10-09-07

中共领导人为关键党代会做准备 (China's Communist Party Leaders Prepare for key Congress)

中国共产党领导人星期二在首都北京召开会议，为下星期举行的5年一次的党代会做最后准备。

中国官方的新华社报导，在星期二的会议上，高层领导人将集中讨论一份有关未来5年中共工作重点草案的最后草稿。

预计，这份文件将对中国国家主席胡锦涛在经济、打击腐败、医疗保健以及社会服务等领域的议事计划作出概述。

新华社还报导说，星期二的会议还将讨论修改中共党章事宜，并听取中共打击内部腐败努力的报告。

根据中共统计，中国共产党员的人数已经增加到7300多万人，比5年前多出了600万人。

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.

欧中同意共同监督中国服装对欧出口 (EU, China Agree to Jointly Monitor Chinese Clothing Exports to Europe)

欧盟与中国达成一项协议，在2008年底前监督中国服装对欧洲的出口，以期缓解两个经济体之间的贸易紧张关系。

欧洲委员会星期二说，将在明年同中国商务部对某些种类的服装实施“共同进口监督”，而不是按照原计划从2008年开始取消所有中国纺织品的进口配额。

这项协议没有对中国公司出口到欧洲的纺织品数量设置上限，但是却设立了一个帮助追踪贸易流量的机制。如果来自中国的大量廉价服装冲击了欧洲市场，这项机制将允许双方政府介入。

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.