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E N A T I O N A L E N G L I S H L A N G U A G E N E W S P A P E R R M B ¥ 1 . 5F R I D A Y A P R I L 1 0 , 2 0 0 9 Bitter winter over China’s true artists to emerge Page 18 Kim gets third term DPRK parliament appoints Kim Jong-il to a third term as the country’s top leader Page 12 ����������� ��������� ������������������������� ����������������������������� ��&1���������������� ��,661������������������ ����� V O L . 2 9 N o . 9 0 3 3 www . c h i n a d a i l y . c o m . c n © 2009 China Daily All Rights Reserved HOTLINES NEWS (86-10) 6491-8366 SUBSCRIPTION (86-10) 6491-8763 ADVERTISEMENT (86-10) 6491-8631 In this issue: Nation .........................3, 4, 5 China Scene .........................6 Insight ..................................7 Comment .............................8 Opinion .................................9 International ....... 10, 11, 12 Business............................. 13 Business China........... 14, 15 Business Intl ................ 16,17 Life ................. 18, 19, 20, 21 Sports ................... 22, 23, 24 Order to fi nance, insurance fi rms aims to promote income fairness Two executed for killing police Two men were executed in the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous re- gion yesterday for last August’s terrorist attack on a border police post that left 17 dead and 15 injured. Page 2 More than 200 protesters have been holding an angry vigil at Peking University since Wednesday to protest a profes- sor’s controversial remarks on mentally-ill petitioners. Police have taken away more than 50, a university official said yesterday. Sun Dongdong, head of the university’s judicial expertise center, set off a firestorm by suggesting in the March 23 is- sue of China Newsweek that 99 percent of people who repeatedly petition the government were mentally ill. Although he said later he had been quoted out of context and apologized, protesters have ral- lied in front of the university with banners calling for Sun to be fi red. Miao Jinxiang, a senior offi cial with the university, said al- though Sun’s letter of apology had been distributed to the pro- testers, they refused to leave. Xinhua Protesters demand professor be sacked Views sought on product recall The government is seeking pub- lic views on the fi rst comprehen- sive regulation on product recall practices. According to the draft rule, violators face fi nes of up to 500,000 yuan. Page 3 Politician makes smooth switch to Peking Opera By Mu Qian A series of performances of Peking Opera in Tianjin have made newspaper headlines be- cause of their adapter, a former head of the country’s top politi- cal advisory body. Five of Li Ruihuan’s ad- aptat ion works, including Legend of the West Chamber (Xixiang Ji) and Han Yuniang, were warmly received in Li’s hometown, f rom Monday to Wednesday, and performances today and Sunday are ex- pected to sell out. Established Peking Opera performers from all over China, such as Sun Yumin and Ye Shaolan, are taking part in the performances. Li — former chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People’s Politi- cal Consultative Conference — has always been an enthu- siast of Peking Opera and an advocate of the revival of the old art form. Realizing that the narratives in Peking Opera are some- times not compact enough for contemporary theatergoers, Li began to adapt them in his spare time in the 1980s, and has spent even more time on it af ter his ret irement in 2003. The five plays being performed, only part of Li’s adaptation work, are historically impor- tant plays that have not been staged in full length for a long time. In Li’s adapta- tion, the plays have been condensed and restructured. For example, he has re- duced Legend of the West Chamber from 16 scenes to 12, and from four hours to two-and-a-half. He has written some new lyr- ics, mostly for the heroine Cui Yingying, making her portrayal more dramatic. He also changed the original happy ending, which to him goes against the grain of the protagonists’ personalities. Dairy sector seeks succor from govt By Wang Huazhong and Zhu Zhe The dairy industry is desperate for a government bailout after being hit hard by last year’s contaminated-milk scandal and competition from overseas, industry experts have said. Wang Dingmian, a director of the Dairy Association of China, told China Daily the amount of overstocked milk powder across the country has reached at least 250,000 tons — compared to “near