Extracts.
Monday, October 30, 2000, updated at 10:59(GMT+8)
Tibet's New Party Chief Called for Continuous Fight
Against Splittism
Guo Jinlong, the newly appointed Chinese Communist
Party chief of Tibet, said that the policy on the
fight against Tibetan splittism will remain unchanged
in this region.
"We will maintain the old policies on safeguarding
social stability, keeping predominance in fighting
against Tibetan splittism, and furthering the reform
and opening up," he said at a Party meeting on
Sunday.
Guo Jinlong was appointed by the Central Committee of
the Communist Party of China (CPC) to replace Chen
Kuiyuan as the secretary of the regional CPC
committee of the Tibet Autonomous Region early this
month.
In the past years, Tibet's economy has achieved
remarkable progress, and the region has effectively
checked turbulence staged by separatists and gained
an advantaged position in the fight, according to
Guo.
Guo said that the development of the economy will
still be the focus of the region, and that the
Tibetans' living conditions should be improved
constantly.
Guo, former executive secretary of the Tibet regional
CPC committee, has been working in Tibet for seven
years.
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Monday, October 30, 2000, updated at 09:56(GMT+8)
Li Peng Meets European Parliament Delegation
Li Peng, chairman of the Standing
Committee of the National People's
Congress (NPC), met Sunday with a
delegation from the European Parliament
Group for Relations with China led by its
Chairman Per Gahrton.
Li said that China places great
importance on its relations with the European Union,
and pays close attention to the EU's position and
role in international affairs, adding that as
multi-polarity and economic globalization are
developing, the establishment and development of a
constructive partnership between China and the EU is
in the interests of both sides, and will benefit
world peace and stability.
He said that high-level exchanges of visits between
China and the EU as well as its members have been
frequent, and various kinds of political consultation
and dialog have been good, adding that China and the
EU reached an agreement on China's entry into the
World Trade Organization (WTO) last May, thus
providing new opportunity for expanding bilateral
cooperation.
In addition, the two sides have had increased
cooperation in scientific, technological, educational
and other areas, Li said, adding that China is
pleased with all of this.
Li said the Chinese NPC is willing to promote
exchanges with the European Parliament, and the
European Parliament Group for Relations with China
has done a lot of work to develop relations with the
NPC since the establishment of the group two decades
ago, adding that the regular consultation mechanism
between the two sides played a positive role in
promoting mutual understanding and friendly
relations.
Li said that it is natural that different countries
have different views on some issues because of their
different social systems, different level of
development and different histories, cultural
background and values, adding that the best approach
to the problem is to engage in exchanges and dialog
on the basis of equality, mutual respect and seeking
common ground and pushing aside differences.
He also briefed the guests on China's policies upon
its WTO entry, its principles concerning Sino-EU
human rights dialog and its opposition to the Dalai
Lama's attempts to split the motherland and go in for
Tibet's independence.
Li said that some European and American personages
know little about Tibet's history and reality, and
they draw conclusions from one-sided and distorted
news reports, adding that more people from the
European Parliament are welcome to Tibet to see the
reality of this autonomous region.
Gahrton said that the members of his delegation come
from different countries, and place importance on
developing relations with China, adding that China
will play an even greater role in the international
economic affairs after China joins the WTO.
He reaffirmed that the EU and the European Parliament
adhere to the one-China policy, and the European
people are interested in Tibet, and know that Tibet
was a dark serf society before democratic reform took
place there, and that that period of history should
not repeat itself.
He also said that it is a fact that great changes
have taken place in Tibet, and the European
Parliament would like to learn more about Tibet's
actual situation and the Chinese government's
policies on the Dalai Lama.
He said that the European Parliament has a
long-standing friendly relationship with the Chinese
NPC, and is willing to expand exchanges with it.
The delegation is here for the 17th Sino-EU working
talks.
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