Topic: Great Hall Of The People

China's Hu: Communist party faces 'growing pains'

AFP Global Edition - 234 days ago
Chinese President Hu Jintao on Friday warned that the ruling Communist party, marking its 90th birthday, was facing "growing pains" and said members needed to be more disciplined than ever."The whole party is confronted with growing pains," Hu said in a ...

China, US open high-level talks in Beijing

AFP Global Edition - 637 days ago
The United States and China on Monday opened two days of high-level talks due to cover a wide range of issues including tensions over the sinking of a South Korean warship, blamed on Pyongyang.The value of the Chinese yuan and a ...

NPC Snapshots

The Encyclopedia Britannica - 864 days ago
Several images taken from the First Session of the 11th National People's Congress (NPC) in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, on March 5, 2008 are presented. //www.bjreview.com BEIJING REVIEW MARCH 13, 2008 ; NPC Snapshots By ...

Asia-Europe summit begins in Beijing amid financial crisis

AFP Asian Edition - 1214 days ago
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao opened the two-day Asia-Europe Meeting here on Friday, with the summit attended by leaders from 43 nations from the two regions.The summit, at Beijing's Great Hall of the People, was set to be dominated by the ...

China's Wen calls for measures to 'basically halt' damage to environment

Forbes - 2178 days ago
Premier Wen Jiabao called for measures over the next five years to 'basically halt' the destruction of the nation's environment in the name of economic growth. Wen's annual work report, delivered at the start of the 10-day meeting of the ...