
presence in India by forging strong
relationships with Tier-1 GSM
operators like Bharti Airtel, Vodafone,
Reliance, Aircel and extended its GSM
HSPA solutions to Airtel, Aircel and
Vodafone. Huawei successfully completed 3G
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trials for Bharti Airtel and was selected to
deploy its solution for GSM and HSPA for
Airtel’s prestigious Sri Lanka project. Huawei
has also provided 4G equipment to Bharti
Airtel for Bangalore and Delhi circles.
End-to-end Presence, Partnerships and
Products
In order to further establish its footprint,
Huawei also extended the reach of its
innovative offerings from the telecom carrier
network field to the enterprise and consumer
fields by initiating individual business units
32 May 2014 NEWS FROM CHINA
for both categories. The company has
coordinated the development of the “cloud-
pipe-device” business structure which entails
actively offering next-generation business
platforms and applications, high capacity
intelligent information pipes as well as a wide
range of smart consumer devices, delivering
end-to-end information services and user
experiences that are efficient, innovative and
environment friendly.
Nurturing Indian ICT
With a focused commitment to the Indian
telecommunications ecosystem, Huawei has
forged sustaining relationships with key
stakeholders and a lasting recall among the
Indian audience. Through this commitment,
Huawei has played a pivotal role in the rapid
growth of the Indian Telecommunications and
ICT industry. As Indian consumers evolve to
the next level of quality services, Huawei is
keen to seize the opportunity imminent in
offering technologies like 3G, Wimax and LTE
– all the technologies which are landmark
boosters for the Indian telecommunications
domain. Huawei is actively partnering with
all the leading Indian telecom operators to
achieve their India vision.
Huawei’s role is that of contributory
development in the Indian telecom industry.
Keeping in mind that the Indian telecom
industry is embedded in an emerging market,
Huawei delivers innovative and cost-effective
solutions. The Company constantly works on
providing its customers with the latest
innovative technology while reducing the
operating and capital cost of the equipment.
Through such work, Huawei helps Indian
operators achieve approximately 30 percent
precious savings in their overall TCO.
Supporting Education in India
Huawei has supported IT education in India
by offering scholarship to students of IIIT –
Bangalore & NITK, Suratkal for the past 8
years. Starting 2011, Huawei India’s Maitree
Scholarship Program offer scholarships
annually to Indian undergraduate and
postgraduate students who have already
secured admission to institutions of higher
education in China. The scholarship scheme
aims to build a platform for the exchange of
ideas between the two nations and foster a
closer understanding of each other’s’ culture
and society.
Latest Endeavor
The latest development in Huawei’s vast
India presence is also the greatest example of the
acceptance and encouragement for Huawei to
flourish in the Indian market. The state telecom
operator BSNL recently announced a
collaboration with Huawei for transition of the
national operator’s traditional telephone
exchanges to Next Generation Networks (NGN)
that are equipped for communication
technologies of the future. In January 2014, BSNL
successfully made Voice/Video calls between
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May 2014 33NEWS FROM CHINA
Bangalore and Hyderabad through recently built
NGN C-5/IMS network of Huawei. During the
network call inauguration, Mr. R. K. Upadhyay,
CMD of BSNL made a live call between the cities
to mark the historic transformation.
Building the Consumer Connect – A
Tryst with India’s Popular Sport
Huawei recent ly announced i t s
association the Royal Challengers Bangalore,
Bangalore’s home team in a national cricket
tournament which brings together seasoned
cricketers from all over the world to play the
national sport on the Indian cricket pitch. The
association with such a tournament acts as an
analogy to the enduring presence of a global
organization in the Indian market.
After having successfully acquired
increasingly positive recall and a league of
reputed customers thereby reinforcing its
credibility in the Indian market, Huawei has
put into effect this initiative to become more
closely connected with the Indian consumer.
This is necessary for two reasons— first to
create a connection with individuals and not
only enterprises or telecom giants; and
second, in order to bring Huawei’s efforts and
dedication in India to a more visible and large-
scale platform.
This is the localized implementation of a
global by the company to build a strong
consumer connect through the world of sports
as in Australia, the UK among others. Since
Huawei began its journey in India by
establishing its R&D centre in Bangalore, the
partnership with Royal Challengers
Bangalore acts as reaffirmation of the brand’s
commitment towards India and evokes a
sentiment of homecoming. The core values of
H u a w e i i n c l u d e d e d i c a t i o n ,
continuous improvement, integrity
and teamwork which also define the
essence of sportsmanship. With
similar core values, this partnership
offers a perfect synergy for the values
of both partner brands.
The company has associated with
the prestigious game of Cricket since it
cuts across the demographic barriers
and connects masses. The foray into
cricket is a gradual phenomenon in
Huawei’s journey to transform into a
consumer brand. The company intends to
develop strong local resonance with the
consumers through this association.
The culmination of this dedicated
commitment to the Indian market, makes
India a center of excellence for the growth of
Huawei. The presence of Huawei in India has
aided the mutual growth of its business as
well as a healthy growth of the Indian
telecommunications domain.
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34 May 2014 NEWS FROM CHINA
S h a n d o n g E l e c t r i c P o w e r
Construction Corp. (SEPCO1) founded
in 1956, is a key subsidiary of Fortune
500 Power Construction Corp. of
China. The company possesses more
than 20 Class A qualifications for
power project EPC and etc with
business scope covering power
e n g i n e e r i n g , i n f r a s t r u c t u r e
c o n s t r u c t i o n , p o w e r p l a n t
commissioning and O&M, equipment
R&D, trading & logistics, investment
and etc. The company has established
its presence by undertaking power
projects in India, Brazil, Mongolia,
Kazakhstan, Pakistan and other
countries, and was awarded with AAA-
credibility Enterprise of China Construction
Sector, and National Contract Abiding and
Promise Keeping Enterprise.
Back in 1998, SEPCO1 was the first among
its peers in power sector of China to went
abroad, and bagged MALCO 3×25 MW thproject in India. On 8 Sept. 1999, with
successful delivery and high quality rdoperation of the 3 unit, the company made its
debut in international power stage a great
success.
In 2003, SEPCO1 again entered India
market, and won the EPC contract for BALCO
4×135MW at the price of 230mn USD, which
was then the biggest business and trade tie-up
between India and China. Ever since the thcommissioning of the 4 unit in 2005, all units
have been running in stable and full load. The
project is thus praised as ‘the Eighth Wonder
of the World’ by India press.
In 2006, the company won 3 EPC contracts
for BALCO 4×300MW, KMPCL 6×600MW,
TALWANDI 3×660MW in a row.
