Input: Food and Drug Administration spokesman Jeff Nesbit said the agency has turned over evidence in a criminal investigation concerning Vitarine Pharmaceuticals Inc. to the U.S. Attorney's office in Baltimore.

Food and Drug Administration

Vitarine Pharmaceuticals Inc.

Jeff Nesbit

U.S.

Baltimore


Input: Neither Vitarine nor any of the Springfield Gardens, N.Y., company's officials or employees have been charged with any crimes.

Vitarine

Springfield Gardens

N.Y.


Input: Vitarine won approval to market a version of a blood pressure medicine but acknowledged that it substituted a SmithKline Beecham PLC product as its own in tests.

Vitarine

SmithKline Beecham PLC


Input: Mr. Nesbit also said the FDA has asked Bolar Pharmaceutical Co. to recall at the retail level its urinary tract antibiotic.

Nesbit

FDA

Bolar Pharmaceutical Co.


Input: But so far the company hasn't complied with that request, the spokesman said.


Input: Bolar, the subject of a criminal investigation by the FDA and the Inspector General's office of the Health and Human Services Department, only agreed to recall two strengths of its version of Macrodantin `` as far down as direct customers, mostly wholesalers,'' Mr. Nesbit said.

Bolar

FDA

the Health and Human Services Department

two

Macrodantin

Nesbit


Input: Bolar, of Copiague, N.Y., earlier began a voluntary recall of both its 100 milligram and 50 milligram versions of the drug.

Bolar

Copiague

N.Y.

100 milligram

50 milligram


Input: The FDA has said it presented evidence it uncovered to the company indicating that Bolar substituted the brand - name product for its own to gain government approval to sell generic versions of Macrodantin.

FDA

Bolar

Macrodantin


Input: Bolar has denied that it switched the brand - name product for its own in such testing.

Bolar


Input: The West German retailer ASKO Deutsche Kaufhaus AG plans to challenge the legality of a widely employed anti-takeover defense of companies in the Netherlands.

West German

ASKO Deutsche Kaufhaus AG

Netherlands


Input: The eventual court decision could become a landmark in Dutch corporate law because the lawsuit ASKO plans to file would be the first to challenge the entire principle and practice of companies issuing voting preferred shares to management - controlled trusts to dilute voting power of common stockholders.

Dutch

ASKO

first


Input: Up to now only specific aspects of these defenses have been challenged, though unsuccessfully, ASKO's Dutch lawyers noted.

ASKO

Dutch


Input: Should the courts uphold the validity of this type of defense, ASKO will then ask the court to overturn such a vote - diluting maneuver recently deployed by Koninklijke Ahold NV.

ASKO

Koninklijke Ahold NV


Input: ASKO says the Dutch - based international food retailer hadn't reasonable grounds to issue preferred stock to a friendly trust and thus dilute the worth and voting power of ASKO and other shareholders.

ASKO

ASKO

Dutch


Input: Speaking through its Dutch lawyers, ASKO also disclosed it holds a 15% stake in Ahold.

Dutch

ASKO

Ahold


Input: It was previously thought ASKO held a 13.6% stake that was accumulated since July.

ASKO

July


Input: A spokesman for Ahold said his company is confident of its own position and the propriety of the preferred - share issue.

Ahold


Input: He termed ASKO's legal actions as `` unproductive'' to international cooperation among European retailers.

ASKO

European


Input: Chase Manhattan Bank Chairman Willard Butcher is a conservative banker and a loyal Republican, but on Friday morning he had few kind words for President Bush's economic policy - making.

Chase Manhattan Bank

Willard Butcher

Bush

Republican

Friday

morning


Input: `` There are some very significant issues out there, such as the fiscal deficit, the trade deficit, our relations with Japan, that have to be the subject of major initiatives,'' he said in an interview.

Japan


Input: `` I'd like to see that initiative, and I haven't.


Input: There isn't a big shot, an agenda.''


Input: A few hours later, the stock market dropped 190 points.

A few hours later


Input: Politicians tried to finger each other for the blame, although many analysts doubt that Washington was singly responsible for Wall Street's woes.

Washington


Input: But Mr. Butcher's comments make one thing clear: Some on Wall Street wonder if anyone is in charge of economic policy.

Butcher


Input: Consider this:


Input: -- By 11:59 p.m. tonight, President Bush must order $16 billion of automatic, across - the - board cuts in government spending to comply with the Gramm - Rudman budget law.

11:59 p.m. tonight

Bush

$16 billion

Gramm - Rudman


Input: The cuts are necessary because Congress and the administration have failed to reach agreement on a deficit - cutting bill.

Congress


Input: `` We simply don't have strong leadership to try to reduce the deficit and make tough choices,'' House Budget Committee Chairman Leon Panetta -LRB- D., Calif. -RRB- said yesterday on NBC News's `` Meet the Press.''

House Budget Committee

NBC News's

Leon Panetta

D.

Calif.

yesterday

Meet the Press


Input: -- For the last two weeks, the Bush administration and the Federal Reserve have been engaged in a semi-public battle over international economic policy.

two weeks

Bush

the Federal Reserve


Input: The administration has been trying to push the dollar lower; the Fed has been resisting.

Fed


Input: `` One of the things that continues to worry me is this monetary warfare between the Treasury Department and the Federal Reserve Board,'' said Lawrence Kudlow, a Bear, Stearns & Co. economist, on ABC's `` This Week.''

the Treasury Department

the Federal Reserve Board

Bear, Stearns & Co.

ABC

Lawrence Kudlow

This Week


Input: -- The administration has sent out confusing signals about its response to a recent spate of airline takeovers.


Input: Last month, Transportation Secretary Sam Skinner forced Northwest Airlines to reduce a stake held by KLM Royal Dutch Airlines.

Last month

Transportation

Northwest Airlines

KLM Royal Dutch Airlines

Sam Skinner


Input: But he has since run into opposition from the Treasury and the White House over that decision.

Treasury

the White House


Input: And he has kept mum on how his decision might affect a bid for United Airlines, which includes a big stake by British Airways PLC.

United Airlines

British Airways PLC


Input: Some analysts say uncertainty about Washington's anti-takeover policy was one reason that financing for the United Airlines takeover fell through -- the event that triggered the market drop.

Washington

one

United Airlines


Input: In many ways, the backdrop to Friday's stock decline is eerily similar to that of October 1987's 508 - point crash.

Friday

October 1987's


Input: Then, as now, the budget debate was behind schedule and automatic spending cuts were within days of taking hold.

days


Input: The Treasury was locked in a battle over international economic policy, although at that time it was with West German officials rather than the Federal Reserve.

Treasury

the Federal Reserve

West German


Input: And concern about official actions aimed at takeovers -- then by the tax - writing House Ways and Means Committee rather than the Transportation Department -- were making markets nervous.

House Ways and Means Committee

the Transportation Department


Input: The 1987 crash brought the Reagan administration and Democratic lawmakers to the table for the first budget summit, resulting in a two - year plan to reduce the deficit by more than $76 billion -- even though the deficit actually rose by nearly $12 billion during that period.

two - year

Reagan

Democratic

first

more than $76 billion

$12 billion


Input: But, barring further drops in the market this week, a similar outcome doesn't seem likely this year.

this week

this year


Input: Lawmakers and administration officials agree that Friday's drop, by itself, isn't enough to force both sides back to the table to try to reach a deficit - reduction agreement that would be more serious and more far - reaching than last spring's gimmick - ridden plan, which still isn't fully implemented.

Friday

last spring's


Input: One of the biggest reasons that new talks aren't likely to come about is that, as everyone learned in 1987, the economy and the market can survive a one - day 508 - point tumble.

One

one - day


Input: `` Everybody thought we were looking at a repetition of 1929, that we were looking at a recession,'' Rep. Panetta said yesterday in an interview.

yesterday

Panetta


Input: `` That did not happen.


Input: They learned they could survive it without much problem.''


Input: But administration officials privately agree with Mr. Panetta, who said a precipitous drop this week `` is going to force the president and Congress to take a much harder look at fiscal policy.''

Panetta

this week

Congress


Input: In that case, there will be plenty of blame to go around.


Input: `` There is an underlying concern on the part of the American people -- and there should be - that the administration has not gone far enough in cutting this deficit and that Congress has been unwilling to cut what the administration asked us to cut,'' said Senate Finance Committee Chairman Lloyd Bentsen -LRB- D., Texas -RRB-.

American

D.

Congress

Senate Finance Committee

Lloyd Bentsen

Texas


Input: Nevertheless, it clearly will take more than Friday's 190 - point decline to overcome the bitter feelings that have developed between lawmakers and White House Budget Director Richard Darman over the capital - gains fight.

Friday

White House

Richard Darman


Input: Hill Democrats are particularly angry over Mr. Bush's claim that the capital - gains cut was part of April's budget accord and his insistence on combining it with the deficit - reduction legislation.

Hill

Democrats

Bush

April


Input: `` There is no prospect of any so - called grand compromise or deal next year because the administration simply didn't live up to this year's deal,'' Senate Majority Leader George Mitchell -LRB- D., Maine -RRB- said yesterday on CBS News's `` Face the Nation.''

next year

year

yesterday

Senate

CBS News's

George Mitchell

D.

Maine

Face the Nation


Input: During last week's maneuverings on the deficit - cutting bill and the capital - gains issue, there were signs that Senate Republicans and the administration were at odds.

last week's

Senate

Republicans


Input: At the very moment that Senate Republicans were negotiating a deal to exclude capital gains from the deficit - reduction legislation, White House spokesman Marlin Fitzwater told reporters that it was the president's policy to include it.

Senate

White House

Republicans

Marlin Fitzwater


Input: When an agreement was reached to strip capital gains from the legislation, Oregon Sen. Bob Packwood, the ranking GOP member of the tax - writing Senate Finance Committee, hailed it.

Oregon

Bob Packwood

GOP

Senate Finance Committee


Input: Asked if the administration agreed, he curtly replied: `` The adminstration will have to speak for itself.''


Input: Friday's market tumble could spur action on reconciling the House and Senate versions of the deficit - reduction measure, a process that isn't expected to begin until tomorrow at the soonest.

Friday

tomorrow

House

Senate


Input: Senate Republicans expressed the hope that the House would follow the lead of the Senate, which on Friday agreed to drop a variety of spending measures and tax breaks that would have increased the fiscal 1990 deficit.

