At this early juncture in China's proposed escalation in western development activities,it is very important for its planners to pay...
The Impression of China
This generates great concern among some observers within China and,perhaps more vocally,outside the country,about the potential impacts on the environment...
In 1999,the Chinese government publically announced its official plan to develop western China.Its goal is to try to achieve a...
China's western region includes 11 provinces,autonomous regions and municipalities under the direct administration of the central government.These include the following:Shaanxi,Qinghai,Sichuan,Yunnan,Guizhou,Ningxia,Xinjiang,Inner...
“Socialist New Countryside"(1) Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao pledged that his government would increase the funding for rural development this year,the...
The fast-ageing process has placed a burden on traditional Chinese family-supporting pension mechanisms in rural areas.Deputies attending the National People's...
Chinese government have launched their most ambitious initiative in decades,promising billions of dollars in social spending and farm aid this...
“We must plan and build a new socialist countryside that satisfies farmers' demands for water supply,road construction and clean and...
Hurdles Ahead for Building“New Countryside”(1) According to The Eleventh Five-year Plan,China will endeavor to build new socialist countryside.However,such an unprecedented...
China's central authorities released its first major document of the year whichcalls for the construction of a“new socialist countryside"as the...
At the Central Economic Working Conference of this 2006,The meeting emphasizes “settles the Three Agricultural"Issues well and concerns the overall...
Tibet welcomed nearly 2 million visitors last year.That figure is expected to triple by 2010 thanks to the completion of...
Qinghai-Tibet Railway:World Marvel With the first run of China's Qinghai-Tibet railway,transport in the Tibet Autonomous Region begins a new era.The...
Beijing Train Arrives in Lhasa The first direct passenger train from China's capital of Beijing has arrived in Lhasa,the capital...
The opening of the Qinghai-Tibet Railway means that more and more Chinese and foreign tourists would realize their"Tibet Dream".But with...
After the Qinghai-Tibet Railway opened in July,some American reporters oppugned that the railway would destroy the traditional ethnic culture in...
Why did China build the Qinghai-Tibet Railway?This is an“ignorant question”.Transportation is the most basic prerequisite for any area to seek...
In 1918,Mr.Sun Yat-Sen suggested,in his book Strategy for State,Part II:Industrial Plans,a scheme to“improve the upstream from here",that is,“a dam should...
Protection of Rare Species There are forty seven kinds of precious botanic species that are near extinction and among the...
Dam The TGP dam is a concrete gravity one,made of 14.86 million m3 concrete,the biggest amount in the world.The maximum...