Presently, unit #4 of KMPCL has
completed 14 days RRT and been
handed over for high-quality
operation; all four units of BALCO
project are ready for start up,
a w a i t i n g c l i e n t t o o b t a i n
permission for grid integration;
and unit #2 of TALWANDI project
is ready for power generation after
coal supply is made available by
client.
Interpreting the Brilliance of Chinese Company
BALCO4X135MW plant
Panorama of ongoing TALWANDI 3X660MW Project
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With keen awareness of India actualities,
the company constantly renovates its project
management for efficient execution progress;
pre-emptive planning, target-oriented
m a n a g e m e n t a n d s u b c o n t r a c t o r s ’
engagement in targets implementation are
established concepts to enhance overall
management and control; The company also
emphasizes resource integration and
‘localized management’ to make the best of
local inputs and achieve better resource
allocation; cross-culture management is taken
up in respect of local practices, such
a s i n i t i a t i n g ‘ E x c e l l e n t
Subcontractor Award’, which
motivates their moral; with the
strategy of ‘state-of-art quality’, the
company also endeavors to
introduce the best workmanship
from China through standard
atlases, which are enacted in actual
construction process. The chimney
structure executed in TALWANDI
project has been awarded with
‘Excellent Concrete Structure of
India .
The company is committed to social
responsibility engagement, and with the
principle of ‘dedication to society, build
harmony with joint effort’, the company
diligently discharges its responsibility as a
state-owned company. The company
currently employs over 1200 India
employees and more than 30000 local
labors during construction peak,
creating considerable job opportunities;
meanwhile, the company has trained a
large quantity of skilled personnel such
as IBR welders , and electr ical
technicians. SEPCO1 is also an active
contributor to social welfare: organizing
times of stationary and sports utilities
donation for local primary schools,
distributed free food boxes, warm wares
and blankets for project workmen, and
various other undertakings. Overall a
short time span, the company has
contributed nearly one crore in social
welfare programs. Recently, SEPCO1 is also in
touch with local Red Cross Society for
building a facility for disabled in Punjab state.
The involvement is highly applauded by the
Client and local government.
Cooperation
Blanket Donation
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36 May 2014 NEWS FROM CHINA
I often heard that destiny plays
an important role in one’s life. Never
did I believe it till “China” happened
to me, and my lifelong relationship
with the country began. My first
“encounter” with Zhongguo (China)
was in 2006 when I studied in detail
the Chinese economy, history,
geography, polity, society and
culture as part of my Master’s degree
in International Relations at Nihelu
D a s h u e ( J a w a h a r l a l N e h r u
University) in New Delhi, India. That
phase of my relationship with
Zhongguo seemed like ‘internet
dating’ when I knew all about my love but I
never met or saw my love.
My knowledge about my love increased
over the years and reached its peak when I
met Chinese citizens working in the same
think tank as me. My interest grew as my
Chinese friends told me more about the
culture of the country, and I made up my
mind that one day I will be with my love -
Zhongguo! In March 2011, I first came to China
as part of the delegation from India for the
BRICS Think Tanks’ Symposium in Beijing. It
was love at first sight and my heart ached
when I had to part ways with Zhongguo and
take the flight back to India. Destiny waved
her magic wand yet again and I cleared
hundred percent scholarships from the
Chinese government and the Indian
government respectively to study in Beijing
for two years.
When I landed at the Beijing Airport again
on August 31, I felt butterflies in my stomach,
and it felt like I left my parents’ house (India)
to be with my love (Zhongguo). But my
relationship with Zhongguo was such that we
did not speak each other’s languages. My first
language - i.e. English is not widely spoken in
China and I could not speak hanyu (Chinese),
my love’s first language. Destiny waved her
magic wand yet again and gave me enough
powers to grasp the language quickly, and
today I can speak about 1500 characters and
write about 800 characters. Picking up a
foreign language is never easy, but it has to be
the power of destiny that I grasped the
language quickly.
My experience so far in Beijing deserves a
ten out of ten. Whenever people hear ‘Wo shi
Indu ren’ (I am an India) they speak excitedly
about Indian films and songs and praise my
EDUCATION
China Experience—I love Zhongguo
Sriparna Pathak
The author in Beijing [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]
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guo jia (country) and fill me with a sense of
satisfaction that I have never felt in my life. In
fact an old man in the subway even sang
‘Aawara Hoon’ (a Bollywood film song) for
me when he heard I am from India.
India and China have a long history, and
now I am experiencing every facet of this long
historical relation, first hand. At the Great Bell
Temple, the Yongle Bell has numerous
Sanskrit sutras engraved. At the Military
Museum of the Chinese People’s Revolution,
a small statue of Nataraj stands as a gift from
India. The Five Pagodas Temple is the sign of
an Indian monk’s sojourns.
Beijing seems very similar to New Delhi.
The shopping malls, the roads, the subway,
and the kind of vehicles are similar in the two
places. The peoples of the two countries are
also similar. Unlike many Western countries,
the cultures of the peoples in these two Asian
countries are not individualistic. I have not
experienced a single case when people have
turned away when I say “Qing ni bang wo”
(Please help me).
There is a great interest among the peoples
of the two countries to know more about each
other. Sadly enough the number of Indians in
Beijing at least, is very low, especially when
compared to foreigners from other parts of the
world. Track-two level exchanges are often
cited as being an efficient method of improving
relations among countries, and academic
exchanges form an important component of
track-two. Increasing the number of students’
exchanges between these two Asian powers
can help in solidifying the bases of the
relationship between the two countries.
Having travelled to Inner Mongolia I
realised that the common people there have
almost no knowledge about Indians or India.
However the most pleasing experience in
Inner Mongolia was when an old lady felt
young Indian women like me are similar to
young Chinese girls in the way they show
respect for the elders. The similarity between
the cultures of our countries stated in words
by the old lady made my day.
At the micro and the macro level the two
countries share many similarities, be it levels
of growth or urbanisation or energy
consumption. But not all the similarities have
been studied in great detail, and there is a lot
of scope in such kind of explorations.
In terms of differences - food and language
stand at the forefront. But for non-vegetarians
like me, Zhongguo is like heaven, as I can eat
almost any kind of meat. Nevertheless a few
more Indian restaurants would be welcome -
not just to satisfy the food needs of Indians in
Zhongguo but also to increase knowledge
among Chinese citizens regarding the food
culture of India.
