Top legislator Li Peng says China's socialist legal system with Chinese characteristics has basically been completed.
The legal system is based on the Constitution and supported by civil, criminal, economic, administrative and procedural laws.
Addressing a meeting marking the publication of the Stature Book of People’s Republic of China in Beijing, Li Peng says ruling the country by law and the establishment of a socialist legal state are the major policies the Chinese people take to govern the country.
He adds that the stature book contains all current laws China now practices.
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The east Chinese cities of Xiamen and Hangzhou have been awarded the titles of 'Garden City'.
The international “garden cities” contest, which began in 1997, is known by the international community as the “green Oscar” competition, and one of the most important activities in environmental protection.
In this year’s contest, held in Germany, Xiamen and Hangzhou ranked first and second with the highest points in the categories of scenery improvement, relics management, environmental protection, public participation and future planning.
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Wal-Mart China and China International Trust and Investment Corporation have signed an agreement in Shanghai to establish the East China Wal-Mart Stores Company.
The world's largest retailer also held an opening ceremony for the Wal-Mart Global Procurement Shanghai Operating Group on Wednesday.
East China Wal-Mart Stores will set up modern retail outlets in Shanghai and surrounding areas. Wal-Mart Global Procurement Shanghai Operating Group will organize supply networks in northern and eastern China.
By the end of August, Wal-Mart had set up 22 outlets in nine Chinese cities. In 2001, Wal-Mart purchased 10 billion US dollars of goods in China and exported them to over 4,500 stores all over the world. Its global sales volume amounted to over 210 billion US dollars last year.
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Wireless technology giant Motorola says it has signed contracts worth 68 million US dollars with China Mobile (Hong Kong) Ltd., the world's largest cellular carrier, to expand its networks.
Motorola plans to upgrade China Mobile's GSM networks in Jilin, Liaoning, Jiangxi and Shanxi provinces as well as in the urban centers of Beijing and Tianjin by the first half of 2003.
The firm also expects to extend China Mobile's GPRS network in southern Zhejiang province and Tianjin.
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US West Coast dockworkers will return to work soon after a federal judge ordered the reopening of ports.
The 10-day labor dispute prompted US President George W. Bush to intervene.
On Bush's request, US District Judge William Alsup issued the order to reopen all ports along the west coast. The judge will hold a hearing next week on the 80-day cooling-off period mandated by the Taft-Hartley Act.
West coast ports were closed late last month amid a bitter contract dispute that centers on the implementation of waterfront technology. Unionized dock workers believe that the new technology will lead to job losses.
The ports dispute has dealt a huge blow to a US economy still struggling with recession. Around 300 billion US dollars worth of goods pass through the ports each year, mainly heading for and arriving from ports in the Asia-Pacific region such as Shanghai and Hong Kong.
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US stock markets fell to their lowest close in more than five years on Wednesday after bleak forecasts for household names such as General Electric and Ford fanned fears about corporate profits.
The Dow Jones sank over two and a half percent, to 7,286. The Nasdaq slipped over one percent to 1,114, carving out new 6-year closing lows.
European stocks also sagged, as worries spread in the automobile sector that a weak economy will hit earnings.
The FTSE-100 closed up less than half a percent, at 3,742. The CAC 40 Index in Paris closed down nearly one and a half percent, at 2,656. Frankfurt's DAX was down nearly one percent at 2,597.
A ceremony has been held to prelude the relocation of an ancient temple that will save it from being flooded by the Three Gorges Reservoir in southwest China.
Known as "the oldest resident" on the site of the Three Gorges Reservoir, the temple will be moved 32 kilometers upstream of the Yangtze River and is expected to reopen in July next year.
The Relocation was originally scheduled for last August, but was postponed by the local government to accommodate more than 30,000 domestic and overseas visitors during the seven-day National Holiday in early this month.
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The Swiss-based World Conservation Union warns that over 11,000 plant and animal species, including a rare kind of European lynx, are now facing extinction.
The group has listed Indonesia, India, Brazil and China as home to the most threatened mammals and birds, saying the Iberian lynx will likely become the first wild cat species to die out since records began being kept on endangered species.
It's also drawn attention to the rapid decline in the number of plant species in South and Central America, Central and West Africa, and Southeast Asia.
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China's rapid rise to the top echelon of world science continues. The country is now the eighth-biggest producer of vital scientific research papers, which are published all around the world.
Many advanced technologies have been developed in China, including manned spaceflight.
Meanwhile, the country's import and export of high-tech products exceeded a hundred billion US dollars for the first time last year.
The nation's advance in science and technology are directly due to innovation projects started in 1998.
1--Do you want black or white coffee?
2--White, please.
1--Look! There's a folk concert tomorrow evening.
Do you want to go?
2--I don't like folk music very much.
1--What kind of music do you like?
2--I like classical music. Do you?
1--Not very much. Classical music sends me to sleep.
2--I don't believe you.
1--It's true.
2--You are funny!
1--So are you! How about another coffee?
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注解：
1）black or white coffee：加糖或加牛奶的称作white
coffee.什么也不加的称作black coffee.
2）folk concert：民间音乐会。folk作“民间的”、
“具有民族传说的”解。如folk dance，folk music,
folk songs, folk tale等。
3）classical：经典的。如classical music, classical
literature等。
4）How about...?（你以为）...怎么样？征询对方的意见时
常用的句型。如，征询关于时间安排的意见时，可以说How
about tomorrow？征询活动内容时可以说How about playing
tennis now?征询人选意见可以说How about Jane?等
Conversation A
(Emily comes into the living room on a Saturday morning.)
Emily : Hi, Mom. I need to talk to you.
Sue : OK. What about?
Emily : I don't really like the way I look.
Sue : What? Why not?
Emily : I'm tired of my hairstyle.
Sue : What's wrong with it? I like it.
Emily : A lot of my friends have cool new hairstyles. But I've had the same hairstyle for three years!
Sue : Is that all? Well, we can easily fix that!
Conversation B
Emily : Great! But can I go to a real hair salon this time? I know we save money by going to Cheap Cuts, but . . .
Sue : Sure. I think we can afford one haircut at a nicer place.
Emily : Actually, I don't want a haircut. I want long hair, so I'm letting it grow.
Sue : If you don't want a haircut, then what do you want?
Emily : Well, that's what I want to talk to you about.
Conversation C
Sue : Do you want a perm?
Emily : No. Straight hair is in style right now. But can I dye it?
Sue : Maybe. What color?
Emily : Well, Brittany just dyed hers blue, and it looks really cool!
Sue : You may not dye your hair blue!
Emily : Purple? Green?
Sue : Are you kidding?
Emily : No. A lot of kids at school are doing it.
Sue : You may dye your hair, but no strange colors!
Sally : Oh, OK.
Key Words
hairstyle (n)
Grace has long hair. But now she wants a shorter hairstyle.
hair salon (n phr)
I never go to hair salons. My mom cuts my hair.
to grow (v)
Wow, your son is so tall! He's grown a lot since last summer!
perm (n)
My hair is straight. I want to get a perm.
to dye (v)
Lisa's hair is black, but she dyed it red.
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