China's Ministry of Commerce expressed its understanding that some countries and regions have taken restrictive measures on Chinese dairy products, a MOC spokesman has said.
The spokesman made the remarks on Friday in response to the restrictive measures on Chinese diary products after the scandal of the melamine contaminated milk that killed at least three infants.
He said Chinese government has always attached great importance to product quality and food security, and endeavored to protect people's life and heath.
The spokesman said Chinese food safety watchdogs had strengthened supervision of exported dairy products, stressing that it has taken effective measures and strengthened its surveillance of exported milk and diary products.
Melamine examination was carried on each batch of milk and diary products since Sept. 10, and was expanded to cover milk-containing food since Sept. 20, according to MOC.
China exported more than 130 batches of milk and diary products, weighing over 3,000 tonnes from Sept. 10 to Oct. 6, all of which passed melamine test, the spokesman said.
China calls for unbiased, scientific and fair treatment of Chinese diary products and set up no barriers to normal trade activities.
Source: Xinhua
Saturday, October 11, 2008
Chinese, British FMs talk over phone about ASEM Summit
Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi and his British counterpart David Miliband on Friday exchanged views in a phone conversation on the seventh Asia-Europe Meeting which is scheduled for Oct. 24-25 in Beijing.
The coming ASEM summit is great realistic significance in view of the current international political and economic situations which are undergoing complicated and profound changes, Yang said.
China is ready to work with Britain and other parties concerned to ensure a success of the meeting and make it one that will strengthen consensus, promote cooperation and is oriented toward the future, he said.
Miliband said Britain will be attending the meeting in line with the same spirit and is ready to contribute positively to the success of the meeting.
Source: Xinhua
The coming ASEM summit is great realistic significance in view of the current international political and economic situations which are undergoing complicated and profound changes, Yang said.
China is ready to work with Britain and other parties concerned to ensure a success of the meeting and make it one that will strengthen consensus, promote cooperation and is oriented toward the future, he said.
Miliband said Britain will be attending the meeting in line with the same spirit and is ready to contribute positively to the success of the meeting.
Source: Xinhua
Chinese President appoints new ambassador to United Nations
Zhang Yesui has been appointed China's ambassador to the United Nations, replacing Wang Guangya, it was announced on Friday.
Chinese President Hu Jintao appointed Zhang in line with decisions adopted by the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, China's top legislature, said an official statement.
Source: Xinhua
Chinese President Hu Jintao appointed Zhang in line with decisions adopted by the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, China's top legislature, said an official statement.
Source: Xinhua
Sri Lankan ruling party to strengthen relations with CPC
Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapakse told a visiting Communist Party of China delegation on Friday that his party will strengthen friendly relationship with the CPC.
Rajapakse, who is also the leader of the ruling Sri Lankan Freedom Party , made the remarks during his meeting with the good-will delegation led by Liu Hongcai, deputy head of the International Department of the CPC Central Committee.
Rajapakse said Sri Lanka and China have been enjoying a solid friendship in the last 50 years.
"We appreciate the massive assistance provided by the Chinese government and the Chinese people to Sri Lanka for its economic and social development," Rajapakse told his Chinese guests.
The president hoped that his party and the CPC could share their governing experience, adding that closer relations should be established between young politicians of the two parties.
Liu said the CPC and the Chinese government attached great importance to the Sino-Lankan relationship.
He said the CPC is ready to strengthen and deepen its relationship with the SLFP and other main parties in Sri Lanka.
Liu and his delegation arrived here Wednesday for a three-day visit at the invitation of the SLFP.
Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ratnasiri Wickremanayake, main opposition leader Ranil Wickramasinghe and some other senior Sri Lankan politicians also met Liu and his delegation during their stay.
Source: Xinhua
Rajapakse, who is also the leader of the ruling Sri Lankan Freedom Party , made the remarks during his meeting with the good-will delegation led by Liu Hongcai, deputy head of the International Department of the CPC Central Committee.