India and China are the new poles of
growth, they are the largest countries in Asia
and together they herald the Asian century in
international relations, and solidifying the
bases of the relationship between the two will
lead to a win-win outcome for both and yield a
more mutually beneficial relationship. As for
me, I am completely in love with Zhongguo
and always will be since my love seems to love
me back in return.
The author is an Advanced Research Scholar
under scholarship from the Chinese and the Indian
governments at the Beijing Language and Culture
University. She also is a Doctoral Candidate at
Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India.
She has worked extensively on China’s
Manufacturing Sector and other aspects of the
Chinese economy. Prior to her arrival in Beijing,
she was a Junior Fellow at the Observer Research
Foundation, New Delhi and worked on the Chinese
Economy and was the editor for the China Weekly
Report there.
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1. How can I get the latest information about Chinese Government Scholarship?
P l e a s e v i s i t o u r w e b s i t e w w w . c a m p u s c h i n a . o r g o r www.csc.edu.cn/laihua for up-to-date information. You can also consult the Chinese Embassy (or Consulate General) in your home countries or designated Chinese universities for related information.
2. What programs can I apply for? When and where can I apply?
Usually the application season is between January and early April. Applicants should apply and send the required documents to the application receiving agencies. The table below illustrates the Chinese Government Scholarship programs.
3. What is the procedure of Chinese Government Scholarship application?
The illustration below may help you understand the application procedure in
Chinese Government Scholarship Application
general. There might be minor differences between programs. Please read the introductions to each program for detailed guidance.
4. Can applicants apply for Chinese G o v e r n m e n t S c h o l a r s h i p w i t h o u t Admission Letters?
Yes. Applicants without Admission Letter are equally allowed to apply for Chinese Government Scholarship. However, CSC reserves the right to make necessary adjustments on the university options, specialties, program categories and duration of study for the applications without Admission Letters. Applications enclosed with Admission Letter will be forwarded directly to the host universities for recruitment confirmation.
5. Is the Letter of Acceptance or email from the supervisor admissible?
Only the official Admission Letters from
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the admissions department of Chinese universities are valid. Other files like acceptance letters or emails from supervisors or professors shall not be regarded as the equivalent or substitute.
6. Where can I get the Agency Number?Agency Number is the first required item
when applying online at CSC Online Application System for International Students (http://laihua.csc.edu.cn). Each Agency Number stands for a specific application receiving agency and will be given to the recommended candidates only. A correct Agency Number will lead to the presence of the corresponding application receiving agency. Wrong Agency Number
will lead to application rejection. 7. How can I log in the CSC Online
Application System for International Students?
jGo to www.csc.edu.cn/laihua or www.campuschina.org, and click the icon “Appl icat ion Onl ine for International Students” to enter the system.
kFirst-time users should register before entering the online application page.
lPlease use Internet Explorer (6.0 or 7.0). Menu selection functions may not work in other browsers.
8. What do I need to pay special attention to when applying online?
Scholarship
programs
Bilateral program
Chinese University
program
Great Wall Program
EU Program
AUN Program
PIF Program
WMO Program
When to apply
January to early April
(please consult the
application receiving
agencies for specific
deadline for each
program)
W h e r e t o s e n d t h e
application
dispatching authorities in
applicant’s home country
d e s i g n a t e d C h i n e s e
universities
National Commissions for
UNESCO in applicant’s home
country
Office for Education and
Culture, Mission of P. R.
China to the European Union
ASEAN University Network
(AUN)Secretariat
Pacific Islands Forum (PIF)
Secretariat
W o r l d M e t e o r o l o g i c a l
O r g a n i z a t i o n ( W M O )
Secretariat
Program category
degree programs and non-
degree programs
graduate programs
non-degree programs
degree programs and non-
degree programs
graduate programs
degree programs and non-
degree programs
m a s t e r ’ s a n d
undergraduate programs
of meteorology, hydrology,
and water resources
s u p e r v i s i o n a n d
management.
S c h o l a r s h i p
coverage
full scholarship or
partial scholarship
full scholarship
full scholarship
full scholarship
full scholarship
full scholarship
partial scholarship
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jPlease select the program, CHINESE GOVERNMENT SCHOLARSHIP.
kThe item Apply for refers to the program you want to apply rather than the degree you have already held.
lMajors should be one of the existing majors offered by Chinese universities and be based on your actual e d u c a t i o n a l b a c k g r o u n d . A nonexistent or improper major input will affect your application result.
mPreference of Institutions must be chosen from 252 Chinese universities designated by MOE. Any institution beyond the list will not be available for recruitment.
nDuration of the Major Study should match the program you apply for. P l e a s e c h e c k A P P L I C A T I O N
DETAILS of each program for the specific schooling period.
oSubmitted applications can be retrieved for revision. Once retrieved, the previously submitted application becomes invalid. Therefore, revised application should be submitted one more time.
9. How to write a Study Plan or Research Proposal?
A Study Plan or Research Proposal states in details what you are going to do with the scholarship in China. It must include such information as the major you want to study in or the field of your research interest. It is of vital importance for those applicants for graduate studies or senior scholar programs, so please make sure your study plan or research proposal states those information as
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specific as possible. 10. What supporting documents should
be included in my application package?Generally, applicants must fill in and
provide the following documents truly, correctly and completely (in duplicate).
jApplication Form for Chinese Government Scholarship (in Chinese or English)
kN o t a r i z e d h i g h e s t d i p l o m a (photocopy)
lAcademic transcriptsmA study plan or research proposalnRecommendation letterso Applicants for music studies are
requested to submit a CD of the applicants’ own works. Applicants for fine arts programs must submit a CD of the applicants’ own works (including two sketches, two color paintings and two other works)
pApplicants under the age of 18 should submit the valid documents of their legal guardians in China.
qApplicants planning to stay in China for more than 6 months must submit a photocopy of Foreigner Physical Examination Form( valid for 6 months).
rApplicants with Admission Letter from designated universities should enclose the letter in the application package.
sApplicants with valid HSK Certificate should enclose it in the application package.
The above documents should be bound on top left corner (in duplicate) in order. No application documents will be returned.
