2015年CRI Xi-Ma Meeting Hailed by Taiwan and Overseas Media, Experts

Fang Nien-hua, a news anchor for TVBS Taiwan, says the meeting has delivered an important message to the people across the Taiwan Straits. Both President Xi and Mr. Ma Ying-jeou delivered a message at the beginning of their statement that people acro

2015年CRI First Time in 66 Years, Leaders across Straits Meet

Addressing each other as Mr, Xi Jinping and Ma Ying-jeou agreed that the cross-straits ties had reached its best period since 1949. After a historic handshake lasting for some 70 seconds, Xi Jinping told Ma that history has proved that no force could

2015年CRI Xi Vows Closer Cooperation with Southeast Asian Countries, ASEAN

In his speech at the National University of Singapore, Chinese President Xi Jinping noted that by the end of this December the ASEAN Economic Community will be in place. And this would mark the first ever sub-regional economic community in Asia. Chin

2015年CRI New Deals Aim to Boost China-Singapore Cooperation

Among the accords is a long-anticipated deal over negotiations to upgrade the seven-year-old China-Singapore free trade agreement. Zhang Jianping, a foreign trade expert with China's top economy planner, NDRC, says it's expected to meet the increasin

2015年CRI Chinese President Holds Talks with Vietnam Leaders

Xi Jinping, who is also General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, urges the two sides to inherit and maintain the comradely and brotherly traditional friendship. General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong and I agreed that w

2015年CRI HK Businessman Promotes Chinese language in Vietnam

Dr. Jonathan Koon-shum Choi is the chairman of the Hong Kong-based Sunwah Group which was established in 1957. Every year, the group invests one million U.S. dollars in a number of public welfare programs in Vietnam. This includes Chinese language te

2015年CRI Taiwan Business Hopes to Benefit from New Plan

As part of the new 5-year plan, the mainland leadership is promising more is going to be done to allow average people from Taiwan benefit from more cross-straits cooperation. Zhong Shuling with the Association of Small and Medium Enterprises in Taipe

2015年CRI Observers: Economic Co-op Focus of Xi's Vietnam Trip

China has been Vietnam's largest trading partner of Vietnam for the past 11 years. Last year, Vietnam became China's second largest trading partner inside ASEAN. A lot of the trade between the two sides is border-trade. Nguyen Van Binh is the vice ch

2015年CRI Announcement of Xi-Ma Meeting Raises Expectations

The meeting is scheduled to take place in Singapore on Saturday. Zhang Zhijun, head of the Taiwan Work Office of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, says the event will be the first of its kind in 66 years. This is the first meeting of le

2015年CRI Former Chinese Leader's 1978 Visit to Singapore Revisited: Han Tan Juan

It has been almost forty years since Chinese and Singaporean leaders last met each other - in 1978. At that time, Han Tan Juan was a chief editor for former Singaporean leader Lee Kuan Yew's memoirs. He recalls Lee's meeting with the then Chinese lea

2015年CRI China to Reform State-owned Asset Management

According to the guideline, in a break from the current supervision body that manages the capital as well as state-owned enterprises (SOEs), the new organ will only supervise the use of capital and return other administrative tasks to relevant govern

2015年CRI Alibaba Breaks Record in Double 11 Sales

That was Professor Liu Baocheng from the University of International Business and Economics speaking with CRI's Wang Mengzhen.

2015年CRI Chinese Initiatives Contribute to Global Economic Cooperation: Turkish Experts

Chinese initiatives like the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank or AIIB and the One Belt, One Road initiative have been lauded by Turkish economists and international affairs experts. Tarik Oguzlu, director of the international affairs center at An

2015年CRI Chinese President Xi Jinping Prepares to Travel to Turkey for G20 Summit

Global economic growth is set to top the agenda this year, with the state of China's economic health likely to be one of the main talking-points. John Peace, President of UK-based Standard Chartered Bank, says he believes President Xi Jinping's growi

2015年CRI State Council Releases Fresh Measures to Boost Consumption

At Wednesday's regular government meeting, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang called for more reforms and innovation to boost domestic consumption. As part of a raft of policies, the Chinese cabinet has promised to speed up reforms on the household registrat

2015年CRI China's Air Showing Signs of Improvement

While conditions in the capital and other parts of northern China may not reflect it this week, figures are suggesting the air this year in Beijing has improved. The Beijing Environmental Protection Bureau is reporting that through the first 9-months

2015年CRI Alibaba Breaks 11.11 Sales Record With 14 Billion USD

That was Professor Liu Baocheng from the University of International Business and Economics speaking with CRI's Wang Mengzhen.

2015年CRI World Chinese Economic Summit Held in London

200 delegates from around the world gathered at the 7th annual world Chinese economic summit,a magnet for business and political leaders. It follows the successful state visit of China's President Xi's the UK last month, which China's ambassador to t

2015年CRI UN China Peacekeeping Exhibition

The celebration of a milestone. For the past 25 years China has been working with the United Nations to build peace and security around the globe. And kicking off this week-long exhibition put on by China's UN mission- Ambassador to the United Nation

2015年CRI Shopping Festival Has More Global Sellers

For this year's shopping extravaganza, Alibaba has added a new theme, imported goods. Goods from around the world are being featured in Tmall ads, including the top 25 leading chain-store brands in the world. That list includes Germany's Metro, the U