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  Will China Liberalize Its Grain Trade? - Brookings Institution
China is at this moment debating the possibility of changing its grain trade policy from a policy of self-sufficiency to that of somewhat greater reliance on the world market.
China's ratio of net imports to domestic production decreased from a high of 4.5% in 1982 to a low of -1.2% in 1997.
China's cropland base is steadily diminished by industrialization and urbanization, but the annual encroachment is decreasing from the average of 360,000 hectares per year in 1984-1992 to 117,000 hectares per year in 1990-1996.
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 List of China administrative divisions by GDP - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This is a list of the first-level administrative divisions of Mainland China (including all provinces, autonomous regions, and municipalities) in order of their total gross domestic product in 2004.
Hong Kong and Macau, which are special administrative regions of the PRC that do not use the same currency, are given at the end for comparison purposes.
The Republic of China (ROC), which governs Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen and Matsu, is also included at the end of the list for comparison purposes.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_China_administrative_divisions_by_GDP   (257 words)

  
 China
China was in the first group of countries to sign the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on Their Destruction, and joined in the work of the Preparatory Commission of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons in a conscientious and constructive manner.
China as a nuclear-weapon state never shies away from its due obligations, advocating that nuclear-weapon states should undertake not to be the first to use nuclear weapons and repeatedly proposing that nuclear-weapon states negotiate and conclude an international treaty on the no-first-use of nuclear weapons against each other.
China believes that the indefinite extension of this treaty reaffirms the objectives of international cooperation in nuclear disarmament, the prevention of nuclear proliferation and the promotion of the peaceful use of nuclear energy and should not be interpreted as permitting the nuclear-weapon states to retain possession of nuclear weapons forever.
www.nti.org /db/china/engdocs/whteppr.htm   (6637 words)

  
 Asia Times Online :: China Business News - Green dream Beijing's rude awakening
unit of gross domestic product (GDP) by 4%, consumption actually increased by 0.8% in the first half of the year and indices for the main pollutants continued to rise.
China wants to reduce energy consumption per unit of GDP by 20% in the five years from 2006 to 2010.
The People's Bank of China, the central bank, is working on a green scheme that would evaluate the eligibility of companies for loans based on their environmental performance.
www.atimes.com /atimes/China_Business/IA17Cb02.html   (904 words)

  
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The limits vary from region to region, and the impacts depend on how many people there are and how much food, water, energy and raw materials each uses and wastes.
The productivity and diversity of surface waters are threatened by pollution, clearance of forests in upper catchments and on flood plains, the damming and channelling of streams, drainage of wetlands, and introduction of non-native species.
China is particularly vulnerable: already it is the third largest emitter of sulphur dioxide, after the Soviet Union and the United States.
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 China
China is extremely cautious and responsible in the management of its nuclear weapons, and has established strict rules and regulations and taken effective measures to ensure the safety and security of its nuclear weapons.
China's fundamental aim in developing science, technology and industry for national defence is to satisfy the basic demands of national defence, guarantee the production and supply of military equipment, and raise the level of national defence modernization.
China maintains that the exploration and utilization of outer space should be for the sole purpose of promoting the economic, scientific and cultural development of all countries, and benefiting all mankind.
www.nti.org /db/china/engdocs/wpnd2000.htm   (13805 words)

  
 List of countries by GDP (nominal) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This article includes a list of countries of the world sorted by their gross domestic product (GDP), the value of all final goods and services produced within a nation in a given year.
List of countries by GDP estimates for 2007 (nominal)
List of countries by past GDP (PPP) - for the periods between 1 CE and 1998 CE
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_countries_by_GDP_(nominal)   (437 words)

  
 US-China Business Council
Forecasts for China's 2001 GDP growth are lower, between 7 and 8 percent, because economic slowdown is expected globally, particularly in the United States, one of China's main export markets (see China's Trade Performance).
In 2000, major Chinese corporate entities listing on international markets raised more than $20 billion-funds that will be used to pay for the thousands of layoffs that were necessary to prepare the companies for their initial public offerings (see Foreign Investment).
China's northeastern rustbelt has been particularly hard hit by layoffs, and the central government will be focusing resources on the depressed industrial northeast in the coming year.
www.uschina.org /statistics/2001economyperformance.html   (2498 words)

  
 CIA - The World Factbook - Notes and Definitions
Gross national product (GNP) is the value of all final goods and services produced within a nation in a given year, plus income earned by its citizens abroad, minus income earned by foreigners from domestic production.
This entry lists major infectious diseases likely to be encountered in countries where the risk of such diseases is assessed to be very high as compared to the United States.
GRT or gross register tonnage is a figure obtained by measuring the entire sheltered volume of a ship available for cargo and passengers and converting it to tons on the basis of 100 cubic feet per ton; there is no stable relationship between GRT and DWT.
www.cs.usyd.edu.au /~dasymond/mirror/factbook/docs/notesanddefs.html   (9805 words)