11. Are scholarship recipients obliged to take Chinese-taught programs?
jChinese is the only instruction l a n g u a g e f o r u n d e r g r a d u a t e programs. Scholarship recipients of undergraduate programs must take
preparatory courses in designated universities for one year and pass the required test before major studies. Failure to pass the required test leads to the automatic termination of their scholarship.
kMost graduate programs and non-degree programs are instructed in Chinese. Certain Chinese universities offer English-taught programs. Please check Directory of the Chinese Institutions Admitting International Students under Chinese Government S c h o l a r s h i p P r o g r a m (www.csc.edu.cn/studyinchina or www.campuschina.org)for program introduction. Scholarship recipients of Chinese-taught programs without a d e q u a t e C h i n e s e l a n g u a g e proficiency must take Chinese language training courses for one to two years to reach the language requirements of their host universities before major studies. Failure to reach the required language proficiency will lead to the termination of scholarship. Recipients in such programs as science, engineering, agriculture, west medicine, economics, management, law and arts will take Chinese courses for one year. Recipients in literature, history, philosophy and Chinese medicine will take Chinese courses for no more than two years. Recipients of English-taught programs or those with adequate Chinese language capability do not need to take Chinese language training courses.
12. Which Chinese universities offer C h i n e s e G o v e r n m e n t S c h o l a r s h i p programs?
A total of 252 Chinese universities are designated by MOE to accept Chinese G o v e r n m e n t S c h o l a r s h i p s t u d e n t s . Applicants can only choose their host
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universities from this list. Please check the Directory of the Chinese Institutions Admitting International Students under Chinese Government Scholarship Program o n w w w . c s c . e d u . c n / l a i h u a o r www.campuschina.org for introduction to programs and universities available.
13. Can applicants directly apply to C hi ne se uni v e r s i t i e s f o r C hi ne se Government Scholarship?
Only Chinese universities undertaking Chinese University Program can accept the scholarship application directly. A List of D e s i g n a t e d C h i n e s e U n i v e r s i t i e s Undertaking This Program can be found at the end of APPLICATION DETAILS of Chinese Government Scholarship—Chinese University Program.
14. Can applicants apply for more than one program?
Yes. However, CSC reserves the right to award only one scholarship to each individual applicant nominated by more than one university.
15. How can I know the admission result?
The admission result will be announced by the application receiving agencies in late July. Applicants can consult the application receiving agencies for admission result.
16. Why is the host university sometimes
not the target university?For the applicants without Admission
Letter, CSC reserves the right to make necessary adjustments on the university options, specialties, program categories and duration of study based on the scholarship requirement of different countries, accepting capacity of universities, requirements of different programs and the qualification of applicants. That’s why some applicants are enrolled by a university beyond their application options.
17. How can I go to my host university that is not in Beijing?
CSC provides transfer service to new full scholarship students who have to make a stopover in Beijing to other cities during August 25th and September 15th. Pickup s e r v i c e a t B e i j i n g A i r p o r t , f r e e accommodation on campus and hard-seat train ticket (or hard-berth train ticket for overnight trip) from Beijing to the city of the host institution will be provided to full scholarship students.
Transfer Service Station for Chinese Government Scholarship Students
Tel: 0086-10-82303706Fax: 0086-10-82303326E-mail: [email protected]: No. 15 Xueyuan Lu, Haidian District,
Beijing, P.R. China, Post Code: 100083
A Briefing on International S&T Cooperation Award
Established in 1994 and first granted in
1995, the International Science and
Technology Cooperation Award (ISTC
Award) is a national award for science and
technology. According to the Regulation on
National Awards for Science and Technology,
the ISTC Award is bestowed upon foreigners
or foreign organizations that have made
significant contributions to China’s
development in S&T. The Award is given to
no more than 10 candidates each year. From
1995 to 2013, 87 foreign experts and one
international organization (International Rice
Research Institute) from 17 countries have
won the ISTC Award (See list below).
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Country and Winner with ISTC Award
Country Number Country Number
US 27Germany 15Japan 11France 6UK 5Italy 4Canada 4Russia 3Sweden 2
Brazil 2Australia 2Netherlands 1Singapore 1Cuba 1Switzerland 1India 1Denmark 1
CULTURE & LIFE
The Dragon Boat Festival
The Dragon Boat Festival falls on every
May 5 of the Chinese lunar calendar. The
festival, bearing the 2000-plus years’ Chinese
culture and undergoing the ablution of the
long history, is still shining for its rich
traditional cultural connotations, delivering
the diligence and wisdom of the working
people. The traditional Dragon Boat Festival
is coming again; the ancient customs are
turning into beautiful wishes of the common
mass. Once again the fragrance of the
indocamalus leaves is drifting in the air, and
the drum on the dragon boat is beating. Let us
deliver our common wish that the people in
the quake-hit area would be far from disasters
and diseases and begin their new life with
high morale.
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The Origin of the Dragon Boat Festival
Early in the Tang Dynasty, the festival was
named “duanwu jie” or “chongwu jie”
(double fifth festival). It is said that August 5
was the birthday of Emperor Taizong of the
Tang Dynasty; to avoid writing “wu” (five),
the word was substituted by its homophone,
“wu” (noon). About the origin of the Dragon
Boat Festival, there are varied sayings which
can be summed up as follows:
Version 1:
Totem C it holds that the Dragon Boat
Festival originated from the totem worship of
dragon of the ancient Wu and Yue people.
May 5 of the lunar calendar was the day when
the people in the Wu and Yue areas held the
totem sacrifice. Boat racing has an especially
deep relation with the ancient Wu and Yue
areas; moreover, among the people in the
region there was the custom of cutting hair
and tattooing so as to “look like the son of the
dragon”.
Version 3:
The saying of summer solstice C people
deems that the Dragon Boat Festival
originates from the custom of summer solstice
in the ancient Xia, Shang, and Zhou
Dynasties.
Version 2:
“Vicious Day” C It is said that the custom
of hanging mugwort and calamus on the
Festival is to ward off diseases in summer,
which is correspondent to the pre-Qin
Dynasty myth that May was a “vicious
month” and May 5 “vicious day”.
Version 4:
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In honor of Qu Yuan C It is commonly
recognized that the Dragon Boat Festival is to
memorize the loyal official of the Chu State C
Qu Yuan, who drowned himself in the Miluo
River during the Warring States Period. Qu
Yuan was slandered by some treacherous
official and exiled to the south by King Huai of
the Chu State. Seeing that his homeland was
declining day by day, Qu Yuan, in great grief
and despair, drown himself in the Miluo River
near Changsha, giving voice to his persistent
ideal as well as the spirit of adhering to his
lofty personality by sacrificing his own life. It
is to memorize the patriotic poet Qu Yuan that
the custom of eating zongzi (steamed
glutinous rice wrapped in indocalamus
leaves) has been handed down until now. This
version is the most commonly-believed one
among the general public.