Senate

House

Senate

Republicans

Friday

fiscal 1990


Input: `` The market needs a strong signal that we're serious about deficit reduction, and the best way to do that is for the House of Representatives to strip their bill'' of similar provisions, Sen. Warren Rudman -LRB- R., N.H. -RRB-. said yesterday.

the House of Representatives

Warren Rudman

R.

N.H.

yesterday


Input: The White House Office of Management and Budget, whose calculations determine whether the Gramm - Rudman targets are met, estimated that the House - passed deficit - reduction measure would cut the fiscal 1990 shortfall by $6.2 billion, almost half of the Congressional Budget Office's estimate of $11.0 billion.

The White House Office of Management and Budget

House

the Congressional Budget Office's

Gramm - Rudman

fiscal 1990

$6.2 billion

$11.0 billion

almost half


Input: Rep. Panetta said that OMB's figure would still be enough to avoid permanent across - the - board cuts, but added: `` We're getting very close to the margins here.''

Panetta

OMB


Input: No one in Washington was willing to take the blame for provoking Friday's drop in the stock market.

Washington

Friday


Input: But some players were quick to seize the moment.


Input: Before the sun had set on Friday, Richard Rahn, the supply - side chief economist of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, issued a statement attributing the drop in stock prices to the Senate decision to postpone action on capital gains.

Friday

Richard Rahn

U.S.

Chamber of Commerce

Senate


Input: `` Investors, who had been holding assets in anticipation of a more favorable time to sell, were spooked,'' he said.


Input: `` There have been many preposterous reasons advanced to support a capital - gains tax cut,'' Sen. Mitchell said during his television appearance, `` but I suggest that is perhaps more than any of the others.

Mitchell


Input: Honeywell Inc. and International Business Machines Corp. received Air Force contracts to develop integrated circuits for use in space.

Honeywell Inc.

International Business Machines Corp.

Air Force


Input: Honeywell's contract totaled $69.7 million, and IBM's $68.8 million.

Honeywell

IBM

$69.7 million

$68.8 million


Input: Boeing Co. received a $46.7 million Air Force contract for developing cable systems for the Minuteman Missile.

Boeing Co.

Air Force

$46.7 million

the Minuteman Missile


Input: General Dynamics Corp. received a $29 million Air Force contract for electronic - warfare training sets.

General Dynamics Corp.

Air Force

$29 million


Input: Grumman Corp. received an $18.1 million Navy contract to upgrade aircraft electronics.

Grumman Corp.

Navy

$18.1 million


Input: Avco Corp. received an $11.8 million Army contract for helicopter engines.

Avco Corp.

Army

$11.8 million


Input: Sharp increases in the price of fresh produce caused Spain's September consumer price index to shoot up 1.1% from the previous month, pushing the annual rate of inflation to 6.8%, the National Institute of Statistics said Friday.

Spain

September

the previous month

annual

Friday

the National Institute of Statistics


Input: The monthly increase is the highest recorded in the past four years.

monthly

the past four years


Input: The index, which registered 156.8 at the end of September, has a base of 100 set in 1983 and isn't seasonally adjusted.

the end of September

seasonally


Input: Prices have risen 5.9% in the first nine months of the year, outstripping both the initial 3% inflation goal set by the government of Socialist Prime Minister Felipe Gonzalez and the second, revised goal of 5.8%.

the first nine months of the year

Socialist

Felipe Gonzalez

second


Input: Japan's wholesale prices in September rose 3.3% from a year earlier and were up 0.4% from the previous month, the Bank of Japan announced Friday.

Japan

September

a year earlier

the previous month

Friday

the Bank of Japan


Input: The wholesale price index stood at 90.1, compared with a 1985 base of 100.


Input: Ford Motor Co. said it acquired 5% of the shares in Jaguar PLC.

Ford Motor Co.

Jaguar PLC


Input: Jaguar, the London Stock Exchange and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission are being notified of the transactions, the company said.

Jaguar

the London Stock Exchange

the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission


Input: The U.S. Federal Trade Commission advised Ford last week that it wouldn't raise any objection to the acquisition of as much as 15% of Jaguar shares.

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission

Ford

Jaguar

last week

as much as 15%


Input: The No. 2 auto maker disclosed last month that it wants to buy as much as 15% of the British luxury - car maker, the maximum allowed under current United Kingdom government restrictions.

last month

as much as 15%

British

United Kingdom


Input: General Motors Corp. said it had discussed the possibility of a joint venture with Jaguar before Ford began buying shares.

General Motors Corp.

Jaguar

Ford


Input: GM said it still is talking with Jaguar about acquiring a minority interest.

GM

Jaguar


Input: Investors who bought stock with borrowed money -- that is, `` on margin'' -- may be more worried than most following Friday's market drop.

Friday


Input: That's because their brokers can require them to sell some shares or put up more cash to enhance the collateral backing their loans.


Input: In October 1987, these margin calls were thought to have contributed to the downward spiral of the stock market.

October 1987


Input: Typically, a margin call occurs when the price of a stock falls below 75% of its original value.


Input: If the investor doesn't put up the extra cash to satisfy the call, the brokerage firm may begin liquidating the securities.


Input: But some big brokerage firms said they don't expect major problems as a result of margin calls.


Input: Margin calls since Friday `` have been higher than usual, but reasonable,'' a spokesman for Shearson Lehman Hutton Inc. said.

Friday

Shearson Lehman Hutton Inc.


Input: Merrill Lynch & Co. officials `` don't expect -LCB- margin calls -RCB- to be as big a factor as in 1987'' because fewer individual investors are buying stock on margin, a spokesman said.

Merrill Lynch & Co.


Input: Hugo Quackenbush, senior vice president at Charles Schwab Corp., the San Francisco - based discount brokerage firm, said he didn't expect any immediate problems with margin calls for Schwab customers.

Hugo Quackenbush

Charles Schwab Corp.

Schwab

San Francisco


Input: He said Schwab had increased margin requirements `` so customers have more of a cushion.''

Schwab


Input: He added: `` We learned a lesson in 1987 about volatility.


Input: Avis Inc., following rival Hertz Corp.'s lead, said it is backing out of frequent - flier programs with three airlines.

Avis Inc.

Hertz Corp.

three


Input: The Garden City, N.Y., car - rental company said it won't renew contracts with NWA Inc.'s Northwest Airlines unit, Pan Am Corp.'s Pan American World Airways unit and Midway Airlines at the end of this year.

Garden City

N.Y.

NWA Inc.'s

Northwest Airlines

Pan Am Corp.'s

Pan American World Airways

Midway Airlines

the end of this year


Input: But it remains involved in programs with AMR Corp.'s American Airlines unit and Delta Air Lines.

AMR Corp.'s

American Airlines

Delta Air Lines


Input: Industry estimates put Avis's annual cost of all five programs at between $8 million and $14 million.

Avis

five

between $8 million and $14 million


Input: A spokesman for Avis wouldn't specify the costs but said the three airlines being dropped account for `` far less than half'' of the total.

Avis

three

far less than half


Input: Budget Rent a Car Corp., of Chicago, and National Car Rental Systems Inc., of Minneapolis, both said they had no plans to follow suit.

Budget Rent a Car Corp.

National Car Rental Systems Inc.

Chicago

Minneapolis


Input: In fact, Budget indicated it saw some benefit to staying involved in these programs, in which renters earn frequent - flier miles and fliers can get car - rental discounts.

Budget


Input: `` I can not see how this news by Hertz and Avis can not benefit Budget's programs,'' said Bob Wilson, Budget's vice president, marketing planning.

Hertz

Avis

Budget

Budget

Bob Wilson


Input: Northwest and Midway are two of the five airlines with which Budget has agreements.

Northwest

Midway

Budget

two

five


Input: National also participates in the Northwest frequent - flier program along with four other airlines, including Delta and USAir Group Inc.'s USAir unit.

National

Northwest

Delta

USAir Group Inc.'s

USAir

four


Input: A month ago, Hertz, of Park Ridge, N.J., said that it would drop its marketing agreements at year end with Delta, America West and Texas Air Corp.'s Continental Airlines and Eastern Airlines, and that pacts with American Airlines, UAL Inc's United Airlines and USAir also would be ended ... sometime after Dec. 31.

A month ago

year end

Dec. 31

Hertz

Delta

America West

Texas Air Corp.'s

Continental Airlines

Eastern Airlines

American Airlines

UAL Inc's

United Airlines

USAir

Park Ridge

N.J.


Input: At the time, Hertz said its annual fees to those airlines amounted to $20 million and that the value of redeemed awards topped $15 million.

Hertz

annual

$20 million

$15 million


Input: Analysts and competitors, however, doubt the numbers were that high.


Input: Budget said its frequent - flier costs are `` substantially below'' Avis's level.

Budget

Avis


Input: Robert D. Cardillo, Avis vice president of marketing, said, `` The proliferation and costs attached to -LCB- frequent - flier programs -RCB- have significantly diminished their value.''

Robert D. Cardillo

Avis


Input: This year has been difficult for both Hertz and Avis, said Charles Finnie, car - rental industry analyst at Alex. Brown & Sons.

This year

Hertz

Avis

Alex. Brown & Sons

Charles Finnie


Input: `` They've been looking to get their costs down, and this is a fairly sensible way to do it,'' he said.


Input: CBS Inc. is cutting `` The Pat Sajak Show'' down to one hour from its current 90 minutes.

CBS Inc.

The Pat Sajak Show

one hour

90 minutes


Input: CBS insisted the move wasn't a setback for the program, which is the network's first entry into the late - night talk show format since 1972.

CBS


Input: `` I have every intention of making this the best possible show and having it run one hour is the best way to it,'' said Rod Perth, who was named vice president of late night entertainment in August.

one hour

late night

Rod Perth

August


Input: `` This will raise the energy level of the show.''


Input: CBS will continue to program action - adventure shows to follow the Sajak hour.

CBS

Sajak

hour


Input: But CBS News will extend its four - hour `` Nightwatch'' by 30 minutes and begin at 1:30 a.m.

CBS News

four - hour

Nightwatch

30 minutes

1:30 a.m


Input: The show, despite a promising start, has slipped badly in the weekly ratings as compiled by A.C. Nielsen Co., finishing far below `` Tonight'' on NBC, a unit of General Electric Co., and `` Nightline'' on ABC - TV, a unit of Capital Cities / ABC Inc.

weekly

A.C. Nielsen Co.

NBC

General Electric Co.