  
 Green Car Congress: China
China’s domestic auto sales rose 46.9% in the first half of 2006 compared to the same period the year before, reaching 1.804 million cars, according to the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers.
China’s growth in demand for oil surged ahead to 13.5% in May from May 2005 to 6.5 million barrels per day, according to calculations based on official data—the fastest rate since 2004, when overall demand grew around 15%.
China is determined to reduce its energy intensity—to reduce energy consumption per unit of gross domestic product (GDP) by 20% and the total volume of major pollutant discharges by 10% in the coming five years.
www.greencarcongress.com /china/index.html   (10554 words)

  
 Asia Times Online :: China Business News - China fails to meet energy reduction target
China has set a unit energy-consumption reduction target of 20% for the five-year period from 2006 to 2010.
In fact, China witnessed an increase of 0.8% in its energy consumption per unit of GDP in the first half of the year and indices for major pollutants have continued to rise.
A list of energy-saving products is being drawn up by the central government, the use of which will result in tax preferences.
www.atimes.com /atimes/China_Business/HL20Cb01.html   (765 words)

  
 Eco-industrial parks in China - Encyclopedia of Earth
China is a large country in terms of population and the total amount of natural resources, but a small country in terms of per capita resources.
With regard to the rapid economic growth, China’s environmental system capacity cannot sustain the production system of high input, low output, high consumption and low efficiency, thus a coordinated economic development mode is being pursued to establish economic development within the threshold of ecological capacity.
When China's government launched its economic reforms in the late 1970s, new policies were often tried out in selected parts of the country and, after having been shown to be successful, were applied to the whole country.
www.eoearth.org /article/Eco-industrial_parks_in_China   (1825 words)

  
 Unrest in China | Webdiary - Founded and Inspired by Margo Kingston
China has spent billions to make sure the Olympics are a success but recent events are putting a question mark over the decision to hold the event in China.
I mean, in some respects, China is now more or less where Japan was in the 1930s, challenging the US and other powers in the Pacific, and in other respects where Japan was in the 1960s, her economic growth about to "overwhelm" the west and the USA in particular.
For example, US gross domestic product (GDP) growth, adjusted by Reuters for international comparisons, was seen at 4.5 percent in 2004 before slipping to 3.9 percent in 2005.
webdiary.com.au /cms/?q=node/2299   (8683 words)

  
 Special Supplement: Picturesque Guilin in bid to strengthen industrial sector
Guilin, one of China's most popular tourist cities, is gearing up to attract investment in a bid to boost its industrial sectors.
As China advances establishment of the China-ASEAN Free Trade Zone, Guangxi with its long history of exchange with Southeast Asian countries is seen as a bridgehead for deepening cooperation between the two sides.
Domestic and overseas tourist arrivals to the city numbered 13.38 million in 2006.
www.chinadaily.com.cn /cndy/2007-11/15/content_6254881.htm   (1006 words)

  
 Pearl River Delta bridge deal agreed
The project will be partly funded by the governments of the three regions, and the rest will be raised through public bidding," Governor Huang Huahua, who is also a deputy to the 11th NPC, told reporters on the sidelines of the annual session of the top legislature.
The project is expected to boost economic development in the region and improve the comprehensive competitiveness of the Pearl River Delta area, experts have said.
The southern province saw its gross domestic product rise 14.5 percent year-on-year in 2007, to 3 trillion yuan, accounting for about one-eighth of the country's total.
www.chinadaily.com.cn /china/2008-03/11/content_6525489.htm   (408 words)

  
 Summer 2004 Newsletter of the Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation
Recommendations were informed by surveys of domestic consumers, rangeland pastoralists and members of environmental groups, interviews with companies in Australian and international meat and wool supply chains, interviews with representatives of agricultural industry, environmental and consumer organisations, and a review of on-farm standards that could be used to deliver the requirements of these stakeholders.
Biomass energy production in Australia examines the nature of biomass as a fuel source, issues related to its production, harvesting and transport, its conversion into primary and secondary energy products and services, costs and economics of bioenergy in its various forms, and co-values and co-products associated with bioenergy.
Triggers for sclerotia production were investigated, and the production of sclerotia by Tasmanian isolates was compared with overseas reference isolates.
www.rirdc.gov.au /pub/summer04.html   (6291 words)

  
 The Basic Law of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the Peoples Republic of China
Laws listed in Annex III to this Law shall be confined to those relating to defence and foreign affairs as well as other matters outside the limits of the autonomy of the Region as specified by this Law.
However, permanent residents of the Region who are not of Chinese nationality or who have the right of abode in foreign countries may also be elected members of the Legislative Council of the Region, provided that the proportion of such members does not exceed 20 per cent of the total membership of the Council.
The courts of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region shall adjudicate cases in accordance with the laws applicable in the Region as prescribed in Article 18 of this Law and may refer to precedents of other common law jurisdictions.
www.novexcn.com /hong_kong_basic_law.html   (8969 words)