Major Customs of the Dragon Boat Festival
Hanging the Portrait of Zhong Kui
Zhong Kui is a legendary figure who was
believed to be capable of catching ghosts. In
the Jianghuai area (the region north of the
Yangtze River and south of the Huaihe River),
it is the tradition for every household to hang a
portrait of Zhong Kui on the Dragon Boat
Festival, in the hope of warding off evil spirits
and safeguarding the house.
Eating Zongzi
Zongzi was called “jiaoshu” (horned
millet) in ancient times. The real origin of
eating zongzi was not to commemorate Qu
Yuan, but somehow it demonstrates the love
and esteem of the common people towards
the patriotic poet.
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Drink Realgar Wine
Woven by five-color threads, or sewn by
rags, the sachet would be filled with
aromatizer and worn in front of the chest,
giving off pleasant smell.
Paint the Forehead
The typical way of painting the forehead is
to dip some realgar wine to write the character
“wang” (king) on the forehead of the children,
to drive away venoms on the one hand, and to
ward off evil spirit on the other hand.
This custom is prevalent among the
households of the Yangtze River valley.
Wearing a Sachet
Ward off the Five Deadly Venoms
It is a folk belief that May is the time when
the five deadly venoms come up, so people
will use all kinds of methods to prevent the
harm the five venoms can possibly do to them.
Hanging Mugwort and Calamus
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It is said that to hang mugwort and
calamus, or guava and rocambole can keep
away the evil spirits and bring in good
luck.
Dragon Boat Racing
Dragon boat racing, also called dragon
boat competition, has had a history of over
1500 years. It is said that the activity is related
to Qu Yuan.
How to Make a Zongzi
Clean the sticky rice with clear water and
soak it with 60 water for 5 hours, or steep it in
cold water for 12 hours. Soak the wrapping
material (it can be indocamalus leaves, or the
leaves of bamboo, reed, lotus etc) in cold
water for 12 hours. After all the preliminary
jobs have been done, you can start to wrap the
rice. First of all, take two well-soaked
indocamalus leaves, and fold them into a
funnel with one end longer than the other.
Fill in some sticky rice and dates (or pork)
into the funnel. The dates can be put in first
before being covered with sticky rice, or be
put in the middle of the rice.
Then cover the mouth of the funnel with
the longer end of the indocamalus leaves.
Wrap the stuff into a pentagonal shape, or
triangular or quadrangular shape. The key
point is to wrap the stuff tightly so that it will
not be dispersed while being boiled.
Finally, tie up the zongzi with a thread. It
is essential that the zongzi is fast tied, or it will
also be dispersed while being boiled.
You’ve made it!
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Early in the Shang Dynasty (16th
- 11th century BC) and followed by
the Zhou Dynasty (11th century BC -
221 BC), Chinese kings and
nobilities began the practice of
developing forests and woods for
the specific purpose of hunting. In
some instances these areas of forests
and woods, called ‘You’ in Chinese
c o v e r e d d o z e n s o f s q u a r e
kilometers or even hundreds of
square kilometers. Somewhere
between 206 BC and 220 BC, the Han
Dynasty advanced the concept of
these ‘Natural Gardens’ by adding
living quarters and adding animals that were
raised and considered to be the rudiment of
Chinese garden architecture. Traditional
Chinese Garden architecture in the real sense
first appeared in the Tang Dynasty
somewhere between 618 AD and 907 AD.
During this era, the construction of beautiful
architecture evolved into what would include
man-made hills, pools and fountains. As time
went on, and craftsman became more
accomplished, this man-made beauty was
able to successfully blend in well with the
beauty of the natural environment.
The Ming Dynasty (1368 AD - 1644 AD)
followed by the Qing Dynasty (1644 AD - 1911
AD) saw the heyday of Chinese garden
architecture. Especially in the Qing Dynasty,
emperors collected skillful craftsmen from all
over the country to create even more elaborate
gardens. Gardens in this period were no
longer merely places for fun, but also served
as areas where more formal ceremonies could
take place such as holding court, hosting
banquets, pursuing studies, producing
theatrical activities, and to provide a setting
where people could worship.
Classification
Depending on their geographical
locations, Chinese gardens can vary.
Generally speaking, they can be divided into
two groups that would include the Imperial
Garden Architecture in north China and the
Private Garden Architecture in south China.
Imperial gardens are noteworthy for their
grand dimensions, luxurious buildings, and
exquisite decorations.
Northern Imperial Garden
With material resources and generous
financial support combined with supreme
power, emperors were able to construct
Imperial Gardens with almost unlimited
extravagance. Designers placed emphasis on
the harmonious unity of architecture with
nature which contributed to the decision to
construct many gardens in scenic mountain
areas. In northern China, Beijing is one of the
better known areas for these beautiful
gardens. ‘Summer Palace’ and ‘Old Summer
Palace’ (Ruins of Yuanmingyuan) are typical
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examples of this period. Gentle babbling
brooks meander through delicate palaces,
pavilions, platforms, and bridges. Large lakes
shimmering in the early morning or late
afternoon sun, where fish swim delightfully
in and out of duckweeds add to the incredible
beauty of the pleasant surroundings. When
one is confronted with all of this fine
architecture, it is easy to appreciate the high
level craftsmanship that went into the
construction of these magnificent gardens.
Southern Private Garden
Although different from the imperial
gardens of Northern China, the gardens in the
south are smaller but no less exquisite. The
area in South China although rich in water
resources is somewhat limited in the land area
that could be used for private gardens. As a
result of these phenomena, garden owners
were put in the position where they skillfully
and cleverly constructed their private gardens
according to their own personal tastes. Unlike
the majestic and splendor of
northern gardens, southern
gardens are simpler and more
elegant, like a shy girl waiting
for you to take away her veiling.
Designers were also good at
selecting colors such as dark
grey tiles to cover the house
roofs, while walls were painted
white. Wooden pillars were
colored dark brown or greenish
black that blended with the
bridges, pavilions and corridors
that were made of natural stone.
The whole scenery presents a
p e a c e f u l a n d p l e a s a n t
atmosphere. Famous gardens belonging to
this type are popular in Jiangsu Province.
Some of the more noteworthy would be
‘Garden of the Master of Nets’, ‘Li Garden’,
‘Canglang Pavilion’, ‘Lion Grove’, ‘Garden for
Lingering’, and ‘Humble Administrator’s
Garden’.
Other kinds of garden architecture contain
monastic gardens which are located in
temples, symbolizing a sort of spiritual peace
and harmony. An example of this would be
the ‘Mountain Resort of Chengde’ (Bishu
Shanzhuang) that is built on a large scale and
blends in well with the mountain scenery.