Rajapakse said Sri Lanka and China have been enjoying a solid friendship in the last 50 years.
"We appreciate the massive assistance provided by the Chinese government and the Chinese people to Sri Lanka for its economic and social development," Rajapakse told his Chinese guests.
The president hoped that his party and the CPC could share their governing experience, adding that closer relations should be established between young politicians of the two parties.
Liu said the CPC and the Chinese government attached great importance to the Sino-Lankan relationship.
He said the CPC is ready to strengthen and deepen its relationship with the SLFP and other main parties in Sri Lanka.
Liu and his delegation arrived here Wednesday for a three-day visit at the invitation of the SLFP.
Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ratnasiri Wickremanayake, main opposition leader Ranil Wickramasinghe and some other senior Sri Lankan politicians also met Liu and his delegation during their stay.
Source: Xinhua
Farmer wins right to appeal fraud conviction over fake tiger photos
The farmer who faked photographs of the endangered South China tiger in the wild will have his fraud conviction re-examined by a higher court next month, his new legal team announced after their first meeting with him on Friday.
Zhou Zhenglong, 54, was jailed for two and a half years after his conviction at Xunyang County People's Court, in the northwestern province of Shaanxi, on Sept. 27.
Zhou formally contracted two lawyers on Friday afternoon. Gu Yushu, attorney from Beijing Kingdom Law Firm, and Yang Jianjun, lawyer of Shaanxi Jindi Law Firm, promised to defend Zhou for free.
Xunyang County People's Court, where Zhou was also fined 2,000 yuan in the first court hearing, said his appeal application was transferred to Ankang Municipal Intermediate People's Court on Friday morning.
An appeal hearing should be opened in a month or at most one and a half months according to regulations, said a spokesman for his legal team.
Zhou staged the pictures of a South China tiger in order to win an alleged 100,000 yuan in prize money. The tiger is a subspecies that has not been seen in the wild in China for years.
According to court documents, Zhou shot 62 photos of a poster of tiger, which he disguised in foliage on Oct. 3, 2007.
The provincial forestry department announced the news to the public on Oct.12 and gave him a 20,000-yuan reward.
His defense lawyers claimed Zhou was not solely responsible for the bad publicity generated by the case, saying the "cursory release of the news by relevant departments" helped promulgate the fraud.
Thirteen government staff in Shaanxi were sacked or reprimanded as a result of the case.
Source: Xinhua
Zhou Zhenglong, 54, was jailed for two and a half years after his conviction at Xunyang County People's Court, in the northwestern province of Shaanxi, on Sept. 27.
Zhou formally contracted two lawyers on Friday afternoon. Gu Yushu, attorney from Beijing Kingdom Law Firm, and Yang Jianjun, lawyer of Shaanxi Jindi Law Firm, promised to defend Zhou for free.
Xunyang County People's Court, where Zhou was also fined 2,000 yuan in the first court hearing, said his appeal application was transferred to Ankang Municipal Intermediate People's Court on Friday morning.
An appeal hearing should be opened in a month or at most one and a half months according to regulations, said a spokesman for his legal team.
Zhou staged the pictures of a South China tiger in order to win an alleged 100,000 yuan in prize money. The tiger is a subspecies that has not been seen in the wild in China for years.
According to court documents, Zhou shot 62 photos of a poster of tiger, which he disguised in foliage on Oct. 3, 2007.
The provincial forestry department announced the news to the public on Oct.12 and gave him a 20,000-yuan reward.
His defense lawyers claimed Zhou was not solely responsible for the bad publicity generated by the case, saying the "cursory release of the news by relevant departments" helped promulgate the fraud.
Thirteen government staff in Shaanxi were sacked or reprimanded as a result of the case.
Source: Xinhua
Six detained over high-rise fire in NE China
Four heads of project contractors and two electric welders have been detained over a high-rise fire in northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, the local police and firefighting authorities said Friday.