  
 Putting Democracy in China on Hold - CIS Issue Analysis 95
China’s transformation from the backward, autocratic economy of just three decades ago is probably the most spectacular and rapid in history.
They say that China’s leaders are flailing about in a modern adaptation of a classical Greek tragedy: they are determined to preserve the political status quo, but have unwittingly let loose the irresistible agents of change that will sweep them and the old system away.
China’s authoritarian leaders have ensured that the middle classes’ future is tied to the Party’s.
www.cis.org.au /issue_analysis/IA95/ia95.html   (10658 words)

  
 List of China administrative regions by area - Article from FactBug.org - the fast Wikipedia mirror site   (Site not responding. Last check: )
This is a list of the first-level administrative divisions of Mainland China (including all provinces, autonomous regions, and municipalities) in order of their total areas.
List of China administrative regions by GDP per capita
List of China administrative regions by ethnic group
www.factbug.org /cgi-bin/a.cgi?a=171666   (185 words)

  
 Drinking Water Tops Environmental Concerns
The survey was conducted in April and May by the All-China Environmental Federation (ACEF) and supervised by the State Environmental Protection Administration (SEPA).
According to the survey, after drinking water pollution, the public were most concerned about air quality, domestic rubbish, the disposal of industrial waste, the destruction of vegetation and desertification, a shortage of water resources, and noise and car pollution.
As for domestic rubbish, 77 percent of participants supported the idea of not providing plastic bags in supermarkets, although 22 percent said it was a bother to bring a bag with them when shopping.
www.china.org.cn /english/2005/Jul/136530.htm   (541 words)

  
 Cadastral Template -- Israel
Since the domestic market for homegrown food was fast approaching the saturation point, the agricultural sector began to grow a larger variety of crops for the food processing industry as well as fresh produce for export.
This change is triggered by technological advances in the production processes of the GIS, amongst them change in the software operating the data base of the National GIS and the change of the workstation model for end users.
The purpose of this form was to list mutation plans ID, to record parcels numbers and to trace the origin of each parcel existing in block.
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 Hancock Watch - Carbon Credits
The gross unrealized loss on our Venezuelan oil and gas holdings was $62.7 million and $107.7 million as of September 30 2003 and December 31 2002 respectively.
The improvement in the gross unrealized loss is largely due to the end of the Venezuelan oil strike and the increase in oil production to approximately 80% of pre-strike levels.
China is the second leading source for greenhouse gas emissions in the world, with its power sector responsible for approximately 33% of these emissions.
www.hancock.forests.org.au /docs/carbon.htm   (13043 words)

  
 Asia Pacific Rail 2008 - speakers
Mishra, Konkan Railway is presently engaged in the construction of the 90 kms long stretch of the prestigious national project of railroad through the hitherto unexplored regions of The Himalayas in Jammu and Kashmir at an estimated project cost of Rs.63 Billion.
As an Administrator with a difference, Shri M. Ramachandran has taken various roles and is widely admired for his initiatives and leadership.
Panich Vikitsreth is the Deputy Governor of Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (Thailand).
www.terrapinn.com /2008/asiarail/speakerList.stm   (2762 words)

  
 Business Spectator - The Conversation, business analysis and interaction
Therefore, half of 2006 Saudi production is 4.5 million barrels a day, which is close enough to my number of 4 million.
They could *maybe* push up production from 2 – 4 million barrels of oil equivalent a day, given a lot of security and multiple billions for investment.
Secondly as former member of the Rothbury Wine Society which was also taken over by Fosters and seeing the way that organisation and its staff were handled after a visit to the winery around two and a half years ago I could not resign fast enough and cut up my membership card.
www.businessspectator.com.au /bs.nsf/home/conversation   (3300 words)

  
 CIA - The World Factbook -- FAQs
Taiwan is listed after the regular entries because even though the mainland People's Republic of China claims Taiwan, elected Taiwanese authorities de facto administer the island and reject mainland sovereignty claims.
With the establishment of diplomatic relations with China on January 1, 1979, the US Government recognized the People's Republic of China as the sole legal government of China, acknowledging the Chinese position that there is only one China and that Taiwan is part of China.
Specific regions within a country or areas in dispute among countries are not covered.
www.cs.usyd.edu.au /~dasymond/mirror/factbook/docs/faqs.html   (2415 words)

  
 Jiangsu Province - China Tour - Travel to China
The Khitan Jinn Dynasty gained control of North China in 1127, and the river Huai He, which used to cut through north Jiangsu to reach the Yellow Sea, was the border between the north, under the Jinn, and the south, under the Southern Song Dynasty.
The Republic of China was established in 1912, and China was soon torn apart by warlords.
Nanjing was the seat of the collaborationist government of East China under Wang Jingwei, and Jiangsu remained under occupation until the end of the war in 1945.
www.famouschinese.com /virtual/Jiangsu_Province   (2917 words)

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