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Presents a speech given by Joseph Vranich, author of the book `Derailed: What Went Wrong and What to Do About America's Passenger Trains' which was delivered in December 1998, to China's State Economic and Trade Commission. Topic of the speech as being China's railway system and industry and they relate to China's attempts at economic reforms in the form of moving to a market economy.

Focuses on the charges filed by the Feilong Group Co. Ltd. against the China State Drug Administration. Facts of the case; Pharmaceutical product of the company which the government found to have violated laws and is of inferior quality.

Presents the full text of the document `Methods of Foreign-Funded Commercial Businesses for Trial Implementation' promulgated by the State Economic and Trade Commission (SETC) and the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation (MOFTEC) on June 25, 1999.

Reports developments in the Chinese State Economic and Trade Commission as of May 2, 2002. Encouragement of large foreign chain store businesses to buy products; Setup of purchasing centers; Setting of fertilizer tariff-rate quota and crude oil import quota.

Reports on the launching of the Genuine Eco-Leather Mark trademark by the State Economic and Trade Commission and the China Federation of Light Industries. Position of the China Leather Industry Association on the launching of the trademark; Impact of the trademark on technical barriers in the leather trade; Quality of leather product conferred by the trademark.

Reports on the issuance of guidelines by the China State Economic and Trade Commission for near-term industrial development. Emphasis on research concerning nanotechnology; Promotion of the application of high gravity reactors; Stress on the role of the market in allocating resources.

Reports on the approval of China Automobile Guild Anti-Dumping Consultative Center and Xiamen Anti-Dumping Consultative Center by China's State Economic and Trade Commission. Responsibilities of the service centers; Services provided by the centers.

Focuses on the Catalog of Environmental Protection Equipment issued by the China State Economic and Trade Commission and the State Administration of Taxation. Inclusion of air pollution control equipment; Indication of noise and vibration control equipment; Equipment for energy saving and use of renewable energy resources.

Reports the import quotas of processed oil products and vehicle tires by the State Economic and Trade Commission and the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation in China. Statistics of import quotas on the products in units; Figures of fuel and diesel oils subject to non-state trading; Circulation of import license application at the agency.

Focuses on the rules on the voluntary importation of major industrial products in China. Release of detailed rules on the voluntary import by the State Economic and Trade Commission; Formulation of catalog of major industrial products for voluntary importation; Publication of catalogs of tariff items for the voluntary importation.

Reports the plan of China State Economic and Trade Commission to implement an energy efficiency label system. Objective of the energy policy; Concept and advantage of the label system for the consumers; Formulation of the policies and standards for the regulation.

Reports on the projection of officials from China's State Economic and Trade Commission that the country's total energy consumption by 2015 will come from renewable sources. Expected reductions in the total carbon dioxide emission; Targeted sources of renewable energy.

Announces that China's State Economic and Trade Commission has replaced the approval system for export and import business. Significance of the move; Estimated number of enterprises that obtained the right to handle imports and exports since 1992.

Reports that a catalogue detailing oversupplied products that may be transferred abroad has been drafted by the Chinese State Economic and Trade Commission and related departments. First batch of products entering the catalogue; Number of businesses established by Chinese enterprises abroad.

Reports on the holding of the Large Enterprise Information Chief Executive Officers Forum in Beijing, China on August 17, 1999. Hosting of the meeting by the Economic Information Center under China's State Economic and Trade Commission and Microsoft (China) Co.

Reports on a notice issued by China's State Economic and Trade Commission that it will not approve projects that produce video compact disc (VCD) players and other electrical appliances. Aim of curbing overproduction; Oversupply in the business of household electrical appliances; Acceleration of industrial restructuring.

Reports that China issued a ban on building certain industrial facilities including atmospheric distillation units that process low-sulfur crude. Impact of the ban on a number of projects in several industries; Action that China will take as a result of declines in domestic sweet crude output; Other chemical plants that the China State Economic and Trade Commission banned.

Reports on China's launching of a project to link the country's 360,000 state-owned industrial enterprises and 8.6 million other industrial and commercial firms with government offices through a computer network. State Economic and Trade Commission's plan to use the Chinese-language versions of DOS and Windows programs developed by the Beijing Hope Hi-Tech Group, as the operating programs for the project.

Focuses on the lack of associations and coordinated management in the chemical industry of China. Opportunities offered by a Responsible Care conference to be hosted by the Chinese State Economic and Trade Commission; Concerns of companies on the implementation of the Responsible Care program; Benefit of the Taiwan Responsible Care Association.

The article reports that China's State Economic Development and Reform Commission has introduced controls to cap the prize of fertilizers in an effort to protect farmers and control the rise in food prices. According to analyst Isaac Zhao, private fertilizer producers will have to cope with the ruling in the midst of increases in the price of sulfur, a key raw material in making phosphate fertilizers.

Focuses on the ruling by the Chinese State Economic & Trade Commission on the importation of methylene chloride. Governmental investigations made in several countries; Exclusion of high-purity methylene chloride from the investigation; Difficulties encountered by the methylene chloride producers in the country.

Deals with the plan of China's State Economic and Trade Commission to limit its metal exportation and stimulate its metal-product prices. Example of metal products which will be exported minimally; Objective of the plan; Information on the global antimony oxide demand and consumption.