Friday, March 14, 2003

• Input in Environment to Account for 1.5 Percent of GDP
• China Opposes US, Taiwan Military Exchanges
• NPC Deputies, CPPCC Members on Personal Safety of Private Entrepreneurs
• Emission of Major Pollutants Drops Sharply: Official
• Jia Qinglin on Work of CPPCC in Next Five Years
• CPPCC Annual Session Receives 3,448 Proposals
• CPPCC Accepts Report on Proposals
• CPPCC Accepts Work Report of Standing Committee
• CPPCC Session Adopts Political Resolution
• CPPCC Session Holds Closing Ceremony
• Profiles of New CPPCC Leadership
• China Warns US not to Send Wrong Signals to Taiwan
• New CPPCC Head Meets HK, Macao CPPCC Members
• Goals of China's 2002 Social-economic Development Achieved: Reports
• Number of Candidates for Top Posts Set
• New Lineup, Fresh Image Features CPPCC Leadership
• China Expresses Condolences on Serbian PM's Assassination

• Foreign Investment Encouraged in Environmental Protection
• New International Port Takes Shape in East China
• Hi-tech Products Push up Exports via Shanghai
• ICBC to Set up Branch in Macao
• West China Economy Surpasses National Growth Rate
• Beijing to Loosen Control over Smaller Foreign-funded Projects
• South African Airways Seeks Direct Flights to China Mainland
• Banking Deposits in China Exceed 10 Trillion Yuan
• Chinese, British Governments Launch Enterprise Competition
• Less war risk estimated for China: Salomon Smith Barney

• Chinese Inspector Confirmed Dead in Car Accident in Iraq
• Iran, Germany Reiterate Opposition to US-led War on Iraq
• US F-117 Fighters Arrive S.Korea for Joint War Games
• Six Palestinians Killed in Israeli Raid in West Bank
• US Navy Moves Missile-firing Ships from Mediterranean to Red Sea
• Roh, Bush Talk over Telephone on Iraq, DPRK Issue
• 10 Killed, 90 Injured in Train Blast in Mumbai
• One UN Inspector Killed in Iraq Road Accident
• Bush Renews Sanctions Against Iran
• Russia Warns US of Global Opposition to Iraq War
• US Begins Deployment of B-2 Stealth Bombers
• Hezbollah Warns of Attacks against US Troops in Iraq
• Sweden Expels Iraqi Diplomats Accused of Spying
• Train Carrying Empty Nuclear Flask Derails in Britain
• China is Willing to Help Inspections in Iraq: Spokesman
• UN Should not be Involved in DPRK Nuclear Issue: China
• South Korea Denies Report on Possible US Raid on DPRK

• The Paradox of American Power: Commentary
• US Aims to Create Unipolar World through Iraq Issue

• Legislators Call for Revision of Law on Compulsory Education
• CPPCC Member Calls for Greater Attention on Vocational Education
• US Scientists Find Extrasolar Planet with Atmosphere
• Chinese Scientists Refute US Claims on Rocket Data Transfer
• China to Begin AIDS, Drug Education in Schools

• 29 Hospital Staff Suffering Pneumonia in HK
• Cambodian Royals Arrive in Beijing for Health Checks
• China to Hold First Helicopter Marine Rescue Drill
• China Will Stage a New Interpretation of "Swan Lake"
• China Trains Pandas for Return to Wild
• Pandas Enjoy Life with Austrian Nurses