China in 21
1. Shanghai World Expo was successfully held
China's 21 Shanghai World Expo was held from May 1st to October 31st. The Shanghai World Expo is another international event held in China after the Beijing Olympic Games. It is the first registered world Expo held in a developing country with the theme of "Better City, Better Life". In 184 days, exhibitors from 246 countries and international organizations wrote a passionate movement of human civilization and harmony through exhibitions, forums and performances. The number of visitors to the Shanghai World Expo reached 73.8 million, setting a new record in the history of the Expo.
II. Signing of Cross-Strait Economic Cooperation Framework Agreement
On June 29th, ARATS and SEF held the fifth leaders' meeting in Chongqing, and signed the Cross-Strait Economic Cooperation Framework Agreement and the Cross-Strait Intellectual Property Protection Cooperation Agreement. The signing of the framework agreement on cross-strait economic cooperation has promoted the normalization of cross-strait economic relations, defined the goal of liberalization of cross-strait economic exchanges, and built a institutionalized platform for cross-strait economic cooperation. This is another major progress in the peaceful development of cross-strait relations and another milestone in the history of cross-strait relations.
III. Implementation of the Outline of the Medium and Long-term Education Plan
Xinhua News Agency was authorized to issue the Outline of the National Medium and Long-term Education Reform and Development Plan (21-22) on July 29th. The outline defines the working policy of "giving priority to development, educating people, reforming and innovating, promoting fairness and improving quality", and puts forward the strategic goal of education reform and development in the next 1 years: by 22, basically realize the modernization of education, basically form a learning society and enter the ranks of powerful countries in human resources. According to the outline, China will promote the reform of personnel training system, examination and enrollment system, school-running system and management system, build a modern school system and expand education opening.
IV. Celebrate the 3th anniversary of the establishment of special economic zones
The 3th anniversary celebration meeting of Shenzhen Special Economic Zone was held on September 6th. The establishment of special economic zones is an important decision made by the party and the state to promote China's reform, opening up and socialist modernization. Under the personal care of Comrade Deng Xiaoping, the CPC Central Committee and the State Council decided to set up Shenzhen, Zhuhai, Shantou and Xiamen Special Economic Zones, and then set up Hainan Special Economic Zone to implement special policies and flexible measures. General Secretary Hu Jintao pointed out at the celebration meeting that the development achievements of Shenzhen and other special economic zones are a powerful proof of the superiority of China's socialist system. The central government will, as always, support the special economic zones to explore boldly, try first and play a role.
V. Overcoming the Yushu Earthquake, Zhouqu Debris Flow and other disasters
At 7: 49 on April 14th, the strongest earthquake occurred in Yushu, Qinghai since the local historical record; At 23: 4 on August 7th, a catastrophic mudslide hit Zhouqu, Gansu Province ... In 21, natural disasters such as earthquake, flood, drought, typhoon and mudslide in China were extremely serious, causing heavy casualties and property losses. Under the strong leadership of the CPC Central Committee, the State Council and the Central Military Commission, the whole party, the whole army and the people of all ethnic groups throughout the country worked hard in unity, striving to win a major victory in disaster relief and writing a new chapter in the history of disaster prevention and reduction in China.
VI. The Fifth Plenary Session of the Seventeenth Central Committee of the CPC plans the blueprint for the development of the Twelfth Five-Year Plan
The fifth plenary session of the 17th Central Committee of the China Producer Party was held in Beijing from October 15th to 18th, 21. The plenary session deliberated and adopted the "Proposal of the Central Committee on Formulating the Twelfth Five-Year Plan for National Economic and Social Development". The proposal emphasizes that the theme of scientific development is the requirement of the times, and the only way to promote scientific development is to speed up the transformation of economic development mode. The main goals of economic and social development in the next five years are: steady and rapid economic development, significant progress in strategic adjustment of economic structure, rapid increase in income of urban and rural residents, obvious strengthening of social construction, and deepening of reform and opening up.
VII. Successful hosting of Guangzhou Asian Games and Asian Para Games
The 16th Asian Games was held in Guangzhou from November 12th to 27th. Nearly 1, athletes from 45 countries and regions in Asia set 3 world records, 15 Asian records and 27 Asian Games records. Twenty-nine countries and regions won the Asian Games gold medal, and 36 countries and regions won the Asian Games medal. China sports delegation won 199 gold medals and 416 medals, ranking first in the gold medal list of the Asian Games for eight consecutive years. The 21 Guangzhou Asian Para Games was held from December 12th to December 19th. This is the first comprehensive Asian Games for the disabled after the reorganization of Asian sports organizations for the disabled.
