In spite of the shock of the SARS, China’s GDP growth still reached 9.1%, a 1.1 percentage points higher year-on-year, representing a fairly high degree of growth in recent years.

The central government’s policy is more and more explicit in solving problems facing agriculture, rural areas and farmers.

If the economic growth since the second half of 2002 is merely seen as a rebound of macroeconomic indicators, it would be an underestimation of the changes the Chinese economy has been undergoing.

Deducting the China factor, the global grain reserve is at the lowest level since 1996, which is 6.5 percentage points lower than the average historical level of 20.4%.

The 2003 Questionnaire Survey on Chinese Entrepreneurs was conducted by the Chinese Entrepreneurs Survey System of the Personnel Exchange and Training Center of the State Council Development Research Center.

Following stipulations in the franchise contract, the franchisee would carry out business operations according to the unified mode of business management and operation developed by the franchisor and pay the latter for it accordingly.

In the past two years, "city management" has become a buzzword. First, the municipal governments in various parts of the country accepted this concept and began putting it into practice.

Local protection has been standing out gradually with reform and opening up.