Chinese Chengyu and Its Stories– Treat each other with the respect due to guest
During the Spring and Autumn Period
(770-476 BC), there was a high official in the
State of Jin. He once saw a farmer working in
the field and his wife bringing a lunch to him
in a very respectful manner. It moved him
much that the couple treated each other with
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the respect they would give a guest.
He took the farmer back to the King of Jin
and recommended him for an official post.
“Respect is a demonstration of virtue. If one is
respectful, he must be virtuous,” the official
said. “We should educate our people with
virtue.”
“His father is guilty. Is it wise to do so?”
the King countered.
The official replied: “Guan Zhong was an
enemy to the Duke Huan of Qi, but the duke
appointed Guan Zhong prime minister and
finally accomplished his hegemony. Shun
exiled Gun but promoted his son Yu. You just
make use of his strong points.”
At last, Duke Wen took his advice and put
the farmer in an important position.
Later, this idiom means a couple treat each
other with respect as if the other were their
guests.
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Across3. A question asking where the person you
are speaking to works 5. Stores that sell books 6. A place where meals can be bought and
eaten 7. An institution where formal elementary
education is given and received Down1. A statement saying that she likes studying
in the library 2. To have a chat 4. A person who does a job, e.g. in a car
factory, etc.
Instructions: The method of using this
crossword form is quite straight forward, and
will be clear if you have ever done an English
crossword. Here are just a few tips for you:
lFill the white box with a character or Pinyin
and ignored the black boxes.
lRead the English clues and find the words or
phrases that you are certain about.
lComplete the longest word or phrase ASAP,
as more clues and links will result.
lBe brave and imaginative; guess possible
words using the shared characters you have
already filled in.
lSome words can be used for more than once
in different occasions.
The answer will be published on next month,
and the first three readers who email us the correct
answer, in form of photo or scanning picture,
will get a free book of limited edition about
China in subject you interested (Arts,
Architecture, Food, Travel, Political, Medicine,
History, Chinese etc.).
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Culture & Life
Answer to the Award-winning Chinese
Crosswords of April NFC
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Sichuan cuisine enjoys a time-honored
history and is well-reputed home and abroad.
Represented by the local dishes of Chengdu
and Chongqing, Sichuan cuisine is particular
about ingredients, unified in standard,
distinctive in arrangement, and vivid in
coordination. Sichuan cuisine features spicy,
tongue-numbing, savory, delicious, oily and
heavily seasoned flavor, using a lot of
capsicum, prickly ash, pepper as well as fresh
ginger. From high-class banquet to ordinary
meal, from street snack to home-made dishes,
Sichuan cuisines is diversified in variety,
novel in style, and elaborate in cooking.
Dry chili(1 cup of)
Sesame(2 tbsp of)
Ginger
Green onion
Garlic
Marinades:
2 tbsp of Chinese rice wine
2 tbsp of light soy sauce
2 tbsp of starch
2 tsp of salt
Chinese Chef Recipe---Stir Fry Chicken with Hot Chilli
Chinese have a saying that people living
in Chongqing is not afraid of spicy taste. So
this dish is a famous dish in Chongqing
Province. The real method of this dish is to be
more chili than chicken. All in pursuit of fun is
search for chicken in the chili. Of course, if you
don’t like spicy you will put some less chili.
Ingredients:
Chicken
Wild pepper(1 tbsp of)
Seasoning:
2 cup of oil
1 tsp of essence of chicken
1.5 tsp of sugar
Method:
1. Clean chicken and cut it into pieces.Put the
cutted chicken in the marinade and mix
them about 30 minutes.
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2. Slice ginger,garlic and green onion.Cut
dry chili from the incision in the middle.
3. Deep fried the cutted chicken until its
seemed golden then drain oil.
4. Heat up with 3 tbsp of oil in the pot and
fried ginger, garlic, dry chili and wild
pepper until fragrant.
5. Add in chicken and fried until well done.
6. Pour in all seasoning and green onion, go
on cook about 2 minutes then last pour in
sesame, dish off.
Attention:
When you fried dry chili,wild pepper and
chicken ,you should use low heat. Otherwise
they coked.
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If you examine historical
records f rom before the
founding of the People’s
Republic of China, you will
discover that there was neither a
C h i n e s e - v e r s i o n n o r a
Tibetanversion of newspaper in
Dechen Prefecture of Yunnan
P r o v i n c e b e c a u s e t h e
distribution of information
relied on messengers passing
through post offices. The rise of
New China brought about the
founding of the Dechen Tibetan
Autonomous Prefecture. On October 1st,
1988, the Dechen Daily launched a pilot
program. Accompanied by the gradual
enforcement of a Tibetan news media by the
local government of Dechen Tibetan
Autonomous Prefecture, newspaper in
Tibetan was published and Tibetan channel
was also broadcast gradually.On May 5th
2013, along with the founding of the Shangri-
La Website in Tibetan, the social, political,
economic and cultural development of
Dechen Prefecture began to be widely spread
around the world.
The Founding of Dechen Daily
(Tibetan-version)
On March 2nd 1995, while people of all
nationalities in Dechen Prefecture were
celebrating Tibetan Wood-Pig New Year, the
Tibetan version of Dechen Daily began a pilot
program. Since then this Tibetan-version of
Dechen Daily has been distributing the best
wishes for the New Year from the government
to the people living in the mountain area and
the grassland.
At that time, the Tibetan version of Dechen
Daily had only one editor, cooperating with
TIBET TODAY
The Development of Tibetan Media in Dechen
Text & Photo by Zhang Guohua
Monks studying in the Dechen Branch of Yunnan Buddhist College read the Tibetan-version of Dechen Daily.
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the Tibetan Studies Institute of
Dechen and other social support.
After years of extensive effort, the
newspaper is now widely
w e l c o m e d b y t h e l o c a l
community. On June 3rd 2009,
along with efficient management
of publication codes, the General
Administration of Press and
P u b l i c a t i o n a s s e s s e d t h e
importance of Tibetan language
and gave special approval to a
national publication code for
Tibetan-version Dechen Daily. On
January 1st, 2011, the Tibetan version Dechen
Daily was formally launched. In May, this
newspaper received a facelift by changing its
format size from quarto to crossfold, from
black and white to color printing. The
newspaper is usually published on Monday
but if there are important events in Dechen the
newspaper will publish two more issues a
week.
The first page of the Tibetan version of
Dechen Daily mainly deals with events
relating to politics, economics and culture as
well as the lives of individuals by focusing on
developmental strategies and key projects of
the local prefecture government as well as
important festivals and activities in the
community as well. The second pages of these
newspapers are mainly reserved for key news
items while the third page consists of feature
length articles… and the fourth page contains
entertainment, health, ethnic culture and
literature.