VIII. Tianhe-1 became the fastest computer in the world
On November 17th, the TOP5 international supercomputer organization officially released the 36th ranking list of the world's top 5 supercomputers. The "Tianhe No.1" supercomputer system installed in Tianjin Center of National Supercomputing ranks first in the world with its excellent performance of peak speed of 4,7 trillion times and continuous floating-point operation speed of 2,566 trillion times per second, achieving a historic breakthrough in the comprehensive technical level of China's self-developed supercomputers entering the world's leading ranks.
IX. China's grain output increased for the seventh consecutive year
The National Bureau of Statistics announced on December 3 that the total grain output in 21 was 546.41 million tons (1,92.8 billion Jin), an increase of 2.9% over the previous year. This is the seventh consecutive year that China's grain production has increased, which is a hard-won achievement in overcoming severe natural disasters. China's total grain output has been stable at more than 1 trillion Jin for four consecutive years, which indicates that China's comprehensive grain production capacity is stable at the level of 1 trillion Jin. The sustained and stable development of grain production has laid a solid foundation for coping with the international financial crisis, maintaining the steady and rapid development of the national economy and promoting social harmony and stability.
X. The Central Committee puts forward the basic orientation of "active, steady, prudent and flexible" macroeconomic policy
Facing the complicated and changeable domestic and international economic environment and severe challenges from home and abroad and nature, the CPC Central Committee and the State Council made scientific decisions, firmly grasped the initiative of economic work, insisted on handling the relationship between maintaining stable and rapid economic development, adjusting economic structure and managing inflation expectations as the core of macroeconomic regulation and control, and made efforts to improve the pertinence and flexibility of policies in a timely manner according to the new situation, so that the economy and society improved. On December 3rd, Politburo meeting of the Chinese Communist Party proposed that China will implement a proactive fiscal policy and a prudent monetary policy in 211, and the subsequent Central Economic Work Conference made it clear again that the basic orientation of macroeconomic policy next year should be "proactive, prudent and flexible" to further set the tone for macroeconomic policy.
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Tianan explosion bombarded the northeast Asia, and the situation was tense
On March 26th, the South Korean navy's "Tianan" warning ship sank due to an unexplained explosion in the western waters, only 58 of the 14 officers and men on board were still alive and 46 were missing. South Korean media called it "the biggest tragedy in the history of South Korean navy". On November 23, the mutual shelling of Yeonpyeong Island occurred between the DPRK and the ROK, which caused the situation on the peninsula to be tense and added variables to the situation in Northeast Asia. South Korea and the United States subsequently held joint military exercises several times, while South Korea also conducted live-fire shooting training at sea in several areas alone. In view of the particularity of the relationship between the north and the south of the Korean peninsula, the conflict has made the situation on the Korean peninsula more tense. Relations between North Korea and South Korea were completely interrupted, and the six-party talks were at a standstill.
Proton beam collision successfully explores the universe and takes a new step
On March 3th, CERN announced that two beams with a total energy of 7 trillion electron volts collided on the Large Hadron Collider, which crosses the border between Switzerland and France near Geneva. After two failures, it finally succeeded. This is the highest energy collision in the world at present, which is said to be close to the energy of BIGBANG, and the scientific exploration of human beings to uncover the mystery of the origin of the universe has taken a big step forward. The Large Hadron Collider is the largest particle accelerator in the world. The project is called the largest scientific research project in the world, with an investment of 3.9 billion euros, and more than 7, people from more than 8 countries around the world, including researchers from 1 research institutes and universities in China.
Iceland's volcanic eruption can't be underestimated
On April 14th, Eyjafjallajokull volcano, the fifth largest glacier in Iceland, exploded once in 2 years. Volcanic soot continuously ejected from the crater forms a volcanic ash cloud at an altitude of more than 7, meters and drifts to the southeast, covering northern Norway, northern Poland, Germany, France, Belgium, southern Britain and northwestern Russia. Iceland volcanic dust paralyzed air traffic in Europe, and the aviation industry suffered huge economic losses. According to the estimation of ICAO, the losses caused by Icelandic volcanic dust to the international aviation industry have exceeded "9? The "11" incident has also affected tourism, logistics and other industries that rely on air transportation. The influence of Icelandic volcanic dust once spread to the whole economic circle.