ABC - TV

Capital Cities / ABC Inc

Tonight

Nightline


Input: Further fractioning the late - night audience is the addition of the `` Arsenio Hall Show,'' syndicated by Paramount Communications Inc.

Arsenio Hall Show

Paramount Communications Inc


Input: The China's handicapped sports cause has undergone the several stages of conceptualization, growth and expansion, and is currently rising.

China


Input: The holding of the 6th Far East and South Pacific Disabled Games will provide more impetus for this trend.

Far East and South Pacific Disabled Games


Input: Each development step of handicapped sports can not be separated from the concern and support of the Party and the government.

Party


Input: At the beginning of the establishment of the People's Republic of China, social welfare services and schools for blind children and deaf people were established successively everywhere.

the People's Republic of China


Input: Welfare factories developed activities such as broadcast exercises, etc. and schools established physical education.


Input: As a part of the cause for the disabled, disabled sports began to grow.


Input: Every year, the nation allocates special funds to be used in developing handicapped sports activities.


Input: Nationwide handicapped sports games began to be held in the late 1950's.

the late 1950's


Input: The games accelerated improvement and drove popularization.


Input: The handicapped sports cause has gradually grown.


Input: Since the reform and opening up, the Chinese economy has developed rapidly.

Chinese


Input: This enabled more people to put money and material resource into the disabled sports cause.


Input: In the short 10 years, the cause has achieved success of attention from China and abroad.

the short 10 years

China


Input: It is reasonable to believe that the disabled cause will be increasingly recognized and supported as China's overall national strength escalates.

China


Input: The handicapped sports cause will also have broad development.


Input: The establishment and healthiness of disabled sports organizations provide organizational assurance for the development of the sports cause for handicapped people.


Input: The Chinese Injured and Disabled People Sports Association -LRB- renamed to the Chinese Disabled Sports Association in 1990 -RRB- was established in October, 1983.

The Chinese Injured and Disabled People Sports Association

the Chinese Disabled Sports Association

October, 1983


Input: After this a succession of handicapped sports organizations were established throughout China.

China


Input: In 1985, the Chinese Mentally Impaired and Blind Sports Associations were also established.

the Chinese Mentally Impaired and Blind Sports Associations


Input: Having organization and leadership, activities such as the games and competitions, etc. were increasingly and frequently held.


Input: The enthusiasm of handicapped people participating in the sports activities was unprecedentedly increasing, sports levels continually improve and the reserve force is growing.


Input: Three National Disabled Games were held respectively in Hefei, Tangshan and Guangzhou.

Three

National Disabled Games

Hefei

Tangshan

Guangzhou


Input: The scale became larger and larger and the level became higher and higher.


Input: The games have received more broad attention and support of the public, and have attracted more disabled people to take part in the events.


Input: Since 1984 the Chinese Disabled Sports Association has become a member of 8 international disabled sports organizations successively, such as the International Para Olympic Committee, etc. and has established relations with disabled sports organizations in various countries and areas and taken part in international events such as the Special Olympic Games, etc.

Since 1984

the Chinese Disabled Sports Association

the International Para Olympic Committee

the Special Olympic Games


Input: In competitions and contacts, disabled Chinese people have revealed extraordinary physical abilities, achieved excellent results, enhanced friendship with disabled people from various countries and areas and contributed to the development of physical activities for disabled people around the world.

Chinese


Input: " The Guaranteed Law for Disabled Persons in the People's Republic of China ", which was drafted and implemented in 1991, stipulates to organize and support disabled people to develop mass sports activities, to hold special games and to participate in important international competitions and communication.

" The Guaranteed Law for Disabled Persons in the People's Republic of China "


Input: The guarantee of the law has and will continue to boost the vigorous development of the sports cause for China's disabled.

China


Input: Holding the 6th Asia - Pacific Special Olympic Games in Beijing will motivate all of society to better understand and support disabled sports.

Asia - Pacific Special Olympic Games

Beijing


Input: It will make the public more conscious of helping disabled people and encourage more disabled people to take part in physical activities.


Input: It will, therefore, greatly assist in the development of the sports cause for China's disabled.

China


Input: Truly, the foundation of disabled sports in China is not very strong, popularization is not yet widespread, and compared with some developed countries, still has a large gap.

China


Input: However, the " impact " of the Far South Games foreshadows a bright future for this civilized and progressive cause.

the Far South Games


Input: -LRB- End -RRB-


Input: In the script " Mongolian handicapped athletes prepare for the Far South Sports Meet " broadcast today, the " Sports Association Chairman Lahagewasu " at the end of paragraph three should be changed to " Sports Association Chairman Lahagewasulen ".

Mongolian

the Far South Sports Meet

today

Sports Association

Sports Association

Lahagewasulen


Input: Xinhua News Agency, August 31st.

Xinhua News Agency

August 31st


Input: Xinhua News Agency, Jinan, September 2nd, by reporter Baixin Zhang

Xinhua News Agency

Jinan

September 2nd

Baixin Zhang


Input: Laiwu City of Shandong Province has established a cell structure cultivation center inside the agricultural new high level technology development and model zones, to introduce and tame improved breeds of nurseries, flowers and vegetables from home and abroad.

Laiwu City

Shandong Province


Input: In the past two years, more than 50 new breeds such as melons, vegetables, flowers and fruit trees, etc. have successively been introduced from countries such as US and Japan, etc. and has bred 3.5 million improved nurseries.

the past two years

more than 50

3.5 million

US

Japan


Input: According to understanding, currently Shandong has established ten agricultural new high level technology development and model zones similar to that of Laiwu City.

Shandong

Laiwu City

ten


Input: A government official of Shandong Province told this reporter that this province established agricultural new high level technology development and model zones beginning in 1992, whose main purpose is to accelerate the transformation of agricultural new high level technology achievements through introducing agricultural new high level technologies from home and abroad to carry out development in order to provide effective models for agricultural production and rural economy development to promote the transformation of traditional agriculture into modern agriculture.

Shandong Province


Input: Currently, ten agricultural new high level technology development and model zones have designated 180,000 mu of land to become the central model zone.

ten

180,000 mu


Input: To accelerate construction of the model zones, Shandong Province has totally invested capital of more than 62 million yuan, with a construction area reaching 218,000 square meters.

Shandong Province

62 million yuan

218,000 square meters


Input: The model zones have basically implemented the four conveniences of water, electricity, roads and telecommunications.

four


Input: In the agricultural new high level technology development and model zone of Zibo City in the Zhangdian District, plan to establish a agricultural scientific research training institute, a breeding area for improved agricultural varieties, an organic vegetable area, a quality orchard, the fine stock breeding farm, etc.

Zibo City

the Zhangdian District


Input: Not only are some of the most advanced domestic agricultural technologies here, but also new varieties introduced from foreign countries.


Input: In the past two years, the ten agricultural new high level technology development and model zones have promoted more than a hundred new agricultural varieties, developed 23 new high level technology projects entering the zone, and reaped better economic benefits and social benefits.

the past two years

ten

more than a hundred


Input: The Weihai agricultural new high level technology development and model zone introduced a new potato variety, and after cultivation and breeding, has provided 50,000 kg of potatoes to society this year.

Weihai

50,000 kg

this year


Input: They have also bred 200,000 toxin - free fruit tree nurseries.


Input: New high level technology development and model zones have become Shandong's agricultural " model gardens ".

Shandong


Input: Many peasants often come here to learn techniques and purchase quality varieties.


Input: The modeling and leading effects of the model zones have become larger and larger.


Input: Laiwu City has established a detoxification production base to carry out nursery detoxification on traditional products such as shallot, ginger and garlic, and after detoxification, the output of shallot, ginger and garlic has increased more than doubled.

Laiwu City


Input: -LRB- End -RRB-


Input: Xinhua News Agency, Shanghai, August 31st, by reporter Jierong Zhou

Xinhua News Agency

Shanghai

August 31st

Jierong Zhou


Input: US Commerce Secretary Brown, who is visiting China now, said here today that Shanghai is a city whose economy is rapidly developing.

US

China

Shanghai

Brown

today


Input: The US commercial sector is very interested in building a good relationship with Shanghai.

US

Shanghai


Input: Brown expressed that, both sides could achieve further co-operation in the areas of transportation, telecommunication, power generation, financial services etc.

Brown


Input: Brown arrived in Shanghai from Beijing late last night.

Brown

Shanghai

Beijing

late last night


Input: Today, Brown separately attended the signing of a 20 - year joint investment agreement between a world famous power plant equipment manufacturer -- the US's Westinghouse Company and the Shanghai Electric Group; and the signing of a joint investment agreement between the US's General Electric Capital Company and the Shanghai Electricity Company to jointly invest in and establish a combustible engine electric power generation company.

Today

20 - year

Brown

US

US

Westinghouse Company

the Shanghai Electric Group

General Electric Capital Company

the Shanghai Electricity Company


Input: It is reported that, the joint - investment agreement between the US Westinghouse Company and the Shanghai Electric Group included the joint manufacture of key components of 300,000 kW thermal power generating units, and simultaneously expanding co-operation in various areas of 600,000 kW units.

US

Westinghouse Company

the Shanghai Electric Group

300,000 kW

600,000 kW


Input: Co-operation between the US General Electric Capital Company and the Shanghai Electric Company included investment in building 4 sets of 100,000 kW class turbine generating units.

US

General Electric Capital Company

the Shanghai Electric Company

100,000 kW


Input: This afternoon, Brown also visited Shanghai's AMP Linking Company, Ltd., which was jointly invested and built by the Shanghai Electric Component Company and the US AMP China Limited Company, situated in Shanghai's Caohejing high - tech development district.

This afternoon

Brown

Shanghai

US

Shanghai

AMP Linking Company, Ltd.

the Shanghai Electric Component Company

AMP China Limited Company

Caohejing


Input: He also cut the ribbon for the sixth US Boeing aircraft, which was introduced by Shanghai Airlines.

US

Boeing aircraft

Shanghai Airlines


Input: Committee member of the CCP Central Politburo, and Secretary of the Shanghai Municipal Party Committee, Bangguo Wu met with Brown this afternoon and introduced the progress and development prospects of reforms and opening up in Shanghai.

the CCP Central Politburo

the Shanghai Municipal Party Committee

Bangguo Wu

Brown

this afternoon

Shanghai


Input: Brown and his delegation left Shanghai for Guangzhou tonight.

