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April 2012 Rs VOL. XXIV No. 4 April 2012 Rs. 10.00 Chinese President Hu Jintao met with Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on the sidelines of the Fourth BRICS Summit. The two leaders announced the year 2012 as the "Year of China-India Friendship and Cooperation" by lighting the auspicious oil lamp at PM Singh's Residence in New Delhi On March 29, 2012. Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Chinese President Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff, Russian President Hu Jintao, Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff, Indian Dmitry Medvedev, Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, President Pratibha Patil, Russian President Dmitry Chinese President Hu Jintao and South African President Medvedev, South African President Jacob Zuma and Indian Jacob Zuma (L to R) posed for a group photo at the Vice President Mohammad Hamid Ansari posed with beginning of the Fourth BRICS Summit in New Delhi on artists after a cultural programme in New Delhi on March March 29, 2012. 28, 2012. A cultural programme was hosted by President Patil for the BRICS leaders. Chinese President Hu Jintao (C, Front) attended a BRICS leaders met the press at the end of the Plenary restricted session of the Fourth BRICS Summit in New Session of the Fourth BRICS Summit in New Delhi on Delhi on March 29, 2012. March 29, 2012. Chinese delegation set up a media center and held several Mr. Zhou Tienong, Vice Chairman of the Standing press briefings in the Claridges Hotel in New Delhi during Committee of China's National People's Congress, also the Fouth BRICS Summit. Hundreds of Chinese, Indian and President of Chinese Association for International international jounralists attended the press briefings. Understanding, met with Mr. K.Rahman Khan, Deputy Chairman of Indian Rajya Sabha in New Delhi on April 12, 2012. NEWS FROM CHINA /APRIL 2012 3 CONTENTS I. The FOURTH BRICS SUMMIT 1. President Hu Jintao Gives Written Interview to BRICS Media 4 2. Hu Jintao Delivers an Important Speech in The Fourth BRICS Summit 6 3. President Hu Jintao Meets with Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh 9 4. President Hu Jintao Meets with His Russian Counterpart Medvedev 11 5. Powering the World—Fourth BRICS Summit in Delhi: Expectations and Ambitions 12 6. Fourth BRICS Summit Delhi Declaration 14 7. The Spokesperson of the Chinese Delegation Talks of the Fourth BRICS Summit 22 8. Backgrounder: Basic Facts about BRICS 24 II. DOMESTIC AFFAIRS 1. President Hu Stresses Tree-planting for Greener Growth 25 2. President Hu Meets HK’s New Chief Executive 25 3. Cross-Strait Relationship Most Stable in 60 Years 27 4. Premier Wen Vows Greater Anti-corruption Resolve 27 5. China’s GDP Growth Slows to 8.1 Percent 28 6. Chinese Currency Yuan’s Wider Trading Band Eases One-way Bet 29 7. China Mulls Measures to Boost Imports 30 8. China Issues Legal Interpretation on Housing Expropriation Rights 31 9. China is Victim of Cyber Attacks 31 III. EXTERNAL AFFAIRS 1. Asia: Coming Together for Sound and Sustainable Development 32 IV. TIBET TODAY 1. Gala Marks Emancipation of Serfs 37 2. Rural Tibetan Kids Receive Free Bilingual Preschool Education 38 3. Tibet Likely Location for New International Astronomical Observatory 38 4. The Dalai Lama and Lobsang Sangay Playing with Fire 39 5. Web China: Young People Flock to Tibet to Marry 42 4 NEWS FROM CHINA /APRIL 2012 I. THE FOURTH BRICS SUMMIT President Hu Jintao Gives Written Interview to BRICS Media On 28 March 2012, on the eve of his departure impetus for improved global economic governance for New Delhi to attend the fourth BRICS Summit, and make a contribution to common development President Hu Jintao gave a written interview to in the whole world. We also hope that the summit BRICS media, including Jornal do Comercio of will help strengthen institutional building of BRICS Brazil, Rossiyskaya Gazeta of Russia, The Hindu cooperation, map out plans for the future, and lay of India, People’s Daily of China and BusinessDay a solid foundation for the long-term growth of of South Africa. He answered questions on the BRICS cooperation. forthcoming BRICS Summit, the impact of the I look forward to meeting with other BRICS growing weight of emerging markets and leaders in New Delhi to discuss how we can best developing countries on the international enhance our cooperation and bring about a better landscape, the role of BRICS countries in global future together. governance, BRICS practical cooperation and China’s relations with other BRICS countries. Question: How does China think the growing weight of emerging markets and developing Question: The fourth BRICS Summit will be countries will impact on the international held from 28 to 29 March in New Delhi, India. landscape? What is China’s expectation for the summit? Currently, a large number of emerging markets The fourth BRICS Summit is held against the and developing countries have achieved rapid backdrop of continued profound and complex economic growth and become an important force changes in the international situation, uncertain in promoting world peace and common prospects in world