The columns of the newspaper also treat
folkloric art, travel attractions, common items
from people’s daily lives, the sciences, Tibetan
The Tibetan broadcasters of the Shangri-la County TV Station were broadcasting in studio.
Monks of the Ganden Songtsen Ling Monastery in the Shangri-la County read the Tibetan-version of Dechen Daily.
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culture, historical figures, poems and prose.
The style of the newspapers is created by
focusing on ethnic features in pursuit of the
inheritance and development of Tibetan
culture, arts, sports, traditional medicine, and
religion as well as folklore and ethnic culture.
It has become most popular with local
herders, farmers and monks in Dechen
Prefecture. On reading the newspaper, many
overseas Tibetans were persuaded to return to
their hometown and witness the tremendous
changes taking place there. Next, these
overseas Tibetans frequently invested in their
hometown, such as by investing in running
schools, hotels and travel agencies. On April
28th of 2011, Mr. Shi Xianyao, the
correspondent of Dechen Daily, interviewed
Phuntso in Nixi Township of Shangri-la
County. Phuntso commented: “Whenever I
receive these newspapers, I always feel a
spiritual boost. This is a major window of
opportunity to be informed about what is
happening in China, as well as in the rest of the
world. These beautiful pictures in the
newspapers inform me about the real world
outside.”
The life of newspapers depends upon
attracting readership. Up to now, the Tibetan-
version of Dechen Daily was distributed to 24
Tibetan Buddhist monasteries in this
prefecture, and also to the primarily schools,
middle schools, vocational schools,
government departments, Tibetans towns
and villages, Tibetology research institutes,
scholars and overseas Tibetans. In 2012 there
were 50 issues of Tibetan-version of Dechen
Daily. Over 300,000 were for free distribution.
The Tibetanversion of Dechen Daily has
already become a popular publication in
Dechen Prefecture and also in Yunnan
Province.
On March 19th of 2009, the Dechen Daily
administrative office donated 200 copies of
Chinese version and Tibetan-version of
Dechen Daily and 10 newspaper stands to the
Ganden Songtsen Ling Monastery and local
villages in Shangri-la County. They also
donated 20 newspaper stands to the Dechen
Branch of Yunnan Buddhist College and 1500
copies to Tibetan-inhabited townships and Shomo Droma, local of the Shangri-la County,listened to the Tibetan broadcast at home.
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monasteries all over Dechen
Prefecture. When Dancun, a
monk f rom the Ganden
Songtsen Ling Monastery,
received the newspapers and
stands, he was pleased and
said, “These newspapers, freely
p r o v i d e d t o u s b y t h e
government, inform us about
what is happening in the
prefecture, the province, the
nation and the world. We are
promptly informed of the changes around the
world.”
To run a newspaper successfully, the
provision of capable human resources is a key
issue. To date, there are seven editors and
correspondents for the Tibetan version of
Dechen Daily, all graduates who were
majoring in Tibetan in universities. Two of
them are senior editors. These editors and
correspondents are full of enthusiasm for
working on the newspaper. They have
produced a number of excellent editions, 50-
odd news and arts items have been cited as
“excellent papers” during the working
conference on Tibetan media in China.
Launch of Tibetan Broadcasting and
Television Program
In the 1960s, Dechen
successfully set up radio
r e c e i v i n g a n d
broadcasting stations at
both county level and
v i l l a g e l e v e l . O n
November 23rd 1990, the
D e c h e n P e o p l e ’ s
Broadcasting Station was
founded. On August 6th,
1997,the Station began to
put Chinese programs to
The editor in charge of the Tibetan version was designing the layout.
Editors of the Shangri-la County TV station made programs in Tibetan.
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air. By October, the program of news in
Tibetan aired for five minutes. Since then, the
Tibetan radio channel has gone through
several reforms and gradually achieved two
hours of news and entertainment programs.
The news program is basically a translation of
the news program from the Chinese channel
and key national and international news
downloaded from CCTV programs
containing local Dechen News. In 2011, the
Tibetan radio channel aired a total of 726 items
of Dechen News, 360 of national and
international news, as well as 110 special local
programs. Apart from a news program, the
T i b e t a n r a d i o c h a n n e l a i r s o t h e r
entertainment programs, which were all
welcomed by audiences and enriched the
cultural life of the mass of Tibetan farmers and
herders… as well as local religious clerics.
In 2011, Tashi Yangzom’s Road to Fortune
and other 11 works made by the Tibetan Radio
Channel’s staff won the 12th National Tibetan
Media Prize. Tashi’s Tibetan New Year won
Government of Yunnan Province Radio and
Television Award. These honors establish a
good image of Dechen Tibetan Radio
Channel.
As the third mass media, television was
launched in the 1980s. From September of
1981, the first TV station was erected at Mt.
Wufeng in Weixi County of Dechen
Prefecture. Having gone through different
periods’ constructions from very basic to
comprehensive approach, in 2001, Dechen
Television became the key part in the daily life
of local Dechen people. The Tibetan channel of
the TV Station was founded on December 20th
of 2005, as the first television channel for
nationalities at prefecture level, and it started
broadcasting on the first of June 2006.
From 2010, the Tibetan channel program
of Dechen TV Station has added five new
programs, including “Follow me to learn
Tibetan”, “Shangri-la feeling”,”Folklore
culture of Shangrila”, ”TV prose” and
“Shambhala stage”, based on the previous
four programs, such as “News”,”Colorful
Dechen”, “Learning Tibetan” and “Music
lover”. The broadcast lasts 120 minutes every
day, which successfully meets the demands of
massive numbers of Tibetan farmers and
herders in Dechen.
At the end of 2012, Dechen Broadcasting
and Dechen TV Station merged as Dechen
Broadcasting and Television Station with a
staff of 10 correspondents and editors. The
Broadcasting Channel aired a group of
national and international news programs as
well as Dechen news daily, 726 items of news
w e r e t r a n s l a t e d i n t o T i b e t a n a n d
broadcasted annually. Several programs,
such as “Snowy singing”, “Learning
Tibetan”, “Law knowledge”, “Health”,
“Agriculture sciences” and “Shangri-la
feeling”,are translated into Tibetan and
aired, total of 320 programs lasting 4800
minutes. The Tibetan TV channel has
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translated and aired 348 programs yearly:
the national news in Tibetan, 260 programs
of documentary titled “Singing is telling”,
136 programs of “Learning Tibetan”, 93
programs of “TV prose”, 46 programs of
“Shambhala stage”, 139 programs of
“Follow me to learn Tibetan” and 46
programs of “Colorful Dechen”.