Brown

Shanghai

Guangzhou

tonight


Input: The representative to Shanghai's Mayor, and Municipal Foreign Economic and Trade Committee Director, Zukang Wang went to the airport to escort the US guests.

Shanghai

US

Municipal Foreign Economic and Trade Committee

Zukang Wang


Input: -LRB- End -RRB-


Input: Xinhua News Agency, Guangzhou, September 1, by wire -LRB- reporter Xiaoguang Han -RRB-

Xinhua News Agency

Guangzhou

September 1

Xiaoguang Han


Input: Guangdong Province, fully utilizing its geographical advantage of being in close proximity to Hong Kong and Macao and being located in the Asian tropics, is vigorously developing extroverted agriculture.

Guangdong Province

Hong Kong

Macao

Asian


Input: According to statistics, in recent years, the export volume of Guangdong Province's agricultural and secondary products and processed products has always been in the forefront in the nation.

recent years

Guangdong Province's

secondary


Input: Last year, its foreign exchange income was up to more than 2.1 billion US dollars, and in the first half of this year exports again had new growth.

Last year

the first half of this year

more than 2.1 billion US dollars


Input: In the countryside of southern Guangdong, this reporter learned that vegetable plots have an abundance of green and lush western lettuce, western celery, western cauliflower; fish ponds have an abundance of vigorous Californian perch, whitish pomfret; while flower farmers take care of lovely western flowers such as Dutch tulips, Belgium azalea, etc.

Guangdong

Californian

Dutch

Belgium


Input: Guangdong farmers who have tasted the sweetness of agriculture that earns foreign exchange are actively bringing in and carefully cultivating excellent, rare, famous and precious varieties.

Guangdong


Input: Various improved domestic and foreign varieties of flowers, fruits, trees, grasses, vegetables, fish, poultry, animals, etc. are successively settling down in Lingnan.

Lingnan


Input: According to Guangdong's Department of Agriculture statistics, since the mid-80s, Guangdong has attracted more than 1100 improved species of foreign animals and plants, among which more than 300 have been marketed to farmers.

Guangdong

Guangdong

Department of Agriculture

since the mid-80s

more than 1100

more than 300


Input: Various regions have introduced more than 30,000 sets of advanced processing equipment and technologies, and expanded agricultural product processing capacity.

more than 30,000


Input: Improvement of the structure of the varieties strengthens the competitiveness of Guangdong's agricultural products in the international market, and economic benefits have also tremendously increased.

Guangdong


Input: In order to satisfy the requirements of the continuously expanding overseas markets, various areas of Guangdong have adjusted to local conditions and selected famous, special and improved varieties, and have built up more than 2,000 agricultural export merchandise production and processing bases.

Guangdong

more than 2,000


Input: In order to make up for deficiencies in investment funds, Guangdong Province has tried every possible means to attract foreign capital.

Guangdong Province


Input: The entire province has actually utilized foreign funds of nearly 1 billion US dollars, and has established a large number of extroverted agricultural " three capital " enterprises which combine agriculture, industry, trade and technology and integrate manufacturing, supply and marketing, and through foreign merchants sales channels, it has also expanded its export of agricultural products.

nearly 1 billion US dollars

three


Input: -LRB- End -RRB-


Input: Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, September 1st, by reporter Liang Zhou

Xinhua News Agency

Beijing

September 1st

Liang Zhou


Input: China's down and down products industry has arisen rapidly in the past ten - odd years and has now become an important component of light industry, with both annual export volumes and export values accounting for half of the world's total volume of down trade, and being well received in the international down market.

China

the past ten - odd years

half


Input: China's down and down products industry started its rapid development in the mid'80s.

China

the mid'80s


Input: The entire industry makes use of China's resources and manpower advantage, and additionally stresses introducing advanced foreign technology and equipment, thus increasing production volume and quality by a large margin.

China


Input: According to incomplete statistics, China currently has over 3,000 down and down product enterprises, among which, those above scale have reached more than 600, with employed staff of about 300,000.

China

over 3,000

more than 600

about 300,000


Input: It has an annual production capacity of 50 million down products with a total annual industrial output value reaching 8 billion yuan.

50 million

8 billion yuan


Input: Through more than ten years' market development, China has now become the world's main down manufacturing country and down products export country, annually exporting nearly 30,000 tons of down and over 20 million down products, with earned foreign exchange reaching 820 million US dollars, including down clothing export values accounting for more than 50% of total industry export values.

more than ten years'

China

nearly 30,000 tons

over 20 million

820 million US dollars

more than 50%


Input: According to presentations, the quality of China's down industry products has shown a trend of stable increase.

China


Input: In the first half of this year, the country selectively examined 56 down clothing enterprises, and products of 47 enterprises passed completely, accounting for 84%.

the first half of this year


Input: In market competition, products such as Jiangxi's Yaya brand, Beijing's Yililan brand, Guangdong's Galanz brand, and Sichuan's Tian'ge brand, etc. have great reputations.

Jiangxi

Beijing

Guangdong

Sichuan

Yaya

Yililan

Galanz

Tian'ge


Input: -LRB- End -RRB-


Input: Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, August 31, by wire

Xinhua News Agency

Beijing

August 31


Input: Israel's Foreign Minister, Shimon Peres, said that China, by persevering in going its own way, and concentrating its efforts on conquering poverty set an example for the people of every country of the Middle East.

Israel

China

, Shimon Peres,

the Middle East


Input: This is what Peres said in the preface he composed especially for the Chinese edition of his just published new work " The New Middle East. "

Peres

Chinese

The New Middle East


Input: Peres said: " China and Israel are at the two ends of Asia, separated by' ten thousand crags and torrents.'

Peres

China

Israel

two

ten thousand

Asia


Input: Yet the people of our two countries nevertheless are similar to one another.

two


Input: The great Chinese people offered up to the world cultural riches on the spiritual plane and material plane.

Chinese


Input: If these riches didn't exist, people would not be able to describe the course of history. "


Input: He said in addition: " We who live in western Asia are gazing at the east with a look of hope and reverence.

Asia


Input: China has already demonstrated to the entire world that the strategy for resolving the question of poverty in society lies in carrying out a plan that has been reasoned out and in concentrating strength towards a task that has a reasonable hope of success.......

China


Input: China still believes in the path that it itself has specified.

China


Input: In the past it has not yielded to any pressure from outside, and now it still unswervingly defends the right to determine its own future for itself. "


Input: The book " The New Middle East " originally was published as an English edition around the end of autumn last year.

" The New Middle East "

English

the end of autumn last year


Input: The author starts the discussion from September of that year with Israel's signing the Declaration of Principles of Palestinian Autonomy with the Palestine Liberation Organization, and looks back at the complex struggles of the Middle East over the past several hundred years, especially the most recent half century.

September of that year

the past several hundred years

the most recent half century

Israel

the Declaration of Principles of Palestinian Autonomy with the Palestine Liberation Organization

the Middle East


Input: He expresses his views on building a new Middle East in the future.

Middle East


Input: In the preface to the Chinese edition, Peres says that the leaders of every country must have vision, relinquish old grudges, and create peace in order to deal with " challenges of tomorrow. "

Chinese

Peres


Input: He points out, " At a time when we are on the threshold of the 21st century, warfare no longer has any use.

the 21st century


Input: The important problems we are up against are how to conquer poverty and scarcity. "


Input: To do this, he emphasized, " We must control the desert that is day - by - day eroding arable land, develop new sources of water, and carry out new engineering projects. "


Input: Peres pointed out that these goals are not likely to be realized easily.

Peres


Input: They require a sensible attitude and a dedicated spirit.


Input: He observed, " China has already demonstrated that it could conquer poverty and the misery that generations of people have suffered.

China


Input: We hope that China becomes a model that the people of all Middle Eastern countries, including both Israelis and Arabs, can imitate on the road that we walk together heading towards the future.

China

Middle Eastern

Israelis

Arabs


Input: The Chinese edition of the book " The New Middle East " has already recently been published and distributed through Xinhua Publishing.

Chinese

" The New Middle East "

Xinhua Publishing


Input: -LRB- End -RRB-


Input: Xinhua News Agency, Guangzhou, September 1st, by reporter Wei Zhao

Xinhua News Agency

Guangzhou

September 1st

Wei Zhao


Input: In the past two years, Guangdong Province has exerted itself to explore new ways of attracting talent under market economy conditions, and has been active in using market mechanisms to allocate resources of talent, and has achieved preliminary results.

the past two years

Guangdong Province


Input: " Taking the first step " in Guangdong's reform and opening up in the 1980's was closely related to the situation at that time of the " Peafowl Flying Towards the Southeast " -LRB- human talents from all over, one after another, going to Guangdong -RRB-.

first

Guangdong

Guangdong

the 1980's

Peafowl Flying Towards the Southeast


Input: With the overall opening up of China's coastal areas, frontier areas, riverside areas and capital cities of every province since the 1990's, the flow of talent tends to be multi-directional and the competition has become increasingly fierce.

China

since the 1990's


Input: Further enhancing the attraction to talented persons has become the key point of Guangdong's further development.

Guangdong


Input: Limo Qin, director of the Talent Exchange and Service Center of Guangdong Province has done analysis and said: " the economic development rate of Guangdong in 1993 was at an intermediate level of that in the recent years.

Limo Qin

the Talent Exchange and Service Center

Guangdong Province

Guangdong

the recent years


Input: In that year it introduced more than 100,000 talented persons of various types.

more than 100,000


Input: Developing at this rate, in the next ten years, not including graduates from higher education institutes, Guangdong's talent gap is conservatively estimated to surpass 1 million.

the next ten years

Guangdong

1 million


Input: Therefore, further opening minds and introducing talent are guidelines of Guangdong's policy regarding talented people. "

Guangdong


Input: In recent years, there have been more and more climaxes in Guangdong's talent market.

recent years

Guangdong


Input: Each year, there are several large - scale talent employment fairs whose service for more than 1000 employers and more than 10,000 applicants lasts for more than half a month.

more than 1000

more than 10,000

more than half a month


Input: In the whole year of 1993, talent exchange centers of personnel departments across the province registered more than 463,000 people applying for jobs.

the whole year of 1993

more than 463,000


Input: There were 62,000 people with documents of transfer or employment processed, of which 45.8% had intermediate or advanced level titles of specialty or profession, and 78% had an undergraduate or higher degree.


Input: Talent introduction departments also actively went out visiting science and technology management talent.