The contagion effect of the fire in the Greek debt gate has affected the fish in the pond
The Greek government announced in April that it would not be able to refinance the 2 billion euro national debt that was about to expire if it did not get a rescue loan before May. Fearing that the Greek government would default on its national debt totaling 3-4 billion dollars, investors began to sell Greek national debt on a large scale, which led to the outbreak of the Greek sovereign debt crisis. Greek banks could not be replenished with funds, and the liquidity shortage in the money market suddenly increased. Under the "contagion effect" of the Greek sovereign debt crisis, Spain, Ireland, Portugal and Italy suffered credit crises at the same time, and the GDP of the affected countries accounted for about 37% of the GDP of the euro zone: European capital flight, lack of liquidity in the money market, rising interest rates and depreciation of the euro. In view of this, the European Union, the European Central Bank and the International Monetary Fund urgently introduced 75 billion euros of rescue measures. This is the largest rescue operation in Europe.
The serious ecological damage caused by the black gold spill is incalculable
On April 2th, the Deepwater Horizon drilling platform leased by BP exploded in the waters of the Gulf of Mexico near Louisiana, USA, killing 11 workers and causing the worst oil spill accident in American history. After the accident, BP tried to stop the oil spill by various methods, such as "top-killing method", but it was not until mid-July that a temporary leakage control cover was used to completely control the oil spill for the first time. So far, about 4.9 million barrels of crude oil have leaked into the Gulf of Mexico, causing great disasters to the marine ecology and coastal economy of the Gulf of Mexico. The oil spill cost BP dearly. However, the "loopholes" caused by oil slick pollution to coastal economy, residents' health and ecological environment are far from being compensated by money.
The World Cup goes to the African continent, and Spain holds the World Cup for the first time
The 19th World Cup was held in the Republic of South Africa, which has the reputation of "the country of rainbows" and "the country of diamonds and gold", from June 11th to July 11th, 21. This is the first time that the African continent has hosted the World Cup. The opening performance of the World Cup with the theme of "Welcome the world home" conveyed the enthusiasm of African people and their expectations for the World Cup to the world, and the horn of writing legends and interpreting classics sounded, thus the world entered "African time". Public opinion generally believes that the World Cup in South Africa shows the unique cultural charm of the African continent to the whole world, expresses the passion and desire of Africans to love life and enjoy sports, and shows the friendship of African people to athletes and friends from all over the world. There is also public opinion that this is not a World Cup for superstars, but a World Cup full of gimmicks.
disasters are merciless, and Chilean miners work miracles
On August 5th, a landslide occurred in the San Jose copper mine in the Atacama desert in northern Chile, and 33 miners were trapped under a 7-meter deep well. After the mine disaster, the Chilean government immediately undertook the work of rescuing the trapped miners. Chilean President Piniella immediately stopped his visit to Colombia on August 7 and rushed to the scene of the copper mine accident to express condolences to the families of the trapped miners and supervise the rescue work. After intense work day and night, rescuers finally dug a "life passage", and the trapped miners successfully ascended the well through a special "capsule" rescue capsule. On October 13th, nearly 69 days after being trapped underground, all 33 trapped miners were successfully rescued. The whole rescue process was completely presented to the outside world through the media. In 69 days and nights, Chilean people and people all over the world were worried about 33 miners, and witnessed the rescue miracle.
Understanding communication, gathering together and cooperating, the perfect curtain call for the Shanghai World Expo
On October 31st, the 184-day Shanghai World Expo was successfully concluded. The Shanghai World Expo is another international event held in China after the Beijing Olympic Games, and it is also the first registered world Expo held in a developing country. The theme of this World Expo is "Better City, Better Life". Since the opening ceremony on May 1st, exhibitors from 246 countries and international organizations have discussed the future development prospects of the city together through exhibitions, forums and performances, and * * * has written a passionate movement of human civilization and harmony, vividly interpreting the Expo concept of "understanding, communication, gathering and cooperation". The Shanghai World Expo has attracted nearly 73 million visitors. The next World Expo will be held in Milan, Italy in 215.
The United States has been widely criticized for its successive "quantitative easing" at the expense of others.
The Federal Reserve announced a new round of quantitative easing program on November 3rd. This is the second time that the Federal Reserve has adopted quantitative easing measures after purchasing assets worth $1.7 trillion from December 28 to March 21. The Federal Reserve's "quantitative easing" monetary policy makes the depreciation of the US dollar beneficial to US exports and the overall US economy to some extent. However, the monetary policy of "quantitative easing" will certainly lead to vicious inflation and soaring asset prices, which will cause a large number of speculators to enter the market, which will have a greater impact on the prices of energy and non-ferrous metals, and may cause financial bubbles and economic bubbles that are more serious than at present. From the global market, "quantitative easing" will also add to other economies hit by the financial crisis and trigger a fierce international currency dispute. (In addition, the collision of the Diaoyu Islands between China and Japan and the shelling of Yeonpyeong Island should also be the main attractions.)