In March 2010, the TV Station of Shangri-la
County started to air simultaneously in both
Chinese and Tibetan. Then, in turn, the TV
Station aired news programs in Tibetan every
Tuesday and Thursday and in Chinese on
every Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Three
Tibetan correspondents and editors work for
the Tibetan channel and yearly produce 96
programs of news and over 1000 translated
papers.
The Shangri-la Website
On May 5th of 2013, the Shangrila Website
in Tibetan was set up. This is the first website
in Tibetan in the Tibetan inhabited area of
Yunnan Province, which it has continued by
combining of Tibetan website, Tibetan
digitalization, and Tibetan newspapers. The
Shangri-la Tibetan Website includes eight
columns and 33 subtopics such as current
political news, special columns, economy,
daily life, Tibetan culture, ethnic religions,
ecological travel, audio and visual programs,
pictures and entertainment. 3D pictures are
displayed on this dynamic website to offer
readers an active visualization and three
dimensional effects with high definition and
visual effectiveness.
The Tibetan website and Tibetan-version
of Dechen Daily apply the unicode system
which could combine with all kinds of Tibetan
characters from all around the world which
facilitate integration and information sharing
from websites. In the technical aspect of the
Tibetan digital newspaper, the Tibetan-
version of Dechen Daily (Digital Newspaper)
is the first standardized Tibetan digital
newspaper in the nation. This digital
newspaper can be browsed, shared and
copied. Such functionality actually breaks
through the single-picture model from
traditional Tibetan digital newspaper, and
facilitates efficient information sharing
between all kinds of Tibetan newspapers from
different Tibetan inhabited areas.
At present, the Shangrila Website does not
have many readers, about 500 daily. But the
readers are widely distributed not only in
Tibet, Qinghai, Sichuan, Yunnan and Gansu,
but also in Beijing, Shanghai and Hong Kong,
as well as some cities in India, the United
States, Canada, Bhutan, and Nepal.
Successfully transmitting news through
both Tibetan newspapers and Tibetan
websites, Dechen Daily is planning to run its
news diffusion through mobile phones in
order to be a full range news distribution
service by fully applying modern media
technology in pursuit of upgrading its
influence, another historical breakthrough in
Dechen’s newspaper history.
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Tibet Fully Develops “Sunlight Economy”
by Tenzin Woebom
With its rich solar energy resources, Tibet
promotes the full development of “sunlight
economy”. A batch of products and
techniques such as solar photovoltaic power
generation, solar cooker, solar water heater,
solar heating and so on will be widely used in
people’s daily life to improve living standards
and increase income. Tibet has abundant solar
energy resources, with an average of 6,000 to
8,000 megajoules per square meter of solar
radiation, which double the same latitude
plains.
With its rich solar energy resources, Tibet
promotes the full development of “sunlight
economy”. A batch of products and
techniques such as solar photovoltaic power
generation, solar cooker, solar water heater,
solar heating and so on will be widely used in
people’s daily life to improve living standards
and increase income. Tibet has abundant solar
energy resources, with an average of 6,000 to
8,000 megajoules per square meter of solar
radiation, which double the same latitude
plains.
Photos shows staff members installing solar panels in photovoltaic power generation base of Sangri county, Lhokha prefecture, Tibet. [Photo/Xinhua]
More Remote Villages Access Highway in Tibet
by Karen Lin
Tibet’s transportation has witnessed a
rapid development in recent years with the
total highway mileage reaching 70,591 km.
Thanks to the government’s big
investment in transportation, the passenger
transport coverage at the county level and
township level hits 98.6 percent and 56
percent in Tibet respectively, Xinhua
reported.
Tibet Today
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Photo taken on Apr.22, 2014 shows the highway which was built in 2013 in Lhozhag County leading to Lhoka Prefecture.[Photo/Xinhua]
Photo taken on Apr.1st, 2014 shows a truck on the country road in Nyingchi Prefecture, Tibet. [Photo/Xinhua]
A vehicle runs on the Dianzang Highway linking southwest China's Yunnan Province and southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, in Mangkang County of Chamdo Prefecture, Tibet Autonomous Region, Oct. 14, 2010.[Photo/Xinhua]
Tibet Today
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64 May 2014 NEWS FROM CHINA
BOOK REVIEW
Dear Readers,
To celebrate the International Children's Day, we are happy to introduce you another book of 'CLASSIC
STORIES OF CHINA' serial---Myths Stories. And China's Urbanization is prepared for other readers. Wish you
love those books! If you find interests in any book here, you or your friends are most welcomed to come to the
gate No. 1 of our Embassy to get the book for FREE. You can also ask for a VPP service if you need.
However, since some books are quite limited, we can only send the books based on the principle of “ first
come first serve” as well as balancing the different areas. Please email us first to reserve the book providing the
serial No. of the NFC. Hope to hear from you in the coming future.
Editor
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Address: 50-D, Shantipath, Chanakyapuri, New Delhi-110021
Tel: 0091-11-26116683
In essence, the urbanization in China and other countries in the world is
an inevitable result of industrialization and is presented as the process of the
rural population transfer to cities and towns. However, the road to and
pattern of urbanization varies due to the difference in national circumstances.
All the content of the book unfolds around the theme that China should
develop the urbanization with Chinese characteristics and adhere to the
human-centered concept in this process. It is believed that the underlying
internal logic lies in the increasing level of the living standards, whether the
urbanization is about the scale expansion or functional improvement, about
the rural population transfer or the supply of urban welfare, about production
safety or residence construction of rural residents.
All must grow from innocent childhood to adulthood. Similarly
human society has also developed from naïve infancy- the primitive
tribal societies of ancient times-to the modern, urbanized, technological
world we live in today. People living thousands of years before us in
ancient societies asked many more questions about the universe they
inhabited. The world they encountered was greatly puzzling. So they
speculated, guessed and made presumptions to try to explain to
themselves phenomena they observed.
If one can picture Chinese culture as a long and winding free-
flowing river, then the source of this river can be traced back to these
ancient tales. If one can picture Chinese culture as a mature, leafy tree,
then the roots of this tree lie in the soil that is ancient Chinese tales. If one wishes to delve
deeper into Chinese culture and the essence of Chinese civilization and society, one must begin
with a thorough investigation of the myths and tales handed down to us from ancient Chinese
society.
Book Review
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