01-02-08

中國國際航空公司推遲北韓首都新航線 (Air China Delays New Route to North Korean Capital)

中國的航空公司中國國際航空公司推遲啟動飛往北韓首都平壤的新定期航線，強調這一推遲與北韓核裁軍進程沒有任何聯繫。

中國國際航空公司星期三表示，已經把開通新航線的時間推遲到今年3月。該航空公司計劃在北京與平壤之間每星期飛行三個航班。

公司官員說，繁忙的航班日程導致這一拖延，並否認拖延與“政治”或者有關北韓核武器項目的六方會談有聯繫。

北韓曾承諾在2007年年底之前廢除其主要核設施的功能，但沒有在截止日期前兌現承諾。北韓也沒有在同一日期之前提供其核活動的詳細清單。

Chinese carrier Air China has delayed the launch of a new regular route to the North Korean capital, Pyongyang, insisting the move was not linked to the North's nuclear disarmament process.

Air China said Wednesday that it had postponed the opening of the new route until March. The airline plans to fly three days a week between Beijing and Pyongyang.

Company officials said a busy flight schedule had triggered the delay and denied it had anything to do with "politics" or the six-party talks over North Korea's nuclear weapons programs.

North Korea had pledged to disable its main nuclear complex before the end of 2007, but it failed to reach that deadline. It also failed to produce a detailed list of its nuclear activities by the same date.

報告：中國2008年將出現連續第六年兩位數增長 (Report: China to See Sixth Year of Double Digit Growth in 2008)

中國政府所屬一家研究機構說，中國經濟2008年將出現兩位數增長，但是報告補充說，消費通貨膨脹應當稍微有減輕。

中國國家資訊中心的報告說，2008年中國國內生產總值預計會增長10.8%，比去年估計的11.4%的增長率有所下降。

報告還說，2008年通貨膨脹率預計在4.5%左右，略低於2007年創下的10年來最高的4.7%的通脹率。

A Chinese government research institute says the country's economy will see double-digit growth in 2008, but the report adds that consumer price inflation should ease slightly.

The report by China's State Information Center said the gross domestic product is expected to expand by 10-point-eight percent in 2008, down from last year's estimated growth of 11-point-four percent.

The report also said that inflation is expected to run about four-point-five percent for 2008, down from a decade-high four-point-seven percent in 2007.