China would make joint efforts with the United States to improve parliamentary exchange mechanism and strengthen inter-parliamentary contacts so that legislatures from both sides continue to play a positive role in promoting bilateral relationship, a top Chinese legislator said on Friday.
Chen Zhili, vice-chairwoman of the Standing Committee of China's National People's Congress , made the remarks in separate meetings with Senator Daniel Inouy and Representative Joseph Crowley during her stay here on Friday.
Inouy is in charge of a dialogue mechanism between the Senate and the NPC while Crowley leads a parallel mechanism between the House of Representative and the NPC.
Chen spoke positively of the progress made in China-U.S. relationship in recent years. She said both sides should firmly stick to the direction of constructive cooperation and increase dialogues, exchanges and cooperation to enable a sound and steady development of bilateral relations.
The U.S. lawmakers congratulated China on the successful hosting of both the 2008 Olympic Games and the 2008 Paralympic Games in Beijing. They said the Senate and the House of Representatives attach great importance to U.S.-China ties and would join hands with the Chinese side to further strengthen exchanges and cooperation in various fields, including inter-parliamentary exchanges.
Chen was here at the invitation of U.S. First Lady Laura Bush to attend the White House Conference on Global Literacy scheduled to open in New York on Monday.
Source: Xinhua
Sunday, September 21, 2008
Algeria hopes to deepen strategic cooperation with China
Algerian Prime Minister Ahmed Ouyahia on Saturday expressed hopes to further deepen the strategic cooperation between Algeria and China.
Meeting with visiting Chinese Vice Commerce Minister Chen Jian, Ahmed Ouyahia said he was satisfied with existing bilateral cooperation, and wished this cooperation would deepen and further develop to a new high.
He urged the Chinese companies in Algeria to have closer cooperation and exchanges with Algerian enterprises.
Chen also met with Algerian Commerce Minister El-Hachemi Djaaboub the same day on boosting China-Algeria economic and trade cooperation.
Source: Xinhua
Meeting with visiting Chinese Vice Commerce Minister Chen Jian, Ahmed Ouyahia said he was satisfied with existing bilateral cooperation, and wished this cooperation would deepen and further develop to a new high.
He urged the Chinese companies in Algeria to have closer cooperation and exchanges with Algerian enterprises.
Chen also met with Algerian Commerce Minister El-Hachemi Djaaboub the same day on boosting China-Algeria economic and trade cooperation.
Source: Xinhua
Eight officials held for fatal mine accident in N China
Eight officials in Xiangfen County in north China's Shanxi Province have been detained for negligence following a fatal mine accident that killed 262.
The provincial procuratorate confirmed on Saturday the officials included Lian Huizhong, head of the county's Taosi Township, Liang Deling, the township legislature director, Liu Weiguang, the township business office director, and three Xiangfen County Safety Production Supervision Bureau officials. Also held were two county land resources department officials.
Ke Hanmin, chief procurator of Shanxi Provincial Procuratorate, said the officials should be accountable for the accident because they didn't take due care despite knowing about the potential production risks in the Xinta Mining Company. On the morning of Sept. 8, an iron ore waste retaining pond burst and engulfed at least 262 people.
He vowed the procuratorate would render heavy penalties to those found responsible for the accident to protect people's legitimate rights.
Source: Xinhua
The provincial procuratorate confirmed on Saturday the officials included Lian Huizhong, head of the county's Taosi Township, Liang Deling, the township legislature director, Liu Weiguang, the township business office director, and three Xiangfen County Safety Production Supervision Bureau officials. Also held were two county land resources department officials.
Ke Hanmin, chief procurator of Shanxi Provincial Procuratorate, said the officials should be accountable for the accident because they didn't take due care despite knowing about the potential production risks in the Xinta Mining Company. On the morning of Sept. 8, an iron ore waste retaining pond burst and engulfed at least 262 people.
He vowed the procuratorate would render heavy penalties to those found responsible for the accident to protect people's legitimate rights.
Source: Xinhua
Shanghai mega-thunderstorm kills man, injures 14
A migrant worker was crushed to death and 14 were injured after a thunderstorm hit part of Shanghai on Saturday afternoon, municipal flood authorities said.
The storm hit the eastern Chinese city's Pudong and Nanhui districts from around 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. with precipitation of up to132 mm, the Shanghai Municipal Flood Control Headquarters said.
A strong wind accompanied the storm.
A 47-year-old male migrant worker died after a two-storey workshop building at a steel factory in Heqing Town collapsed. Another person was injured.
Elsewhere, nine persons were injured at two construction sites. Four others were injured when a 100-square-meter market building fell.
The headquarters said all the injured had been sent to hospital for treatment and there was no danger to life.
The "once-in-a century thunderstorm" also flooded some road sections and more than 60 households, it said.
Source: Xinhua
The storm hit the eastern Chinese city's Pudong and Nanhui districts from around 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. with precipitation of up to132 mm, the Shanghai Municipal Flood Control Headquarters said.
A strong wind accompanied the storm.
A 47-year-old male migrant worker died after a two-storey workshop building at a steel factory in Heqing Town collapsed. Another person was injured.
Elsewhere, nine persons were injured at two construction sites. Four others were injured when a 100-square-meter market building fell.
The headquarters said all the injured had been sent to hospital for treatment and there was no danger to life.
The "once-in-a century thunderstorm" also flooded some road sections and more than 60 households, it said.
Source: Xinhua
Dairy producers and sellers under scrutiny in China
China's State Administration for Industry and Commerce on Saturday initiated a nationwide scrutiny over dairy producers and sellers in the wake of the baby milk powder scandal.