zero” before the mela- mine-tainted-milk scandal last September. Shaanxi and Hebei provinc- es, as well as Xinjiang Uygur and Ningxia Hui autonomous regions are listed as the most severely hit. Wang said another national organization, the China Dairy Industry Association (CDIA), last week petitioned the Minis- try of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) for govern- ment help. The CDIA would not com- ment on the petition, but is believed to have proposed that the government buy a third of the milk powder in stock. The ministry could not be contacted yesterday but Vice- Minister of Agriculture Gao Hongbin acknowledged on Wednesday that the situation was grim. He said during an online interview that the industry’s plight has affected the interests of dairy farmers, and called on governments at all levels to offer favorable policies to ease their woes. Wang Weimin, secretary- general of the Dairy Industry Development Association of West China, confirmed to China Daily that a petition has been sent. “The whole industry chain is facing huge challenges,” he said. Experts said three factors are behind the current overstock: The ripple effect of the melamine scandal, competition from over- seas companies, and weakening purchasing power due to the cur- rent fi nancial crisis. Last year, domestic milk powder products contaminated with the industrial chemical melamine killed at least six ba- Source: Custom s and D airy A ssociation of China China had 13.88 million cows in 2007, nearly 30 times that of 1978. Production of dairy products reached 36.84 million tons in 2007, up 11.5% year on year and nearly 40 times that of 1978. Expo rts Imp orts 121,000 tons 10% (y-o-y) 351,000 tons 17.4% (y-o-y) with a value of $860 million Dairy products Graphic by Tian Chi On guard Thai policemen stand guard outside the venue of the ASEAN Summit which opens today in Pattaya, 180 km southeast of Bangkok. Some 7,000 members of the Thai security forces have been deployed ahead of the three-day summit, which Premier Wen Jiabao is scheduled to attend. AFP • Story, Page 12 bies and made nearly 300,000 infants ill. “It will take time for the public to regain confi dence,” Wang Dingmian said. He said about half of the milk powder products in stock were produced before the end of last year. Price, Page 3 Li Ruihuan (2008) Taste, Page 2 Executives told to cut their pay By Zhang Ran and Bi Xiaoning Executives of State-owned banks and insurers have been ordered to cut their salaries to promote income fairness amid an economic slump that has put pressure on profi ts and wiped out millions of jobs. The directive follows rising public grumbling about huge pay packages for top execu- tives at State-owned fi nancial companies. Total executive pay for 2008 at fi nancial institutions — which many are still computing — must not surpass 90 percent of the 2007 levels, the Min- istry of Finance (MOF) announced yesterday. Companies whose profits declined last year should slash an- other 10 percent, with deeper cuts at those in financial trouble, the circu- lar said. Pay refers to pre-tax income, including salary, bonuses and social insurance. “Individual fi nancial enter- prises pay top executives too much. The gap between them and average workers and inter- nal staff is clearly expanding,” the ministry said. It said pay cuts were needed to “further equalize distribu- tion of income”. Chinese execu- tive pay is modest by Western standards but many times that of ordinary workers. The announcement gave no details of how many levels of management would be af- fected or how the authorities will decide which institutions require bigger cuts. Most of China’s major banks, insurers, stock brokerages and other fi nancial institutions are government-owned. But many have listed Hong Kong subsidiar- ies that handle a portion of their operations, and it was unclear how executives linked to those entities might be affected. The ministry praised execu- tives who have already cut their pay, especially at institutions that are fi nancially healthy. The country’s economy is forecast to grow by 8 percent this year — the fastest rate of any major country — but the collapse in global demand for exports has thrown at least 20 million people out of work. The ministry also demanded that the pay gap among execu- tives in the fi nancial sector be narrowed, calling for bigger cuts for those who received much higher pay than the av- erage in 2007. The ministry’s directive is aimed at preventing fi nancial fi rms