An initial investigation showed alleged improper welding methods by the two workers ignited construction materials and started the fire at around 4 p.m. on the third floor of the "Jingwei360" building in the provincial capital, Harbin. The fire spread to other floors and was put out at 7 p.m..
The 99.8-meter-high structure had 29 floors, including one underground. It was almost completed when the accident happened.
Fire-fighters rescued 61 people, mostly construction workers who were decorating apartments at the time, and no deaths were reported.
Some suffered slight symptoms of carbon monoxide poisoning and burns to upper respiratory system. They were hospitalized.
The two welders and the four representatives, from a construction firm and a project supervision company based in Heilongjiang, and two wall decorating companies based in Guangdong Province in southern China, are being interrogated by police.
Source: Xinhua
An initial investigation showed alleged improper welding methods by the two workers ignited construction materials and started the fire at around 4 p.m. on the third floor of the "Jingwei360" building in the provincial capital, Harbin. The fire spread to other floors and was put out at 7 p.m..
The 99.8-meter-high structure had 29 floors, including one underground. It was almost completed when the accident happened.
Fire-fighters rescued 61 people, mostly construction workers who were decorating apartments at the time, and no deaths were reported.
Some suffered slight symptoms of carbon monoxide poisoning and burns to upper respiratory system. They were hospitalized.
The two welders and the four representatives, from a construction firm and a project supervision company based in Heilongjiang, and two wall decorating companies based in Guangdong Province in southern China, are being interrogated by police.
Source: Xinhua
China tests find no melamine in new milk powder
The latest tests on Chinese milk powder have found no traces of melamine, the country's top quality control agency said on Friday.
It was the third round of tests for the industrial chemical since the the breaking of the tainted baby formula scandal that left at least three infants dead and sickened more than 50,000 others, according to the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine .
The tests covered 113 batches of baby formula from 20 brands in nine provinces and 267 batches of other milk powder from 72 brands in 18 provinces, the agency said.
At present, 460 batches of baby formula from 50 brands and 576 batches of other milk powder from 133 brands produced after Sept. 14 have been tested and none contained melamine, it added.
Melamine, often used in the manufacturing of plastics, was added to sub-standard or diluted milk to make the protein levels appear higher.
The Ministry of Commerce on Friday said it hoped other countries would treat Chinese dairy products fairly and set up no barriers to normal trade activities.
The AQSIQ has started strict quality checks of dairy exports, the ministry said. Dairy exports after Sept. 10 were safe.
The State Council, or Cabinet, issued a series of quality control regulations for dairy products on Thursday.
The regulations tighten control of how milk-yielding animals are bred, how raw milk is purchased and the production and sales of dairy food.
They promised more severe punishment for people who violated safety standards and quality control departments that failed to fulfil their duties.
Source: Xinhua
It was the third round of tests for the industrial chemical since the the breaking of the tainted baby formula scandal that left at least three infants dead and sickened more than 50,000 others, according to the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine .
The tests covered 113 batches of baby formula from 20 brands in nine provinces and 267 batches of other milk powder from 72 brands in 18 provinces, the agency said.
At present, 460 batches of baby formula from 50 brands and 576 batches of other milk powder from 133 brands produced after Sept. 14 have been tested and none contained melamine, it added.
Melamine, often used in the manufacturing of plastics, was added to sub-standard or diluted milk to make the protein levels appear higher.
The Ministry of Commerce on Friday said it hoped other countries would treat Chinese dairy products fairly and set up no barriers to normal trade activities.
The AQSIQ has started strict quality checks of dairy exports, the ministry said. Dairy exports after Sept. 10 were safe.
The State Council, or Cabinet, issued a series of quality control regulations for dairy products on Thursday.
The regulations tighten control of how milk-yielding animals are bred, how raw milk is purchased and the production and sales of dairy food.
They promised more severe punishment for people who violated safety standards and quality control departments that failed to fulfil their duties.
Source: Xinhua
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