NATION CHINA DAILY TUESDAY MARCH 27, 2007 3 China, Norway in new climate pact

mitigate the effects of glacial Projects to help provinces assess melting in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. risks of changing environment During one-hour offi cial talks prior to the signing of the pacts, By Le Tian to responding to the global chal- the two leaders agreed to work lenge of climate change,” Khalid out a framework agreement on Malik, the UNDP representative environmental protection to China will adopt on-the-ground in China, said. help future co-operation. strategies to combat climate The $2 million project will Wen said China supported change, with financial and be funded by Norway and is the Kyoto Protocol, although technological backing from expected to be launched by “the protocol gave no stipula- Norway. the middle of tions on the Further strengthening their the year by reduction of relationship yesterday, the two the National The presence of the emissions countries signed agreements in Coordination two top leaders for develop- Beijing, witnessed by Premier Committee on ing coun- Wen Jiabao and Norwegian Climate Change shows the strong tries”. Prime Minister Jens Stolten- of the National commitments of “The berg, on a three-day official Development Chinese visit to China. and Reform both governments government Among the three pacts is one Commission, to responding to the will adopt a targeting the effects of climate the country’s global challenge of responsible change, and will be jointly con- top economic attitude ducted by Norway, the United planning climate change. and seri- Nations Development Program agency, and the KHALID MALIK ously fulfi ll (UNDP) and China. UNDP. The UNDP representative in China its obliga- Details of the agreement The project tions,” Wen Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg (second right) introduces his entourage to Premier Wen Jiabao at the welcome were not immediately available, will look at said. ceremony held at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing yesterday. Xu Jingxing but a statement released by the ways to cut greenhouse gas China will go along with UNDP said the programs would emissions in the largest coal- the international community, Stoltenberg said the environ- He said his country was age more two-way investments est possible date. help Chinese provincial govern- producing Shanxi Province and including Norway, to intensify mental problems throughout willing to help China reach and expand cooperation in the Norway is the 69th country ments assess potential risks the Inner Mongolia Autonomous international cooperation in the globe are partly caused its goal of emission reduction field of clean energy, energy in the world to grant China caused by climate change and Region by improving effi ciency combating climate change, by the industrialization of the by increasing investment and saving, fi shery and forestry. complete market economy sta- develop ways to respond. in regional industries. improve its energy effi ciency, developed countries and they sharing its technologies. They pledged to launch tus, but China’s biggest trade “The presence of the two top The statement said the pro- develop clean energy and strive have the responsibility to help The two leaders also agreed joint feasibility studies on a partner the United States, the leaders shows the strong com- grams would also look at ways to control greenhouse gas emis- developing countries reduce to optimize the trade structure free trade agreement between European Union and Japan have mitments of both governments to help local governments sions, he said. emissions. between the two sides, encour- China and Norway at the earli- yet to do so. ONTHEMOVE Gathering of minds on Sinology New Shandong Party chief chief of the Municipal appointed CPC Tianjin Committee Li Jianguo was appointed Provincial has been By Wang Shanshan The convention, which is the Chen Zhili said at the opening Sinology in the West dated secretary of the Shandong Committee appointed fi rst one of its kind held on the ceremony of the convention as far back as Marco Polo in Provincial Committee of the since 1993, secretary Chinese mainland, is hosted yesterday. China has had 140 the 13th Century, but the sys- Communist Party of China before he was of the CPC Sinologists are a special group by the Chinese Language Confucius Institutes built in tematic study of China began (CPC) yesterday, replacing appointed Qinghai Qiang Wei of people: they study China Council under the Ministry 52 countries and regions to in the 16th Century when Zhang Gaoli, in a decision by Party chief Provincial outside China, cherish Chi- of Education and the Renmin promote Chinese language missionaries, notably Matteo the CPC Central Committee. of Shaanxi in Committee, replacing Zhao nese tradition more than many University in Beijing. and culture. Ricci, introduced Christianity Zhang Gaoli had earlier 1997. Li Jianguo Leji. Zhao Leji had earlier contemporary Chinese do, and Sinologists attending the The world’s Sinologists to China. Early sinological re- been appointed secretary of He is a been appointed secretary of some even act in the manner of convention investigate how are interested in whether search often concentrated on the CPC Tianjin Municipal member of the 15th and 16th the CPC Shaanxi Provincial ancient Chinese literati. studies of Chinese culture China is going to retain its the compatibility of Christian- Committee, replacing 68-year- CPC Central Committee. Committee of CPC. These people are having can contribute to an effective tradition, and whether the ity with Chinese culture. old Zhang Lichang. Qiang, born in 1953 in their biggest ever gathering communication between civi- Chinese traditional way of In 1814, a chair of Chinese Li, born in 1947 in Qiang named secretary for Wuxi, East China’s Jiangsu in Beijing. More than 220 lizations and to a harmonious thinking will help soothe the and Manchu was founded at Juancheng, East China’s CPC Qinghai committee Province, holds a master’s Sinologists from around the world. clash of civilizations, Helwig Collège de France. Jean-Pierre Shandong Province, graduated In another decision by the degree in engineering. globe arrived to attend the Achievements in Sinology Schmidt-Glintzer, a professor Abel-Rémusat, who taught from Shandong University in CPC Central Committee, He became deputy chief of three-day World Sinology research will aid Chinese at the Munich University in himself Chinese, filled the 1970. Qiang Wei, former deputy the CPC Beijing Municipal Convention, which started language learning and teach- Germany said at yesterday’s position, becoming the fi rst Li has worked as deputy chief of the CPC Beijing Committee in 2001. yesterday. ing globally, State Councillor session. Chinese professor in Europe.