Input: Fourteen cities such as Guangzhou, Shenzhen, etc. went to Beijing for the first national talent and technology exchange fair, where they established a total of 100 employment booths.

Fourteen

Guangzhou

Shenzhen

Beijing

first


Input: At the beginning of 1993, six cities such as Zhuhai, Foshan, etc. also organized a delegation to advertise in the US and Canada for students studying abroad.

the beginning of 1993

six

Zhuhai

Foshan

US

Canada


Input: 1006 students abroad filled out application forms, and quite a number of people have successively returned to China to take jobs.

China


Input: At the same time, the construction of talent market is also accelerating.


Input: Since 1991 when Shenzhen established the first standing talent market, such " all - weather " talent exchange organizations have rapidly spread in the Zhujiang Delta and all cities within the province.

Since 1991

Shenzhen

first

the Zhujiang Delta


Input: Now, there are fifteen cities with relatively more advanced economies in the province having built up regular markets.

fifteen


Input: In order to further enhance the attraction of talent, to break through the barrier of " departmental ownership " of talent, and to promote the flow of talent by forming mechanisms of independent employment and job choice, Guangdong Province has also paid greater attention to the formulation of relevant policies and regulations.

Guangdong Province


Input: Limo Qin said in his introduction that in recent years the provincial government has successively issued documents such as " Temporary regulations on encouraging persons studying abroad to work in Guangdong ", " Notices on better advertising for talent ", etc.

Limo Qin

recent years

" Temporary regulations on encouraging persons studying abroad to work in Guangdong "

" Notices on better advertising for talent "


Input: It will soon promulgate documents such as " Detailed rules for implementing temporary regulations on resignations of specialists, technicians and managers in state - owned units " and " Supplementary regulations of Guangdong Province on the management of Chinese side cadres in foreign investment enterprises ", etc.

" Detailed rules for implementing temporary regulations on resignations of specialists, technicians and managers in state - owned units "

" Supplementary regulations of Guangdong Province on the management of Chinese side cadres in foreign investment enterprises "


Input: Additionally, some new methods in inviting and managing talent have been being tried in various regions.


Input: -LRB- End -RRB-


Input: Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, September 1st

Xinhua News Agency

Beijing

September 1st


Input: At the press conference held this afternoon, Guofang Shen, spokesman of the Foreign Ministry, answered reporters' questions such as the issue of Hong Kong and concerning the " 1995 financial year overseas activities fund appropriation act " of the US, etc.

this afternoon

Guofang Shen

the Foreign Ministry

Hong Kong

US


Input: A reporter asked: the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress had passed a resolution regarding " the three - tiered administrative system of Hong Kong will operate until June 30th, 1997, and then cease. ";

the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress

three

Hong Kong

June 30th, 1997


Input: Then, what will the three - level Chinese restructured administrative system be like?

three

Chinese


Input: And when does the Chinese side plan to set about preparing to construct this system?

Chinese


Input: Guofang Shen said that the HK - UK three - level administrative system, namely the last HK - UK legislative council, the two municipal departments, and the district parliament will only exist till June 30th, 1997.

Guofang Shen

HK

UK

HK

UK

three

two

June 30th, 1997


Input: This is the inevitable outcome of the UK terminating its rule over Hong Kong at the designated time.

UK

Hong Kong


Input: He said that the Chinese government has repeatedly stated that the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region's first legislative assembly and regional organizations will be formed according to the Basic Law and relevant resolutions of the National People's Congress.

Chinese

the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region's

first

the Basic Law

the National People's Congress


Input: Currently, the Preparatory Work Committee of the Preparatory Committee of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region is studying relevant specific issues on forming the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region's first legislative assembly, and will submit suggestions to the Preparatory Committee that will be established in 1996.

the Preparatory Work Committee

the Preparatory Committee

the Preparatory Committee

the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region

the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region's

first


Input: A reporter asked: on August 23rd, the US president signed the " 1995 financial year overseas activities fund appropriation act " in which it is stipulated that any donation made by the US to the UN population fund must not be used in China.

August 23rd

US

US

China

financial year overseas activities fund appropriation act

UN


Input: What is your opinion of this?


Input: Guofang Shen said that this bill is a bill carrying political discrimination and extremely unfriendly to China.

Guofang Shen

China


Input: It is an insult to China's family planning policy, has seriously violated the mission and principles of the UN charter, and sets a very bad precedent for the provision of aid to multi-lateral organizations of the UN.

China

UN

UN


Input: He pointed out that " we resolutely oppose any country providing donations with attached conditions to the population fund.


Input: We do not hope to see the work of the UN population fund receiving interference or even being diverted from its principles and mission due to pressure from the US. "

UN

US


Input: -LRB- End -RRB-


Input: Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, August 31st

Xinhua News Agency

Beijing

August 31st


Input: This afternoon, vice premier of the State Council and Foreign Affairs Minister Qichen Qian met here individually with former French Prime Minister Raymond Barre and vice Foreign Affairs Minister of Paraguay East Coast Republic Hershy Maria Carmel.

This afternoon

the State Council

Affairs Minister

Foreign Affairs

Qichen Qian

Raymond Barre

Hershy Maria Carmel

French

Paraguay East Coast Republic


Input: Qichen Qian told the French guest that France is the first big western country to establish diplomatic relations with China, and that over the past 30 years since the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and France, the development of bilateral relations has been satisfactory overall despite some complications.

Qichen Qian

French

France

China

China

France

first

over the past 30 years


Input: He pointed out that regardless of whatever major changes happen in the international situation, maintaining friendly relations between the two countries, namely China and France, will always be important for the peace, stability and development of the world.

two

China

France


Input: Both sides also exchanged views on relevant problems such as the security situation and economic development in Asia, the unification of Europe, etc.

Asia

Europe


Input: Barre hoped that Franco - Chinese relations would achieve further development and strengthening, and also expressed that France, using its dominant position, was willing to more actively participate in the economic build - up of China.

Barre

Franco - Chinese

France

China


Input: President of the Foreign Affairs Institute Shuqin Liu was also present at the meeting.

the Foreign Affairs Institute

Shuqin Liu


Input: Barre and his entourage arrived in Beijing on the 30th at the invitation of the Foreign Affairs Institute.

Barre

Beijing

the 30th

the Foreign Affairs Institute


Input: They will also go to Shanghai for a visit.

Shanghai


Input: In his meeting with the Uruguayan guests, Qichen Qian expressed welcome over the visit by vice Foreign Affairs Minister Kamyao and the political consultations in progress.

Uruguayan

Qichen Qian

Kamyao

Foreign Affairs


Input: He said that for the more than six years since the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Uruguay, the friendly co-operative relations between the two countries had continued its steady development.

the more than six years

China

Uruguay

two


Input: Uruguay is one of the earliest countries in the Latin American region to develop trade with China, and bilateral trade development has been relatively rapid.

Uruguay

China

one

the Latin American region


Input: Currently, China is the largest buyer of Uruguayan wool.

China

Uruguayan


Input: He hoped that henceforth, both countries' co-operation and interaction in economics, trade and technology would further expand and develop.


Input: Qichen Qian expressed his gratitude towards the support Uruguay has given to China in international affairs, and expressed commendation over Uruguay government's position of persisting in their one - China stance.

Qichen Qian

Uruguay

China

Uruguay

China

one


Input: He said, Latin America was a continent filled with hopes, and possessed huge development potential.

Latin America


Input: In recent years, the Latin American economy has steadily grown, which has provided good conditions for further strengthening economic and trade co-operation between China and Latin America.

recent years

Latin American

China

Latin America


Input: He said, China puts great importance on strengthening friendly co-operative relations with countries of the southern common market, including Uruguay, and other Latin American countries.

China

Uruguay

Latin American


Input: Kamyao expressed, Uruguay puts great importance on developing relations with China in areas such as economics, trade, science, technology, culture, etc.

Kamyao

Uruguay

China


Input: He said, in the early 70's China recovered a legal seat in the United Nations, and this was a major development in the affairs of United Nations.

the early 70's

China

the United Nations

United Nations


Input: Uruguay highly commended China on playing an increasingly important role in international affairs, especially the active role taken in building a new political and economic world order.

Uruguay

China


Input: Uruguay resolutely supports the recovery of China's status as a signatory country of GATT, and believes that it will make active contributions in the future World Trade Organization.

Uruguay

China

GATT

World Trade Organization


Input: This morning, Kamyao represented the Paraguay government in presenting China's Weaving Association with 17 tons of wool for the purpose of scientific research by relevant Chinese departments, scientific research organizations and other high level institutes.

This morning

Kamyao

Paraguay

China

Weaving Association

17 tons

Chinese


Input: Vice Foreign Affairs Minister Huaqiu Liu held talks with Kamyao here on the 29th.

Foreign Affairs

Huaqiu Liu

Kamyao

the 29th


Input: Both parties exchanged opinions in depth regarding further developing bilateral relations and also international and regional problems that were of common concern, and they achieved widespread agreement.


Input: Kamyao and his entourage, were invited by the Foreign Ministry for a visit to China and arrived on August 29th to carry out political consultations between the two countries' foreign affair ministries.

Kamyao

the Foreign Ministry

China

August 29th

two


Input: They will also go to Hangzhou for a visit.

Hangzhou


Input: -LRB- End -RRB-


Input: Xinhua News Agency, Guangzhou, April 23rd, by reporter correspondent Shengmin Zhao

Xinhua News Agency

Guangzhou

April 23rd

Shengmin Zhao


Input: Guangzhou's private sector economy is developing swiftly, enterprise scale is gradually enlarging, and has begun to develop towards the area of high and new technology industries.

Guangzhou


Input: According to statistics, by the first quarter of this year, the number of registered private enterprises in Guangzhou has reached 7646.

the first quarter of this year

Guangzhou


Input: There are 97,963 employed people, and registered capital of private enterprises is more than 3.08 billion yuan, respectively 10% to 20% higher than that of the same period of the previous year.

more than 3.08 billion yuan

10% to 20%

the same period of the previous year


Input: In the first quarter of this year, the development of Guangzhou's privately owned enterprises again showed many characteristics: all walks of life are developing extensively, and the development of industry and commerce is remarkable.

the first quarter of this year

Guangzhou


Input: Privately owned industry and commercial enterprises total 5836.


Input: There are 76,724 employed people, respectively increasing by 9.33% and 11.22% than the end of last year.

