We undertook some surveys on research of rural areas in Bijie Prefecture of Guizhou Province from April 19-27, 2006, which covered both the city of Bijie and the three counties of Dafang, Qianxi and Jinsha.

The national economy and social developmentin China have made great progress since reform and opening up, with the constant enhancement of its economic strength.

The internationalized operation of China’s enterprises is gaining an increasing attention.

Bankinsurance in general refers to the fact that the life insurance companies use the network and customer resources of the banks and other financial institutions to market insurance products.

As a result of China’s accelerated industrialization and the rapid development of its steel industry, the modes of steel product distribution have experienced splitting and integrating since 2002.

China has abundant hydropower resources, but its development is still at a low level. Hydropower is a clean, renewable, convenient for peak-shaving and high-quality energy with double functions of primary and secondary energy sources.

Along with the rapid development of industrialization and urbanization, the total energy consumed is increasing quickly in China, so energy conservation has become one important task for our construction of resource-saving and environmental-friendly society.

In 1996, China’s steel production reached 101.24 million tons and became the largest steel producer in the world. In 2003, its steel production rose further to 222 million tons and became the only country in the world whose annual steel production exceeded 200 million tons.