In an urgent circular issued to local industry and commerce administrations throughout the country, the SAIC ordered to verify the qualifications of every dairy producer and seller, make sure of pulling all tainted products off shelves, close down the business of selling dairy products without licenses and deliver to local police any criminal cases involving in trading fake and bad-quality dairy products.
By 9 a.m. on Saturday, the SAIC had received 106,143 complaints and refunded 304.38 tons of dairy products.
More than 6,200 infants have developed kidney stones after drinking baby formula tainted with the hazardous chemical melamine, which makes the protein content of the milk appear higher.
Dairy giant Sanlu, based in the Hebei provincial capital of Shijiazhuang in north China, was the first company exposed in the scandal, but subsequent investigations found a total of 22 manufacturers involved, including leading companies such as the Bright Dairy & Food and Mengniu Group.
Source: Xinhua
In an urgent circular issued to local industry and commerce administrations throughout the country, the SAIC ordered to verify the qualifications of every dairy producer and seller, make sure of pulling all tainted products off shelves, close down the business of selling dairy products without licenses and deliver to local police any criminal cases involving in trading fake and bad-quality dairy products.
By 9 a.m. on Saturday, the SAIC had received 106,143 complaints and refunded 304.38 tons of dairy products.
More than 6,200 infants have developed kidney stones after drinking baby formula tainted with the hazardous chemical melamine, which makes the protein content of the milk appear higher.
Dairy giant Sanlu, based in the Hebei provincial capital of Shijiazhuang in north China, was the first company exposed in the scandal, but subsequent investigations found a total of 22 manufacturers involved, including leading companies such as the Bright Dairy & Food and Mengniu Group.
Source: Xinhua
China starts inspections of special equipments ahead of week-long holiday
China's quality supervisory agency has ordered a nationwide inspection of special equipments to ensure the security of these equipments during the National Day holiday.
The General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine said local authorities should inspect and test key items to find and solve any hidden problems and make emergency plans.
The items include boilers, pressure containers and pipelines, elevators, cranes, passenger ropeways and other large pieces of equipment and machinery.
The quality watchdog required relevant units to make due preparations and arrange sufficient staff for emergencies.
An official with the administration said the authorities were under great pressure as there would be a tourist surge in popular destinations such as the Olympic host city Beijing during the coming National Day holiday, the first week-long holiday after the country adjusted national legal holidays.
He said before the holiday, the administration would organize inspections on special equipments in the quake battered Sichuan Province, another popular tourist destination.
Source: Xinhua
The General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine said local authorities should inspect and test key items to find and solve any hidden problems and make emergency plans.
The items include boilers, pressure containers and pipelines, elevators, cranes, passenger ropeways and other large pieces of equipment and machinery.
The quality watchdog required relevant units to make due preparations and arrange sufficient staff for emergencies.
An official with the administration said the authorities were under great pressure as there would be a tourist surge in popular destinations such as the Olympic host city Beijing during the coming National Day holiday, the first week-long holiday after the country adjusted national legal holidays.
He said before the holiday, the administration would organize inspections on special equipments in the quake battered Sichuan Province, another popular tourist destination.
Source: Xinhua
More officials dismissed over N China fatal mine accident
Another three officials were sacked on Saturday for a fatal mine accident that has killed 262 people in north China's Shanxi Province.
Kang Haiyin, the Communist Party of China chief of Xiangfen County, where the tragedy occurred, were dismissed from his post, according to a meeting held by the CPC Shanxi committee in Linfen.
CPC deputy chief Li Xuejun of Xiangfen, was dismissed. The meeting also proposed to dismiss Li from his post as Xiangfen's magistrate.
Han Baoquan was proposed to be dismissed from his post as the deputy magistrate of Xiangfen.
The CPC Shanxi committee also decided to suspend the work of Linfen's Communist Party chief Xia Zhengui, and dismissed Liu Zhijie from his post as the CPC deputy chief of Linfen.
Liu Zhijie, and Zhou Jie, were proposed to be dismissed from their posts as Linfen's mayor and vice mayor respectively.
The reshuffle of government posts needed approval from the local legislative body.
An unlicensed iron ore dregs retaining pond in Xiangfen burst on Sept. 8, discharging a huge torrent of tailings, mud and rock that devastated a downstream village, an office building and a busy outdoor market.
The death toll from the accident has risen to 262 with several still listed as missing.
An initial investigation found the collapse was due to negligence. The tailings dumping pond was built in violation of regulations and had few safety inspections.
Source: Xinhua
Kang Haiyin, the Communist Party of China chief of Xiangfen County, where the tragedy occurred, were dismissed from his post, according to a meeting held by the CPC Shanxi committee in Linfen.
CPC deputy chief Li Xuejun of Xiangfen, was dismissed. The meeting also proposed to dismiss Li from his post as Xiangfen's magistrate.
Han Baoquan was proposed to be dismissed from his post as the deputy magistrate of Xiangfen.
The CPC Shanxi committee also decided to suspend the work of Linfen's Communist Party chief Xia Zhengui, and dismissed Liu Zhijie from his post as the CPC deputy chief of Linfen.
Liu Zhijie, and Zhou Jie, were proposed to be dismissed from their posts as Linfen's mayor and vice mayor respectively.
The reshuffle of government posts needed approval from the local legislative body.
An unlicensed iron ore dregs retaining pond in Xiangfen burst on Sept. 8, discharging a huge torrent of tailings, mud and rock that devastated a downstream village, an office building and a busy outdoor market.
The death toll from the accident has risen to 262 with several still listed as missing.
An initial investigation found the collapse was due to negligence. The tailings dumping pond was built in violation of regulations and had few safety inspections.
Source: Xinhua
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