from competing with each other when deciding total com- pensation packages for their executives in 2008, said Guo Tianyong, a professor at China Central Finance University. It is necessary to put a cap on executive salaries to prevent unfair distribution of in- come and a larger gap between the rich and poor, he added. An offi cial from the China Banking Regulatory Commission, who did not want to be named, said: “Since the current equity structure is un- able to ensure a fair payment system, it is very necessary for the MOF to protect the State’s fi nancial assets.” In the past few years, com- mercial banks have diversifi ed their equity structure by roping in strategic investors, but their corporate governance leaves much to be desired, he said. Zheng Wei, managing direc- tor for Asia executive remunera- tion business at Mercer, one of the world’s largest human re- sources consulting fi rms, said it may be necessary to take some temporary measures in the current tough times. “Yet in the long run, the government should introduce market-oriented compensation mechanisms for these fi nancial institutions,” he said, pointing out that the rules may be unfair toward executives with good performance. Xinhua, AP contributed to the story Individual fi nancial enterprises pay top executives too much. MOF circular Protest marks Baghdad fall Tens of thousands of people thronged Bagh- dad yesterday to mark the sixth anniversary of the city’s fall to US troops. Page 11 • More, Page 5• Salary, Page 2 April 10-11WEATHER Central Meteorological Observatory www.tq121.com.cn RAINSUNNY CLOUDYDRIZZLE STORMDUST OVERCASTSNOW FOGSHOWER THUNDER Changsha 20/13 68/55 17/12 62/53 Dali 23/10 73/50 22/10 71/50 Fuzhou 24/13 75/55 25/13 77/55 Guiyang 20/14 68/57 18/15 64/59 Hangzhou 24/12 75/53 25/13 77/55 Hohhot 16/8 60/46 21/7 69/44 Hefei 24/13 75/55 23/13 73/55 Jinan 26/16 78/60 24/15 75/59 Kashi 24/13 75/55 24/11 75/51 Lanzhou 23/9 73/48 24/9 75/48 Lijiang 23/9 73/48 22/10 71/50 Nanjing 23/12 73/53 21/14 69/57 Nanning 24/20 75/68 25/20 77/68 Nanchang 20/15 68/59 19/16 66/60 Ningbo 23/10 73/50 22/11 71/51 Shijiazhuang 22/12 71/53 22/11 71/51 Suzhou 24/11 75/51 24/11 75/51 Shenzhen 26/20 78/68 27/21 80/69 Sanya 30/24 86/75 30/25 86/77 Shenyang 26/9 78/48 21/10 69/50 Shantou 23/16 73/60 24/17 75/62 Taiyuan 19/9 66/48 22/7 71/44 Tianjin 26/14 78/57 25/16 77/60 Xigaze 13/-2 55/28 14/-3 57/26 Xining 21/3 69/37 23/3 73/37 Yantai 24/15 75/59 20/14 68/57 Yichang 18/13 64/55 17/14 62/57 Yinchuan 23/10 73/50 24/8 75/46 Zhengzhou 20/13 68/55 23/11 73/51 Zhuhai 25/20 77/68 26/21 78/69 Amsterdam 16/10 60/50 17/9 62/48 Bangkok 34/25 93/77 35/26 95/78 Berlin 22/10 71/50 22/6 71/42 Brussels 16/10 60/50 18/10 64/50 Cairo 27/11 80/51 27/15 80/59 Cape Town 25/14 77/57 26/15 78/59 Geneva 19/11 66/51 18/10 64/50 Helsinki 4/-1 39/30 4/-1 39/30 Karachi 34/21 93/69 34/22 93/71 London 15/9 59/48 15/7 59/44 Madrid 21/5 69/41 21/3 69/37 Mexico City 26/9 78/48 29/12 84/53 Moscow 4/-3 39/26 2/-5 35/23 Nairobi 29/14 84/57 27/15 80/59 New Delhi 35/24 95/75 35/26 95/78 New York 11/6 51/42 10/6 50/42 Paris 18/10 64/50 16/9 60/48 Rome 19/8 66/46 20/10 68/50 San Francisco 11/6 51/42 14/8 57/46 Sao Paulo 26/20 78/68 23/18 73/64 Singapore 30/25 86/77 30/26 86/78 Stockholm 12/1 53/33 12/1 53/33 Sydney 24/13 75/55 24/17 75/62 Teheran 17/11 62/51 18/10 64/50 Tokyo 22/12 71/53 23/12 73/53 Vancouver 11/5 51/41 9/5 48/41 Vienna --/-- --/-- --/-- --/-- Washington 15/7 59/44 14/10 57/50 Sh S C T S D S S C C S S D C S S S C C S C C S Sn S S Sh O C C C C S C S C C O S D C C C C S C C C R C T C C Sh S Sh -- C Sh Sh C T C C C C S S C C D Sh C O S C C C C C O C S C D S O C C O S C S S C C S R Sh C C C S R Sh C C Sh T C Sh Sh S Sh -- Sh 16/6 18/3 HARBIN Today 19/11 18/10Sat CHANGCHUN Today 21/12 16/11Sat DALIANQINGDAO 21/15 16/12 23/15 25/14 XI’AN Today CHONGQING Sat 20/16 19/15 Today URUMQI Sat 18/8 22/10 Today CHENGDU Sat 20/14 19/13 Today LHASA Sat 17/3 15/2 Today GUILIN Sat 19/16 20/17 Today KUNMING Sat 24/9 23/10 Today GUANGZHOU Sat 25/19 28/20 Today HAIKOU Sat 28/21 Today WUHAN Sat 20/16 Today MACAO Sat 24/19 Today HONG KONG Sat 24/19 Today XIAMEN Sat 22/14 Today TAIPEI Sat 24/16 Today 21/13 24/10Sat BEIJING Today SHANGHAI Sat 24/11 22/12 30/22 18/14 24/20 24/20 24/15 25/17 TRAVELER’S FORECAST HIGH/LOW TEMPERATURES, IN DEGREES CELSIUS AND DEGREES FAHRENHEIT, AND EXPECTED CONDITIONS. C.....................Cloudy D.....................Drizzle Du......................Dust F...........................Fog O.................Overcast