Vol. 33, No. 35 Aug. 27-Sep. 2, 1990 China's Athletes— Their Odds at the Asian Games A senior citizen's life rhythm. Photo by Peng Hong BeijingR^ir VOL. 33, NO. 35 AUG. 27-SEP. 2,1990 Rural Enterprises Poised for Another Boom CONTENTS • The on-going austerity programme has resulted in close• downs of thousands of factories and millions of lay-offs. But all this is a price to be paid in return for another boom of the EVENTS/TRENDS 4 7 Chinese economy (p. 13). Festival Dedicates to Friendship, Peace Role of Party Schools Stressed Mainland Offldai on Taiwan Joining GATT Turn Shanghai Into a Trade Centre China Continues to Fight • The mainland is not opposed to Taiwan's application for Corruption GATT membership, said an official of the Ministry of Foreign 5 Million Seek New Ethnic Economic Relations and Trade, on condition that first, its Identity News in Brief GATT membership must follow the restoration of China's position as a GATT signatory; and second, the Taiwan author• INTERNATIONAL ities should consult the central government before it applies Iraqi Invasion Provokes for GATT membership (p. 31). Worldwide Condemnation 8 A Big Step to Korea's Reunification 9 MHHary Training for University Students A Common Understanding on Cambodia 10 • Beginning last October, all the freshmen of Beijing Univers• CHINA ity received ten months of military training to enhance their Readjustment Improves Rural military knowledge and build up their physical health. This Enterprises 13 successful step in educational reform also helped them to Chinese Performance at the Asian mature both politically and ideologically (p. 28). Games: A Forecast 22 Military Training for University Students 28 Clilna at tiie Asian Games: A Prediction BUSiNESS/TRADE 31 • Visitors to the forthcoming Uth Asian Games, a grand CULTURE/SCIENCE 32 34 gathering unprecedented in Asian sports history in terms of its scale, will witness tough competition among athletes from the PICTORIAL 38 member states of the Asian Olympic Organization Commit• Beijing's Summer, 1990 Centrefold tee. Evaluating the challenge from many top-notch athletes The Pinggu Xinyi Down Clo• from the other Asian nations, experts predict how the Chinese COVERi thing Factory was twice awarded the will perform at the games in Beijing (p. 22). Gold-Cup prize for township enterprise export commodities. It has created a var• iety of new styles and designs to meet the International Folic Art Festival changing trends and demands of both the domestic and international markets. • The First China International Folk Art Festival oppened in The factory's Miaolan-brand down Beijng on August 14, with a total of 350 artists participating clothes enjoy a high reputation. Here Cui Fugang (first from left), factory di• from 12 countries in Asia, America and Europe. "Peace and rector, and technicians discuss how to friendship" was the theme of the festival. Chinese Premier Li improve the quality of their new prod• Peng, who was visiting abroad then, sent a message of congra• ucts. tulations to the festival (p. 4). Plioto by Xue Chao General Editorial Office Published every Monday by BEIJING REVIEW Subscription rates (1 year): Tel: 8314318 24 Baiwanzhuang Road, Beijing 100037 Australia A.$30.50 TLX: 222374 FLPDA CN The People's Republic of China New Zealand.. NZ.$40.50 FAX: 8314318 Distributed by China International Book UK .C16.50 English Dept. Tel: 8315599 Ext. 546 Trading Corporation {GUQJI SHUDIAN) USA.. ..US$30.50 P.O. Box 399, Beijing, China Canada Can.$30.50 EVENTS/TRENDS by the artists' performances, especially the climax—the trad• Festival Dedicates to Friendship, Peace itional Chinese dragon and lion dance. The merry-making of a 50-metre-long dragon and six total of 350 Chinese and He also said he believes the big lions brought the house foreign artists performed festival will promote folk arts in down. A for an audience of 3,000 in the world, strengthen solidarity The festival was sponsored by Beijing at the first China In• and friendship among artists the China Federation of Liter• ternational Folk Art Festival, and the people of all nations, ary and Art Circles. which opened August 14. and contribute to world peace. In addition to performing in Thunderous applause reward• "The festival is transitory but Beijing, the artists will tour ci• ed the artists from Austria, Bel• the friendship to be forged by it ties in northern China's Hebei gium, Cuba, the Democratic is forever," the honorary presi• and Liaoning provinces. • People's Republic of Korea, In• dent said. dia, Italy, Mongoha, the Philip• State Councillor Li Tieying pines, Turkey, the Soviet Union, read a message from Premier Li Role of Party the United States and China Peng, who was visiting abroad. Schools Stressed as they stepped into the newly "Since ancient