10-09-07

中共領導人為關鍵黨代會做準備 (China's Communist Party Leaders Prepare for key Congress)

中國共產黨領導人星期二在首都北京召開會議，為下星期舉行的5年一次的黨代會做最後準備。

中國官方的新華社報導，在星期二的會議上，高層領導人將集中討論一份有關未來5年中共工作重點草案的最後草稿。

預計，這份文件將對中國國家主席胡錦濤在經濟、打擊腐敗、醫療保健以及社會服務等領域的議事計劃作出概述。

新華社還報導說，星期二的會議還將討論修改中共黨章事宜，並聽取中共打擊內部腐敗努力的報告。

根據中共統計，中國共產黨員的人數已經增加到7300多萬人，比5年前多出了600萬人。

Leaders of China's Communist Party met Tuesday in the Chinese capital, Beijing, to make their final preparations for next week's twice-a-decade party congress.

China's official Xinhua news agency said today's meeting of the party's top leaders would focus on discussing a final draft of the party's priorities for the next five years.

The document is expected to outline Chinese President Hu Jintao's agenda regarding the economy and corruption, as well as health care and social services.

Xinhua said officials at Tuesday's meeting would also discuss a draft amendment to the party constitution and hear a report on the party's efforts to fight internal corruption.

According to Communist Party statistics, membership has risen to more than 73 million, an increase of over six million from five years ago.

歐中同意共同監督中國服裝對歐出口 (EU, China Agree to Jointly Monitor Chinese Clothing Exports to Europe)

歐盟與中國達成一項協議，在2008年底前監督中國服裝對歐洲的出口，以期緩解兩個經濟體之間的貿易緊張關係。

歐洲委員會星期二說，將在明年同中國商務部對某些種類的服裝實施“共同進口監督”，而不是按照原計劃從2008年開始取消所有中國紡織品的進口配額。

這項協議沒有對中國公司出口到歐洲的紡織品數量設置上限，但是卻設立了一個幫助追蹤貿易流量的機制。如果來自中國的大量廉價服裝衝擊了歐洲市場，這項機制將允許雙方政府介入。

The European Union and China have reached an agreement to monitor Chinese clothing exports to Europe until the end of 2008, a move aimed at easing trade tensions between the two economies.

The European Commission said Tuesday that it will run "joint import surveillance" with the Chinese Foreign Trade Ministry for the next year for some types of clothing, instead of lifting all quotas on Chinese textiles at the start of 2008 as originally planned.

The agreement will not cap the amount of Chinese textiles that companies can send to Europe, but sets up a mechanism to help keep track of trade volumes. The measure will allow governments to step in if a flood of cheaper Chinese clothing hits European markets.