Central Meteorological March 27-28 Observatory WEATHER High-speed train to link www.tq121.com.cn Nanjing with Anqing TRAVELER’S FORECAST HIGH/LOW TEMPERATURES, IN DEGREES CELSIUS AND SUNNYDRIZZLE CLOUDY RAIN DUST SNOW OVERCAST STORM SHOWER THUNDER FOG By Xin Dingding to the region along the Yangtze DEGREES FAHRENHEIT, AND EXPECTED CONDITIONS. River, as well as Hefei, its capi- CHONGQING XI’AN QINGDAO DALIAN CHANGCHUN HARBIN tal city. C...... Cloudy Sh...... Shower Today 21/14 24/12 15/7 Today 10/5 Today 5/-5 3/-6 Wed 23/13 24/10 16/8 Wed 8/4 Wed 7/-4 3/-6 A high-speed passenger railway The construction of the Nan- D...... Drizzle S...... Sunny is to be built to link Nanjing, jing-Anqing railway will help Du...... Dust Sn...... Snow the capital of Jiangsu Province, boost the growth of the region. F...... Fog St...... Storm URUMQI and Anqing in Anhui Province The 250-kilometer railway O...... Overcast T...... Thunderstorms Today 14/5 in East China. will run almost parallel to R...... Rain Wed 15/4 On completion, the route will the river, passing through cut the travel time between the Ma’anshan, Wuhu, Tongling TUESDAY WEDNESDAY two cities from the current eight and Chizhou. C F C F CHENGDU Today 24/13 hours to just 90 minutes. With a top speed of 250 BEIJING Wed 25/14 Changsha 18/15 64/59 D 20/16 68/60 O Today 15/3 The growing intercity rail kilometers per hour, trains Wed Dali 23/10 73/50 S 24/9 75/48 S 16/5 network in the Yangtze River will carry passengers between delta will also allow people to any two of the 16 cities in the LHASA Fuzhou 21/14 69/57 R 21/15 69/59 Sh Today 18/2 travel from Anqing to Shanghai Yangtze River Delta in no more in just three hours, down from than four hours. Guiyang 17/10 62/50 D 18/10 64/50 D Wed 19/3 SHANGHAI 12 hours now. Also, as both Hubei and Hangzhou 21/12 69/53 R 24/14 75/57 S Today 18/13 “The railway is expected to Henan provinces are to the west GUILIN Wed 20/14 stimulate not only economic of Anhui, the railway will speed Hohhot 15/0 59/32 S 16/2 60/35 C Today 19/14 Wed 22/15 growth in the areas surround- up travel between central and Hefei 23/13 73/55 O 24/13 75/55 S ing the Yangtze River delta, coastal provinces, which will but also regional economic support the development of Jinan 20/10 68/50 C 20/9 68/48 C KUNMING integration,” said the National Central China. Kashi 22/7 71/44 S 21/7 69/44 S Today 24/12 Development and Reform Com- As a major supplier of energy Wed 25/13 mission on its website, which and labor, Anhui has witnessed Lanzhou 20/5 68/41 S 20/5 68/41 S approved the 16.7 billion yuan a growing number of farmers Lijiang 22/8 71/46 C 22/8 71/46 S GUANGZHOU ($2.2 billion) project earlier this leaving the province to work in Today 24/21 month. coastal cities. Nanjing 22/13 71/55 O 23/12 73/53 S Wed 25/21 Despite its location, Anhui “The current railway in An- Nanning 28/23 82/73 C 29/23 84/73 Sh Province’s economy has long hui Province has been unable to HAIKOU WUHAN MACAO HONGKONG XIAMEN TAIPEI lagged behind its provincial satisfy demand,” said Liu Lian- Nanchang 21/13 69/55 D 23/14 73/57 C