9.33% and 11.22%

the end of last year


Input: The proportion of the number of private industries and private commerce in the total number of private enterprises and employed people of the whole city is respectively 76.33% and 78.32%, the number of recently opened private enterprises are continually increasing.

76.33% and 78.32%


Input: The first quarter this year, totally, registered and recently started privately owned enterprises of the whole city are 851, 5.98% higher than that of the same period of the previous year.

The first quarter this year

the same period of the previous year


Input: Additionally, the input of registered capital of privately owned enterprises has shown a trend of substantial growth.


Input: By the end of the first quarter of this year, the registered capital of Guangzhou's privately owned enterprises is 3.08 billion yuan, 24.97% higher than that of the end of last year.

the end of the first quarter of this year

the end of last year

Guangzhou

3.08 billion yuan


Input: Guangzhou's private enterprises have begun to set foot in the area of high and new technology industries, and the rate of development is considerably fast.

Guangzhou


Input: In the first quarter of this year, the number of science and technology consulting enterprises in Guangzhou has reached 534, more than double of that of the same period of the previous year.

the first quarter of this year

the same period of the previous year

Guangzhou


Input: With the operation scale constantly expanding, the economic benefits have increased significantly.


Input: In the first quarter of this year, Guangzhou's private industries, construction industries and traffic and transportation industries have achieved a total output value of 412 million yuan, 22.62% higher than that of the same period of the previous year.

the first quarter of this year

the same period of the previous year

Guangzhou

412 million yuan


Input: -LRB- End -RRB-


Input: Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, August 31st

Xinhua News Agency

Beijing

August 31st


Input: The main Bureau of Customs recently issued an announcement that Customs would implement protective measures for intellectual property rights at border entry and exit junctions starting on September 15th, 1994 in accordance with currently implemented related laws and the " decision regarding the further strengthening of work protecting intellectual property rights " by the State Council.

Bureau of Customs

Customs

the State Council

September 15th, 1994


Input: The announcement clearly pointed out that goods violating intellectual property rights, including exclusive rights of trademarks, copyrights and patent rights, were not allowed to be imported or exported; when Customs discovers the import and export of goods that are reported as violating rights and other goods that were suspected of violating intellectual property rights, it has the right to ask the people importing and exporting the goods to provide legal proof of use of related intellectual property rights and make additional reports to Customs about the state of the intellectual property rights of goods.

Customs

Customs


Input: Customs is entitled to reject shipments of goods that can not provide legal proof; for importing and exporting laser discs, laser video discs and importing laser disc molds and materials and laser videos as part of processing trade, the consignors and consignees shall complete Customs formalities based on relevant regulations of the country and proof of approval issued by relevant departments concerned with audio and video products; when importing and exporting goods, if the consignors and consignees falsify conditions of the property rights of the goods, evade supervision of Customs, and smuggle goods that violate rights, Customs will handle them in accordance with the relevant regulations.

Customs

Customs

Customs

Customs


Input: The announcement also made some stipulations about the rights, responsibilities and obligations of the owners of intellectual property rights.


Input: The owners of intellectual property rights who are protected by China's law can report to local Customs when they discover that goods that violate their rights are going to be imported or exported.

China

Customs


Input: Based on rights certificates of the intellectual property rights -LRB- for example certificates of registration of intellectual property rights or samples of the works that are copyrighted and related materials sufficient to prove their rights -RRB-, they can report to Custom locations where the relevant goods are imported or exported and also request Customs to investigate and deal with the import and export of goods that violate.

Custom

Customs


Input: Owners of intellectual property rights, when requesting Customs to investigate and deal with goods that violate rights, should bear responsibility for reporting, assist Customs to develop investigation work and pay the appraisal and investigation of the related goods and other related expenses.

Customs

Customs


Input: -LRB- End -RRB-


Input: On the invitation of Prime Minister Mahathir of Malaysia, Premier Peng Li arrived in Malaysia on the afternoon of December 10th, 1990 to carry out a friendly official visit.

Mahathir

Peng Li

Malaysia

Malaysia

the afternoon of December 10th, 1990


Input: The picture showed Premier Peng Li visiting Malacca State

Peng Li

Malacca State


Input: Picture taken by Xinhua News Agency reporter Shengnan Li

Xinhua News Agency

Shengnan Li


Input: Xinhua News Agency, Jinan, January 18th, by reporter Xueqing Dong

Xinhua News Agency

Jinan

January 18th

Xueqing Dong


Input: Mingquan Zhang, vice director of Shandong Province's Foreign Economy and Trade Committee, said that in 1997, the quality and level of Shandong's utilizing foreign capital had further improved.

Mingquan Zhang

Shandong Province's

Shandong

Foreign Economy and Trade Committee


Input: Last year, although there was a drop in the quantity and the contract amount of recently approved projects utilizing foreign capital in Shandong Province, foreign capital actually utilized maintained growth, reaching over 4.2 billion US dollars, and increasing more than 17% compared with the previous year.

Last year

the previous year

Shandong Province

over 4.2 billion US dollars

more than 17%


Input: Of this amount, foreign merchants' investment actually realized was over 3 billion US dollars, increasing 9% compared with the same period the previous year.

over 3 billion US dollars

the same period the previous year


Input: In the whole year, the enterprises that were newly approved and that were invested in by foreign merchants neared 1,600, and the accumulated total already has reached over 20,000.

the whole year

over 20,000


Input: The momentum of multinational companies investing in Shandong has not decreased.

Shandong


Input: After such multi-national companies as Dupont, HP, Siemens, Panasonic, Daewoo, etc. successively invested in Shandong, ten multinational companies such as America's Chevron and Eton, France's Elf, Shenggeban and the French Electric Company, Germany's Deutsch, UK's Imperial Chemicals, etc. have come to invest in Shandong for the first time.

Dupont

HP

Siemens

Panasonic

Daewoo

Chevron

Eton

Elf

Shenggeban

Electric Company

Deutsch

Imperial Chemicals

Shandong

America

France

Germany

UK

Shandong

ten

French

first


Input: By the end of last year, multinational companies coming to invest in Shandong were over one hundred, among which 26 were ranked the top 100 in the world.

the end of last year

Shandong

one hundred


Input: These multinational companies' investment projects are large in scale, high in technology, and strong in their industrial promotion.


Input: New breakthroughs were achieved in Shandong's methods of utilizing foreign capital.

Shandong


Input: Since Qingdao Beer and Shandong Huaneng succeeded in respectively issuing H - shares and N - shares in Hong Kong and the US, last year, 5 more share - holding companies, such as Shandong's Chenmin Paper Manufacturing Group, Jinan's Qingqi Group, Yantai's Zhangyu Group, Xinhua's Pharmacy Group and Lutai's Textile Group, etc. also entered the market issuing foreign capital shares, altogether attracting 265 million US dollars of foreign capital.

Qingdao Beer

Shandong Huaneng

Chenmin Paper Manufacturing Group

Qingqi Group

Zhangyu Group

Pharmacy Group

Textile Group

Hong Kong

US

Shandong

Jinan

Yantai

Xinhua

Lutai

last year

265 million US dollars


Input: By the end of last year, seven enterprises in Shandong Province issued H - shares, N - shares or B - shares, altogether attracting over 700 million US dollars of foreign capital.

the end of last year

seven

Shandong Province

700 million US dollars


Input: New progress has also been made in utilizing foreign capital for infrastructure, foundation industries and new high level technology projects.


Input: In the area of energy, Shandong's China Power Generation Company, Ltd. obtained the State's approval.

Shandong

China Power Generation Company

State


Input: With a total project investment of nearly 2.3 billion US dollars and over 1 billion US dollars of contracted foreign capital, it is currently Shandong Province's largest project utilizing foreign capital.

nearly 2.3 billion US dollars

over 1 billion US dollars

Shandong Province's


Input: In agriculture, the integrated agricultural development project invested in by Australia's Southern Australia -- Shandong Stock - holding Company, Ltd. in the Yellow River delta region has a total investment of nearly 30 million US dollars and over 10 million US dollars of contracted foreign capital.

Australia

Southern Australia

Shandong Stock - holding Company, Ltd.

Yellow River

nearly 30 million US dollars

over 10 million US dollars


Input: It is currently Shandong's largest integrated agricultural development project.

Shandong


Input: In the area of new high level technology, the investment projects of world famous multinational companies such as the US's Eton, Germany's Deutsch, the UK's Imperial Chemicals, etc. all have first - class international levels of technology.

US

Germany

UK

Eton

Deutsch

Imperial Chemicals

first


Input: These projects powerfully bring about optimization and improvement of Shandong Province's industrial structure.

Shandong Province's


Input: In infrastructure, a number of expressway projects have been formally signed with the outside, and a number of municipal public infrastructure merchant - invitation projects have also been announced overseas, signifying the complete start of utilizing foreign capital in the areas of Shandong's infrastructure.

Shandong


Input: The economic development district has become a hotspot for attracting foreign merchant investment.


Input: Last year, Shandong's various types of economic development districts recently approved over 1480 projects utilizing foreign capital, accounting for more than 24% of the total of the entire province.

Last year

Shandong

more than 24%


Input: Over 900 million US dollars of foreign capital was actually utilized, increasing nearly 40% compared with the same period the previous year.

Over 900 million US dollars

nearly 40%

the same period the previous year


Input: The total industrial output completed by enterprises within the district for the year was over 47 billion US dollars, increasing by nearly 80% compared with the previous year, and had nearly 1.7 billion US dollars of foreign export currency, increasing by 31% compared with the same period the previous year.

the year

the previous year

the same period the previous year

over 47 billion US dollars

nearly 1.7 billion US dollars

nearly 80%


Input: As a new point of growth of Shandong's open economy, the economic development district is showing development vitality that grows stronger daily.

Shandong


Input: Last year, the total output of Shandong Province reached over 19.7 billion US dollars, increasing by over 10% compared with the previous year.

Last year

the previous year

Shandong Province

over 19.7 billion US dollars

over 10%


Input: Among this, exports broke through 13 billion US dollars, increasing by 25% compared with the same period the previous year.

13 billion US dollars

the same period the previous year


Input: Export values ranked fourth in the nation, and the growth rate ranked second among China's main coastal provinces and cities.

fourth

second

China


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Input: In 1997, Mexico's total amount of foreign trade broke through 220 billion US dollars, which created a new historical record.