times, the built Yuetan indoor stadium, Chinese people have had a trad• fTf^o raise the level of cons• dancing and singing to the ition of friendly exchanges of ciousness of Marxism- rhythm and beat of their respec• culture and art with the people T Leninism and Mao Ze• tive folk music. of other countries," the message dong Thought among Party offi• In his opening speech, Seypi- said. "Today, this good tradition cials, especially leading officials, din Aze, vice-chairman of Na• has flourished in the course of is an important task of Party tional People's Congress (NPC) reform and opening to the out• schools, and the most important Standing Committee and the side world." way to improve the ability of first honorary president of the Alexander Veigl, managing these officials, said Jiang Zem• festival, declared that the theme secretary general of the Interna• in, general secretary of the Cen• of the festival was "folk art de• tional Organization of Folk Art, tral Committee of the Commun• dicated to peace and friend• and the leaders of every troupe ist Party of China (CPC). ship." also gave speeches. Jiang made the remarks at a Each country's folk art, he ex• Among Chinese leaders who conference of the presidents of plained, is not only a treasure of attended the opening ceremony Party schools from 30 provinces, its own culture, but also an im• was Wan Li, chairman of the the autonomous regions and mun• portant part of the entire art of NPC Standing Committee. icipalities, held in Beijing on the world. The audience was fascinated June 12. Chinese traditional (oik art: Driif>oii and lion Dame (left), and Mongolian folk art: lilhc Skills. QIK XUZHl 4 BEIJING REVIEW, AUG. 27-SEP. 2, 1990 EVENTS/TRENDS He pointed out that Comrade stress education in Marxist theo• day's local industrial and city Deng Xiaoping and Chen Yun, ry in combination with China's regions would bring no real chairman of the CPC Central socialist modernization pro• breakthrough for the metropolis Advisory Commission, have gramme, and reform and open in the 1990s. stressed many times the import• policy, as well as the develop• They stressed that interna• ance of studying Marxist theory. ment of contemporary socialism tional competition would inten• The CPC Central Committee, he and the international commun• sify in the last decade of the added, has decided that Party ist movement. century, and the city could only officials at all levels should Jiang pointed out that the seek its existence and develop• be trained at party schools to schools should also help stu• ment through the widening of strengthen their work ability. dents study and solve prob• both international and domestic The general secretary said: lems they encounter, distinguish markets. "In my speech at the meeting in right from wrong, be confident In this sense, trade means the celebration of the 40th anniver• in communism, continue to take city's fortune. And the real im• sary of the founding of the Peo• the socialist road, and raise their petus for the opening up of the ple's Republic of China, I said, theoretical ability to resist var• Pudong Economic Eevelopment 'We must resolutely change the ious erroneous political tenden• District and the revitallzation situation in which many leading cies. of Shanghai lies in market de• officials are bogged down in ev• In training Party officials, the mands, they said. eryday matters, slacken theoret• schools should place emphasis With this in mind, the econo• ical study and pay no attention on the accomplishments of the mists proposed that Shanghai re• to ideological and political ten• Party. He urged Party commit• build a new economic order to dencies.' Efforts should be made tees at all levels to streng• turn itself into a real multi• to raise the theoretical level and then their leadership of Party functional economic centre. The political awareness of the whole schools. city should adopt the exper• Party." He said Party committees iences of early industrial Bri• This, he added, is an arduous should regard the schools as im• tain, postwar Japan and the four task set by the CPC Central portant departments to streng• Asian economic powerhouses Committee for the new period of then Party building and bring —Korea, Singapore, Hong Kong Chinese history. forth a vast contingent of Party and Taiwan. To build a socialist country officials. The rebuilding of Shanghai's with Chinese characteristics, it China now has more than economic position, however, is not only necessary to put the 3,000 Party schools with over faces such difficulties as a slug• Party, state and army in the 80,000 officials and staff. Jiang gish market, lack of raw mater• hands of large numbers of lead• called on them to make new ials, shortage of funds and aging ing officials who are faithful to achievements.