THE LATEST STATE COUNCIL DECISION TO CUT pre-approval requirements and make examination and approval processes traceable by all is a welcome follow-up to recent initiatives to shorten the list of matters subject to government approval. It is conducive to both investment promotion and corruption prevention, especially as the economic locomotive loses steam and the government struggles with credibility.
The Fourth Plenum of the 18th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China has drawn a blueprint for the rule of law, in which the delegation of power shall be a first step. By cutting unnecessary administrative procedures and delegating certain powers to lower departments, it will better regulate the once powerful government agencies and prevent them from renting out the power in hand.
For China, it's an important platform to showcase its diplomatic prowess. For Beijing residents, it has brought the gift of a six-day holiday and some inconvenience. For some Western media outlets, it's another occasion to criticize Beijing for hosting "meeting galas" at the cost of people's normal life. The "APEC week" means different things to different people.
US President Barack Obama will be in Beijing to attend the APEC meeting, where he will get the opportunity to make history and finally make good on the Nobel Peace Prize given to him rather prematurely at the beginning of his first term in office.
A clear blue sky in Beijing, a rare sight during the smog season, for the past few days has been waiting to greet delegates to the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation meeting.
In the communiqu�� issued by the Fourth Plenum of the 18th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, it was proposed, for the first time, that decision-making procedure should always be in accordance with the law.
Global attention is likely to stay on Beijing even after the APEC meetings next week, as an important security forum is also being hosted by the city later this month.
IF PREVENTING POWER FROM BEING ABUSED is of importance to governing according to the law, what the central inspection teams do is speeding up the realization of this goal by finding out how power is abused and how serious the problem is.
Corruption is a cancer that can easily reappear after it has been treated. As the anti-graft storm has deterred officials from giving in to temptation, what is needed is to introduce the rule of law and shut power in a cage of regulations, so that the culture of corruption, which is quite rampant among officials, can be replaced with a healthy, clean culture.
There appears to be a race between the United States and China to dominate the rules-setting game for trade by being the first to be able to announce plans of realizing a Free Trade Agreement for the Asia-Pacific.
Apple CEO Tim Cook's announcement that he is gay has provoked extremely divided online comments. The corporate world, and the world at large, will not be the same regarding gay issues after his courageous step.
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