Mexico

220 billion US dollars


Input: However, in reviewing Mexico's foreign trade situation this year, it might be appropriate to say that it is between joy and sorrow.

Mexico

this year


Input: The joy lies in that the total amount of foreign trade still maintains a strong growth momentum, and has realized trade surpluses for the third year in a row, whereas the sorrow is that the amount of trade surplus has sharply reversed, and this year, a relatively large deficit may appear.

the third year in a row

this year


Input: According to official journals published recently by Mexico's Treasury Department, Mexico's foreign trade in 1997 continued to grow rapidly, the total amount of imports and exports reached 220.178 billion US dollars, 18.85% higher than that of the previous year, and within that the amount of exports was 110.380 billion US dollars, the amount of imports was 109.798 billion US dollars, 15% and 22.7% higher than 1996, respectively.

Mexico

Mexico

Treasury Department

the previous year

220.178 billion US dollars

110.380 billion US dollars

109.798 billion US dollars


Input: The trade surplus was 582 million US dollars.

582 million US dollars


Input: Foreign trade occupies a pivotal position in Mexico's economy.

Mexico


Input: At present, exports account for more than 30% of its GDP, which is one of the primary economic growth forces.

more than 30%


Input: After the outbreak of Mexico's financial crisis in 1994, Mexico's currency, the peso was greatly devalued, thus greatly strengthening Mexico's export competitiveness.

Mexico

Mexico

Mexico


Input: In the last several years, the government has been vigorously supporting exports, and exports grew rapidly.

the last several years


Input: In 1995, the situation of successive foreign trade deficit reversed, and up to now, has maintained trade surpluses for three years in a row.

three years in a row


Input: However, in the past three years, Mexico's foreign trade surplus showed a substantial degradation: 7.889 billion US dollars in 1995, 6.424 billion US dollars in 1996, and only 582 million US dollars last year.

the past three years

last year

Mexico

7.889 billion US dollars

6.424 billion US dollars

only 582 million US dollars


Input: Especially deserving to be pointed out is that, after the first monthly deficit in July last year, the rest of the year saw successive monthly deficits with the amounts of deficit almost doubling, roaring from 20 million US dollars in July to 722 million US dollars in December, reducing the 1997 annual accumulative trade surplus amount to a trivial number.

first

July last year

the rest of the year

July

December

20 million US dollars

722 million US dollars


Input: Local economic analysts felt that the trade deficit in the second half of last year was mainly due to an overly high import growth rate, which is even higher than that of exports.

the second half of last year


Input: In the second half of last year, the average growth rate of imports was 6% to 7% higher than that of exports.

the second half of last year

6% to 7%


Input: Among import sectors, swift growth comes mainly from imports of consumer products and capital goods, 39.9% and 38.2% higher than that of 1996 respectively.


Input: The growth of imports of semi-finished products was up by 18.8%.


Input: Secondly, the overly high valuation of the peso is also an indispensable factor.

Secondly


Input: An overly high peso exchange rate stimulated imports, but hindered exports.


Input: It is commonly known that in 1994, before the outbreak of the financial crisis, the trade deficit was once as high as more than 18 billion US dollars.

more than 18 billion US dollars


Input: The huge trade deficit was one of the internal reasons that triggered this crisis.


Input: Hence, the trade situation last year has caused extreme concern among people from economic circles, who even predicted that in 1998, foreign trade deficit would revive.

last year


Input: They pointed out that, this year, except for an overly high peso exchange rate, exports would also face some new unfavorable factors.

this year


Input: For instance, Asian currency devaluation will decrease export competitiveness, and the fall of oil price will significantly reduce oil revenues.

Asian


Input: Under these circumstances, if the import growth momentum can not be restrained, this year, a trade deficit of 4 to 5 billion US dollars may appear.

4 to 5 billion US dollars


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Input: Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, March 9th

Xinhua News Agency

Beijing

March 9th


Input: The statistics from the General Administration of Customs show that, last year, China's trade with Japan continued increasing, the gross value of imports and exports reached 60.06 billion US dollars, 4.5% higher than that of last year, and accounted for 20.7% of China's gross value of foreign trade.

the General Administration of Customs

last year

last year

China

Japan

China

60.06 billion US dollars


Input: Of which, exports were 30.88 billion US dollars, and imports were 29.18 billion US dollars.

30.88 billion US dollars

29.18 billion US dollars


Input: The trade surplus against Japan was 1.7 billion US dollars.

Japan

1.7 billion US dollars


Input: Japan has, for four years, successively ranked first place among China's foreign trade partners, and the bilateral trade volume last year was 17.22 billion US dollars higher than that of China and the US, China's second largest trade partner.

Japan

China

China

US

China

four years

last year

first

second

17.22 billion US dollars


Input: According to presentations, the dependency of China's exported products on the Japanese market has been increasing annually, but the proportion of imported products in the total import volume from Japan has fluctuated irregularly; the development of various trade methods was not balanced, general trade has decreased, processing trade has increased; while the growth of primary product trade was considerably fast.

China

Japan

Japanese


Input: Last year, exports of primary products to Japan were 8 billion US dollars, 10.9% higher than that of the previous year, and imports of primary products from Japan were 1 billion US dollars, a 4.4% growth.

Last year

the previous year

Japan

Japan

8 billion US dollars

1 billion US dollars


Input: The trade of foreign - invested enterprises with Japan increased rapidly.

Japan


Input: Last year, the exports of foreign - invested enterprises to Japan were 14.9 billion US dollars, up 35.4%, and accounted for 48% of China's exports to Japan; imports were 19.5 billion US dollars, up 14.7%, and accounted for 67% of China's total import value from Japan.

Last year

Japan

China

Japan

China

Japan

14.9 billion US dollars

19.5 billion US dollars


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Input: Xinhua News Agency, Buenos Aires, April 7th, by reporter Hong Xue

Xinhua News Agency

Buenos Aires

April 7th

Hong Xue


Input: The handover ceremony for China mechanical products purchased by Argentina's LaRioja Province using a loan provided by the Bank of China, was held today in Catamarca City of this province.

China

Argentina

LaRioja Province

Catamarca City

the Bank of China

today


Input: This is the first time that China's mechanical products have entered Argentina in large quantities.

first

China

Argentina


Input: Minister of China's Mechanical Industry Ministry, Xuding Bao, who came specially to attend the handing - over and taking - over ceremony, handed this group of mechanical products whose total value is 5.5 million US dollars, to Masa, the governor of LaRioja Province.

China

LaRioja Province

Mechanical Industry Ministry

, Xuding Bao,

Masa

5.5 million US dollars


Input: These products included more than 1800 sets of tractors and road - building machinery.

more than 1800


Input: Minister Xuding Bao and Governor Masa delivered ebullient speeches in the ceremony, both hoped to use this as a start to expand trade between the two countries and to promote development in other areas of the two countries.

Xuding Bao

Masa

two

two


Input: Recently, the Bank of China provided Argentina with loan of 20 million US dollars.

the Bank of China

Argentina

20 million US dollars


Input: LaRioja Province is the first to use this loan to import China's products.

LaRioja Province

China


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Input: Xinhua News Agency, Macau, April 3rd, by reporters Zhigen Wang and Yuming Che

Xinhua News Agency

Macau

April 3rd

Zhigen Wang

Yuming Che


Input: Xuming Zhang, Chairman of the Chinese Enterprise Association in Macau said that, at present there were more than 200 enterprises operating with Chinese capital in Macau and that the total value of assets is more than 90 billion patacas.

Xuming Zhang

the Chinese Enterprise Association

Macau

Macau

more than 200

Chinese

more than 90 billion patacas


Input: Chinese capital enterprises have become the biggest foreign investors in Macau.

Chinese

Macau


Input: Xuming Zhang recently said at the joint meeting for the fifth anniversary of the establishment of the Chinese Enterprise Association in Macau, that Macau's inland investment enterprises, from small to large and from weak to strong, have developed into an important force in Macau's economic domain.

Xuming Zhang

fifth

the Chinese Enterprise Association

Macau

Macau

Macau


Input: They have made important contributions to the prosperity and stability of Macau.

Macau


Input: According to presentations, these enterprises have extensively taken part in many areas of operating activities such as trade, industry, finance, insurance, tourism, catering, traffic and transportation, construction, real estate, etc. in Macau.

Macau


Input: Among these, the proportion that Chinese capital accounts for in financial insurance has reached 50%.

Chinese


Input: It accounts for from 50% to 70% of the tourism industry, accounts for 30% of imports and exports, and accounts for 70% of real estate.


Input: Xuming Zhang expressed that enterprises operating with Chinese capital in Macau will continue to take the direction of Xiaoping Deng's program of " one country, two systems " and of all national guidelines and policies for Hong Kong and Macau, to adhere to the principle of " Some to do and some not to do ", and to strive together with local figures in industrial and commercial circles to make more contributions to promoting Macau's economic stability and social development.

Xuming Zhang

Xiaoping Deng's

Chinese

Macau

Hong Kong

Macau

Macau

one

two


Input: -LRB- End -RRB-


Input: Xinhua News Agency, the UN, February 13th,

Xinhua News Agency

UN

February 13th


Input: Today, Peilice Dekuliar, the UN Secretary - General, expressed grief at the multi-national forces air striking Baghdad resulting in civilians deaths.

Today

Peilice Dekuliar

UN

Baghdad


Input: Julileah, spokesman for the Secretary - General said in a statement that Peilice Dekuliar felt deep grief that so many civilians in Iraq had died in the air attack.

Julileah

Peilice Dekuliar

Iraq


Input: According to a news report on February 14th by Xinhua News Agency from Beijing, when the multi-national forces carried out an air attack on Baghdad on the 13th, hundreds of civilians were killed in the bombing.

February 14th

the 13th

Xinhua News Agency

Beijing

Baghdad

hundreds


Input: World public opinion has reacted strongly to the event.


Input: Officials in the Iraqi Department of Defense said that the two missiles or bomb shells dropped by planes of the multi-national forces on the 13th at 4 O'clock in the morning local time hit a large sized underground bomb shelter and, at least 500 civilians hiding inside were killed, more than half of whom were women and children.

Iraqi

Department of Defense

two

more than half

the 13th at 4 O'clock in the morning local time


Input: The Tunisian government thinks that this bombing again shows that the activity of the multi-national forces has exceeded authorized limits set by the United Nations Security Council decision.

Tunisian

United Nations Security Council


Input: Tunisia has again appealed to international conscience to take action, to stop the blood and end the destructive war, and create conditions for a peaceful settlement of the conflict.