economic recovery and steadily development. Firmly committing to the path of rising status and role of emerging markets and peaceful development, cooperative development developing countries in international affairs. It is and harmonious development, these countries form yet another major event in the ongoing BRICS an important part of common development of the cooperation. India, the host country, has worked world, which is conducive to a more balanced effectively in preparing for the summit. China will world economy, more reasonable international work with other BRICS members to push for relations, more effective global governance and positive outcomes of the summit. more durable world peace. China hopes that the summit will continue to Since the outbreak of the international financial display the BRICS spirit of unity and win-win crisis in 2008, these countries have spearheaded partnership, continue to enhance coordination and the global recovery through their own cooperation on global economy, finance, development. The steady increase of their development and other major issues of common representation and the greater say they acquired interest, push forward practical cooperation in in global economic governance has moved the various fields, send a joint message of confidence international order in the direction of greater for world economic stability and recovery, provide fairness and rationality. What has happened NEWS FROM CHINA /APRIL 2012 5 testifies once again that without the rise of communication and coordination in major emerging markets and developing countries, there international affairs enhanced. They have played will be no universal prosperity in the world; and a constructive role in global governance. It is fair that without the stability of these countries, there to say that BRICS cooperation now stands on a will be no world peace and stability. The solid ground, enjoys a huge potential and holds development of these countries has a constructive out a broad prospect. impact on the international landscape. The China has always made cooperation with international community should look at these emerging markets and developing countries, BRICS countries from a long-term and strategic included, a foreign policy priority, and has firmly perspective and actively support their supported and actively participated in BRICS development. cooperation. China will work closely with other BRICS countries to enlarge the scope of common Question: How does China see the interest, raise the level of cooperation and make momentum and future of BRICS cooperation and even greater contribution to the lofty cause of peace its role in global governance? How can BRICS and development of mankind. countries uphold the interests of developing countries through closer coordination? Question: How does the Chinese side view BRICS countries are the defender and promoter the practical cooperation among BRICS of the interests of developing countries. In their countries? What major cooperation outcomes has cooperation, BRICS countries have committed to BRICS achieved since its inception? What promoting South-South cooperation and North- important proposals will be put forward in the South dialogue, endeavored to implement the UN near future in terms of strengthening Millennium Development Goals, worked for early institutional building and practical cooperation? realization of the goals set out in the mandate for Practical cooperation is an important pillar of the Doha development round negotiations, strived BRICS cooperation. BRICS practical cooperation, to secure a greater say for developing countries in which started from scratch, has in recent years global economic governance and fought all forms grown steadily with enriched contents and diverse of protectionism. Cooperation among BRICS forms. Such cooperation serves the common countries is made necessary by the ongoing interests of the BRICS members and enjoys a economic globalization and democratization in favorable response in their economic, social and international relations. It is consistent with the public opinion circles. trend of times characterized by peace, development In the past year, BRICS countries have and cooperation, and fully conducive to building vigorously implemented the Action Plan of the a harmonious world of durable peace and common Sanya Declaration and expanded their cooperation prosperity. in wide-ranging areas of finance, industry, From Yekaterinburg to Brasilia, and from Sanya commerce, health, agriculture, statistics, science, to New Delhi, the mechanism of BRICS summit technology and think-tanks, thus bringing tangible has improved steadily, with a multi-level and benefits to their peoples and further reinforcing wide-ranging cooperation framework having well the momentum of BRICS cooperation. taken shape. Political mutual trust among BRICS As for BRICS practical cooperation in the near members is strengthened, their practical future, China wants to see efforts made in the cooperation in the economy, finance, trade, following two areas: First, building a solid development and other fields deepened, and their foundation.
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