Today 33/23 Today 22/12 Today 25/22 Today 25/22 Today 21/16 Today 26/18 neighbors Jiangsu and Zhe- qing, director of the Shanghai Ningbo 18/13 64/55 R 22/12 71/53 C Wed 32/22 Wed 23/13 Wed 26/22 Wed 25/21 Wed 22/16 Wed 24/17 jiang, which together with Railway Bureau. Shanghai comprise the Yang- He told Shanghai Railway Shijiazhuang 21/9 69/48 S 19/7 66/44 O tze River Delta, one of the Magazine that the Ministry Suzhou 20/13 68/55 Sh 21/14 69/57 C Amsterdam 14/5 57/41 S 12/5 53/41 C New York 12/3 53/37 Sh 9/0 48/32 Sh main engines behind China’s of Railways and the Anhui economy. provincial government had Shenzhen 26/21 78/69 Sh 26/20 78/68 Sh Bangkok 34/28 93/82 C 35/27 95/80 C Paris 11/3 51/37 C 11/3 51/37 O “But the chance has now signed an agreement to lay come for Anhui. The coastal 1,700 kilometers of new tracks Sanya 32/25 89/77 C 32/25 89/77 C Berlin 15/5 59/41 S 14/5 57/41 S Rome 13/5 55/41 T 11/5 51/41 Sh regions are reconfiguring before 2020. Shenyang 10/3 50/37 C 11/-2 51/28 S Brussels 12/4 53/39 S 12/5 53/41 C San Francisco 14/8 57/46 D 16/9 60/48 C their industrial structures and In addition to the Nanjing- some of the industries need to Anqing railway, a high- speed Shantou 25/18 77/64 D 24/20 75/68 D Cairo 23/11 73/51 C 24/13 75/55 C Sao Paulo 29/19 84/66 C 28/20 82/68 C be moved out,” said deputy gov- passenger rail link is also under Taiyuan 20/3 68/37 S 18/5 64/41 Sh Cape Town 24/13 75/55 C 26/14 78/57 C Singapore 30/25 86/77 Sh 31/25 87/77 Sh ernor Ren Haishen last year. construction between Nanjing In fact, Anhui has already and Hefei, the capital of An- Tianjin 15/4 59/39 S 13/5 55/41 C Geneva 9/0 48/32 10/1 50/33 C Stockholm 12/1 53/33 13/1 55/33 C S S benefi ted from the restructur- hui Province. Works began Xigaze 16/-4 60/24 S 17/-5 62/23 S Helsinki 13/2 55/35 S 11/2 51/35 S Sydney 22/16 71/60 C 22/15 71/59 C ing. In 2005, 40 percent of in 2004 and will be fi nished the 250 billion yuan ($32.3 before 2010. Xining 17/-1 62/30 C 18/-1 64/30 S Karachi 32/22 89/71 33/23 91/73 S Teheran 13/8 55/46 12/7 53/44 S Sh D billion) fi xed asset investment Once completed, people in Yantai 12/7 53/44 S 11/5 51/41 D London 11/5 51/41 C 9/4 48/39 C Tokyo 17/11 62/51 C 18/11 64/51 C in the province came from in- Hefei will be able to travel to dustries transferred from the Nanjing in just one hour, and Yichang 22/13 71/55 O 26/12 78/53 C Mexico City 25/11 77/51 24/11 75/51 Toronto 10/2 50/35 5/-2 41/28 C C Sh C Yangtze River Delta, he said to Shanghai in two-and-a-half Yinchuan 20/4 68/39 S 21/3 69/37 C Moscow 10/2 50/35 C 12/3 53/37 C Vancouver 11/4 51/39 Sh 8/2 46/35 C in an online interview with hours. Zhengzhou 25/12 77/53 C 25/13 77/55 C www.people.com.cn. “The new railways will cost at Nairobi 26/15 78/59 Sh 26/14 78/57 C Vienna 13/3 55/37 C 13/4 55/39 S Facing such a good oppor- least 100 billion yuan ($12.9 bil- Zhuhai 25/23 77/73 D 26/23 78/73 D New Delhi 29/16 84/60 S 30/16 86/60 S Washington 14/4 57/39 Sh 12/1 53/33 C tunity, the provincial govern- lion) over the next fi ve to seven ment decided to give priority years,” Liu said.