Tunisia


Input: Ashitaer, the UN representative of Yemen strongly condemned this incident and asked the United Nations Security Council to be responsible for the passed resolution No. 678 which permits military actions against Iraq.

Ashitaer

UN

the United Nations Security Council

Yemen

Iraq

resolution No. 678


Input: He said that no one feels this " ferocious and inexcusable " bombing is just.


Input: In Amman, capital of Jordan, thousands of angry people paraded and demonstrated in front of the US embassy, objecting to the multi-national forces bombing and killing innocent civilians in Baghdad.

Amman

Jordan

US

Baghdad

thousands


Input: According to presentations, the principal features of the industrial production of 1997 are:


Input: -- Production increased steadily.


Input: The growth rate was somewhat lower than that of last year.

last year


Input: The nation's county and above county industries accomplished an annual industrial added value of 2.0476 trillion yuan, calculated by comparable prices, 10.9% higher than that of last year, somewhat dropping in growth rate.

2.0476 trillion yuan

last year


Input: There were some fluctuations in growth rates of every quarter of the whole year, but the difference was not significant, which can be regarded as a steady operation.

the whole year


Input: The growth rate of State owned industries was basically stable.

State


Input: Collective industries dropped substantially.


Input: The annual added value of State owned and State owned holding enterprises was 1.1726 trillion yuan, 7.1% higher than that of last year; the added value of collective industries was 613.2 billion yuan.

State

State

1.1726 trillion yuan

613.2 billion yuan

last year


Input: Growing 11.7%, but growth rate declined 6% from that of last year; the industrial added value of other economic types was 445 billion, a 13.4% growth, and a 3% climb from that of last year.

last year

last year

445 billion


Input: Additionally, the annual added value of light industry was 885.5 billion yuan, 11.5% higher than that of last year; the added value of heavy industry was 1.1621 trillion yuan, a 10.4% growth.

885.5 billion yuan

1.1621 trillion yuan

last year


Input: -- Industry restructuring made vigorous progress.


Input: From the view of main industrial products, the impact of self - generated adjustments due to market constraints was considerably significant.


Input: The production of such fundamental products as energy resources, main raw materials, etc. grew at a low rate subject to the impact of market demands.


Input: The national total production volume of disposable energy resources was 2% higher than that of last year.

last year


Input: The growth of chemical fiber production, man - made board, synthetic fiber monomer and ten types of non-ferrous metal, etc. was rather fast, with a 14.6% to 32.3% growth.

ten


Input: Timber, machine - made paper, drugs made of chemical materials, etc. dropped 1.1% to 9.2%.


Input: Electromechanical products of an investment nature had ups and downs.


Input: The production of internal - combustion engines, metal - cutting machines, large, medium and small - sized tractors, vans, motor trucks, etc. dropped 1.6% to 10.3%.


Input: Electrical and high science and technology products grew considerably.


Input: Sedans, digital program - controlled switches, electronic computers, large - scale integrated circuits, etc. grew by 21.9% to 1.7 times.


Input: The production of main consumer products grew or dropped significantly subject to the restraints of market demands.


Input: Some basic consumer goods and food kept steady growth, among which candy, dairy products, beer, soft drink, cloth, and silk grew by 10% to 19.2%.


Input: Main durable consumer goods such as, washing machines, vacuum cleaners, room air - conditioners, color TVs, music centers, etc. grew by 10.7% to 47.9%; bicycles, electric fans, exhaust fans, VCRs dropped by 0.4% to 16.8%.


Input: -- The rate of industrial production and marketing had some growth, whereas exports grew considerably.


Input: An annual industrial sales output value of 6.8354 trillion yuan was achieved, 10.7% higher than that of last year, higher than the growth rate of the output of the same period.

6.8354 trillion yuan

last year


Input: The sales rate of industrial products was 96.2%, 0.3% higher than that of last year; the export delivery value of industrial enterprises' production for foreign trade export purposes was 954.5 billion yuan, 14.8% higher than that of last year.

last year

last year

954.5 billion yuan


Input: -- The level of economic benefits were recovered back.


Input: From January to November, the composite index of the economic benefits of nationwide 370,000 village and above village industrial enterprises with independent accountability was 89.4%, 3.4% higher than that of the same period last year.

January to November

the same period last year


Input: The analysis of the State Statistical Bureau shows, last year, there were still certain problems during the industrial economy operation, for instance, capital defaults increased, deficits were still serious, fundamental products such as energy resources, raw materials, etc. grew at low rates, the transfer of industrial structure was considerably slow, and all these are restraining factors assailing the further healthy development of an industrial economy.

the State Statistical Bureau

last year


Input: This year, the spirit of National Economy Work Conference should be carried through and implemented, while deepening State - owned enterprise reform and continuing to reinforce restructuring, striving to increase effective demands, improving supply quality, promoting the healthy and steady development of an industrial economy.

This year

National Economy Work Conference

State


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Input: Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, January 5th, by reporter Huangbiao He

Xinhua News Agency

Beijing

January 5th

Huangbiao He


Input: The Wangma Computer Company, a high science and technology enterprise in Beijing's Zhongguan village, held a press conference in the Great Hall Of the People on January 4th and announced: to meet urgent demands for office automation of all Party departments, the government and the army, it was decided to " open " a whole set of top - quality products of Wangma Software, which can profit more than one million yuan, to the home, all in the way to non-encoded floppy disks, exempting technical fees, so that all domestic computer users can copy and use.

The Wangma Computer Company

Party

Wangma Software

Beijing

Zhongguan

the Great Hall Of the People

January 4th

more than one million yuan


Input: The Wangma Computer Company was named for the Wubi font, the coding method of Chinese characters invented by the famous computer expert - Yongmin Wang.

The Wangma Computer Company

Wubi

Chinese

Yongmin Wang


Input: This simple, convenient and efficient input method covers more than 85% of the nation's computer users, and has become the input technology of Chinese characters which dominates the leading position in our nation.

more than 85%

Chinese


Input: But, with the rapid development of the computer business, more and more computer users successively come " line up to register " and purchase Wubi's latest edition and the operating system using the Wangma Chinese characters.

Wubi

Wangma

Chinese


Input: In order to benefit society, the Wangma Computer Company determinedly gave up an opportunity that would have earned big money by dedicating unencoded floppy disks to users, allowing them to copy by themselves.

the Wangma Computer Company


Input: Leaders, experts and users attending the conference gave a very high appraisal of the decision of the Wangma Computer Company to selflessly contribute.

the Wangma Computer Company


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Input: Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, January 3rd

Xinhua News Agency

Beijing

January 3rd


Input: In order to perfect the management of international commercial loans, the National Foreign Exchange Bureau decided to implement a new method of managing international commercial loans borrowed by domestic institutions from January 1st this year.

the National Foreign Exchange Bureau

January 1st this year


Input: According to regulations by the National Foreign Exchange Management Bureau, international commercial loans indicate loans raised and borrowed by domestic institutions from financial institutions, enterprises, individual or other economic organizations abroad, and from foreign - funded financial institutions within China's border, whose contractual repayment obligations are in foreign currency.

the National Foreign Exchange Management Bureau

China


Input: Export credits, international financing leaseholds, compensation trades with foreign exchange repayment methods, overseas institution's and individual's foreign exchange deposits -LRB- excluding foreign exchange deposits in banks approved for offshore operations -RRB-, project financing, financing under trade projects over 90 days and other forms of foreign exchange loans will all be treated and managed as international commercial loans.

over 90 days


Input: According to regulations, the People's Bank of China is the approving authority for international commercial loans borrowed by domestic institutions, the People's Bank of China has authorized the National Foreign Exchange Management Bureau to be specifically responsible for the approval, supervision and management of commercial loans by domestic institutions.

the People's Bank of China

the People's Bank of China

the National Foreign Exchange Management Bureau


Input: All international commercial loans borrowed by domestic institutions should be approved by the National Foreign Exchange Management Bureau.

the National Foreign Exchange Management Bureau


Input: International business loans that have not been approved but were signed on their own authority will not be valid, the Foreign Exchange Management Bureau will not process the registration of foreign debts, banks are not allowed to open exclusive foreign debt accounts for them, loan principals and interests are not to be remitted out on their own authority.

the Foreign Exchange Management Bureau


Input: The National Foreign Exchange Management Bureau clearly stipulated in the new method that, domestic institutions borrowing international commercial loans externally are only limited to: China - capital financial institutions approved by the Foreign Exchange Management Bureau to operate foreign exchange loan business; juridical people of non-financial corporations approved by the State Department's Authorization Department.

The National Foreign Exchange Management Bureau

the Foreign Exchange Management Bureau

the State Department's

Authorization Department

China


Input: Juridical people of non-financial institutions who borrow international commercial loans directly must possess these several conditions, that is, have continual profits for the last three years, have import and export business permission, belong to a national encouraged industry; possess a complete financial management system; must have a ratio of net assets to total assets not lower than 15% for juridical people of trade - type non-financial corporations, must have ratios of net assets to total assets not lower than 30% for juridical people of non trade - type non-financial corporations; must have a total sum of international business loans borrowed and foreign guarantee surpluses not exceeding 50% of net asset's equivalent foreign exchange worth; must have total of foreign exchange loan and foreign exchange guarantee surplus not exceeding the amount of exchange created in the previous year.

the last three years

the previous year

not lower than 15%

not lower than 30%

not exceeding 50%


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Input: Xinhua News Agency, Washington, DC, April 20, by wire -LRB- reporter Qian Ying -RRB-

Xinhua News Agency

Washington, DC

April 20

Qian Ying


Input: The Chinese branch of the American Chamber of Commerce recently dispatched a delegation made up of twenty - five people launching a month - long lobbying campaign in Washington directed at congress and the White House, asking them to continue to extend granting China most - favored - nation trading status.

Chinese

the American Chamber of Commerce

the White House

twenty - five

month - long

Washington

China


Input: The Chamber of Commerce delegates participating in this lobbying campaign come from many well - known in Washington, large American companies, such as Dow Jones, AT&T, IBM, Boeing, McDonald Douglas, General Electric, Westinghouse, Ford, and the Xian Ni Lei De Group, etc.

Chamber of Commerce

Dow Jones

AT&T

IBM

Boeing

McDonald Douglas

General Electric

Westinghouse

Ford

the Xian Ni Lei De Group

Washington

American