Archive for July 2nd, 2011

Chinese News – China, Indonesia could join hands for harmonious Asia: Li Yuanchao – Chinese Mandarin

Saturday, July 2nd, 2011

The Communist Party of China (CPC) and the Chinese government would like to work together with Indonesian partners to build a harmonious Asia and world, said Li Yuanchao, member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, on Monday.

Visiting Li, who is also a secretary of the CPC Central Committee Secretariat and head of the Organization Department of the CPC Central Committee, made the remarks in a speech at the Indonesian political party reception here on Monday evening.

With a topic of jointly writing a new chapter of China-Indonesia mutual beneficial cooperation, Li highly appreciated the development of China-Indonesia relationship, and the achievements of Indonesia in the state building and its positive role in dealing with international and regional affairs.

Li said the CPC and the Chinese government have dedicated themselves to the strengthening of the strategic partnership between China and Indonesia and are willing to keep improving bilateral friendly exchanges in different levels, deepen pragmatic cooperation and enhance communication and coordination in international and regional affairs with Indonesia.

Li introduced China’s development and CPC’s build-up and said that CPC is willing to increase exchanges and share experiences with political parties in Indonesia on the basis of the CPC’s four principles guiding its inter-party relations with foreign parties, namely, independence, complete equality, mutual respect and non- interference in each other’s internal affairs.

The speech was warmly welcomed by the around 80 leaders of Indonesia’s major political parties, think tank scholars and journalists attending the reception.

The Indonesian party leaders said that they would like to strive with CPC for deepening pragmatic exchange and cooperation between the two countries and parties, so as to push forward the China-Indonesia strategic partnership.

Chinese News – Long-awaited rain eases drought in central, southern China – Chinese Mandarin

Saturday, July 2nd, 2011
Farmer Zhang Xibei plants sweet potato seedlings in rain in Chengzi Township of Jiujiang County, east China’s Jiangxi Province, June 4, 2011. Jiangxi has received rainfalls since Friday, and will see heavier rains in the next days, according to weather report. The rainfalls will greatly ease the drought the area has suffered for months. (Xinhua/Wei Dongsheng)

WUHAN/CHANGSHA, June 4 (Xinhua) — Most of the drought-hit cities in central and southern China embraced moderate to heavy rain Saturday, bringing hope to end the worst drought in six decades in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River.

In the central Hubei Province, 28 cities and counties received rain Friday and Saturday, the weather bureau in the provincial capital Wuhan said.

On Friday, Xianning City received the largest volume of precipitation, totaling 163.4 mm, it said.

The rain is expected to last until Monday.

Experts with the provincial meteorological bureau predicted the rain will ease drought in the northern and northwestern parts of Hubei, but the drought may persist in the eastern parts of the province.

“It needs more rainfall to drench the 1.25 million hectares of thirsty cropland, which has received no rain since November,” the bureau said in a press release.

The bureau said it is ready to create artificial rain and boost precipitation before the rain stops.

The neighboring Hunan Province is also expecting heavy rain from Saturday night to Monday.