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1, The General Situation of the China-Europe Economic and Trade Cooperation during the Period of Reform and Opening-Up

The total area of Europe covers 2,700 square kilometers and the population of Europe exceeds 800 million. The member countries of the EU and the counties which are located in the west of Europe but not member countries of the EU, are developed economic entities, and have mature and highly integrated market and steady policies. The countries in the middle and east of Europe are all carrying on their economic transition very quickly, and joining the EU successively. The countries of the Commonwealth of Independent States are also

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BEIJING, Dec. 27 (Xinhua) — Measures to improve China’s agriculture and the income for rural people are expected to come out of an annual rural work conference which began here Saturday.

Presided over by the State Council, or the Cabinet, the conference will map out policies on the country’s rural development for the next few years.

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BEIJING, Dec. 26 (Xinhua) — Yi Gang, a senior official of China’s central bank, said Friday that the nation’s economic fundamentals are “in good shape” and urged people to have faith in the country’s growth.

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The National Meeting on Commercial Works which lasted two days was held in Beijing on December 23 and December 24. The meeting emphasized the general requirements on the commercial requirements of 2009, which are: fully implementing the spirits of the 17th CPC National Congress and the Third Plenum of the 17th Party Congress, taking the Deng Xiaoping Theory and the important thoughts of “Three Represents” as guidance, deeply implementing and fulfilling the scientific outlook on development, taking “expanding of domestic demands and maintaining steady development of foreign trades” as the focuses, improving the policies, enhancing the services, wholly planning both the domestic and international markets and resources, accelerating the structural readjustment and transition of development modes, and achieving a effective and rapid development of commercial businesses.

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Commerce Minister Chen Deming said on Tuesday that he expected China’s foreign trade to grow about 18percent to 2.6 trillion U.S. dollars for 2008 as a whole, despite the downturn in foreign demand during the second half.

He also estimated that foreign investment had exceeded 90 billion U.S. dollars, up about 20 percent.

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China’s insurance regulator will promote insurers’ debt investment into infrastructure projects in 2009, Wu Dingfu, chairman of the China Insurance Regulatory Commission said.

Debt investment into sectors like transportation, telecommunications and resources will be particularly welcome, said Wu.

Meanwhile, the pilot program on insurers’ equity investment into financial companies and other quality enterprises will also be expanded in 2009, he added.

China’s outstanding foreign debt was 441.95 billion U.S. dollars through September, up about 18.3 percent from the end of 2007, the State Administration of Foreign Exchange (SAFE) said on Friday.

The figure excluded Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan.

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Circular of China Banking Regulatory Commission on Printing and Issuing the Guidelines on Risk Management of M&A Loans of Commercial Banks

Yin Jian Fa [2008] No. 84

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BEIJING, Dec. 27 (Xinhua) — Measures to improve China’s agriculture and the income for rural people are expected to come out of an annual rural work conference which began here Saturday.

Presided over by the State Council, or the Cabinet, the conference will map out policies on the country’s rural development for the next few years.

Earlier this month, the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), predicted the nation’s grain output will increase for five straight years and reach 525 million tonnes in 2008.

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