R.........................Rain Sh.................Shower S......................Sunny Sn.....................Snow St.....................Storm T.......Thunderstorms C F C F FRIDAY SATURDAY PAGE22 FRIDAY APRIL 10, 2009 CHINA DAILY Pressure, restriction won’t help resolve peninsula issue: Ministry Diplomacy to ‘ease DPRK tensions’ By Zhang Haizhou Hard-line policies won’t help ease tensions over the Korean Peninsula, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said yesterday in an apparent dismissal of US Senator John McCain’s call for Beijing to get tough on the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK). Jiang Yu, the ministry’s spokeswoman, made it clear that China’s priority is to get Pyongyang back to the Six-Party Talks, which are aimed at shutting down its nuclear pro- gram through diplomatic ef- forts. “Neither pressure nor sanctions would contrib- ute to the goal of the denucle- arization of the Korean Penin- sula,” she told a briefi ng. “We hope all parties would push ahead diplomatically with denuclearization efforts,” she said, adding a stable Korean Peninsula is in the interests of both China and the interna- tional community. Her remarks came hours after McCain, in Beijing, urged China to use its leverage to pres- sure Pyangyong on the satellite launch. The former US presidential candidate, following meetings with the Chinese foreign and defense ministers, said that a stronger response, including UN sanctions, was needed. “I want to say very frankly what we all know, that the na- tion that has true influence” over the DPRK is China, Mc- Cain told a briefi ng. “And we have urged the Chi- nese to exercise that responsi- bility as quickly as possible and as strongly as possible, which in my view, they have not done enough in the past.” Jiang added that any re- sponse from the UN Secu- rity Council should be aimed at pre- serving the peace and sta- bility of north- east Asia. “The Secu- rity Council should take the overall situation into consider- ation,” she noted. Jiang noted China conducted multilateral communications with member and non-mem- ber countries of the Security Council after the DPRK’s satel- lite launch on Sunday. McCain also expressed disap- pointment at the lack of prog- ress in the Six-Party Talks. The negotiations, hosted by China and involving the US, Two executed for Kashgar terror attack on police KASHGAR, Xinjiang: Two men were executed in the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous reg ion yesterday for last August’s terrorist attack on border police that left 17 dead and 15 injured. The Intermediate People’s Court of Kashgar prefecture announced the death penal- ties, approved by the Supreme People’s Court, before an au- dience of about 4,000 local officials and residents at a stadium in Kashgar city prior to the executions. Abdurahman Azat , 34, and Kurbanjan Hemit, 29, both locals of Kashgar, were executed elsewhere, out of public sight, but details are unknown. They had been convicted of intentional homicide and i l legally producing guns, ammunition and explosives, according to verdicts an- nounced by the Supreme People’s Court on Dec 17 last year. The Kashgar court found the two carried out the ter- ror ist at tack on Aug 4 to “sabotage” the Beijing Olym- pic Games that began on Aug 8, 2008. The cour t heard they bought materials to make explosives, two guns and ammunition in February and March, and chose to attack border police in a town of Kashgar, near China’s border with Tajikistan, Afghanistan and Pakistan. Armed with guns, explo- sives, knives and axes, they drove a heavy truck that they had stolen to the site around 6 am. Two hours later, Abdurah- man Azat drove the truck toward a team of more than 70 police — who were on a regular morning exercise — killing 15 and injuring 13. When the truck overturned he detonated the explosives, killing another person. At the same time, Kurban- jan Hemit threw explosives at the gate of the police sta- tion and wielded a knife at the police who had been run over by the truck. He killed one policeman and injured two others. The two were arrested at the scene. Xinhua Japan, Russia, the DPRK and the Republic of Korea, are stalled after fi ve years of on- again, off-again meetings. “I don’t think the talks have been very productive,” McCain said. He said his disappointment was heightened by allegations that the DPRK has “at least exported some technologies,” referring to allegations of Pyongyang’s involvement in the Iranian and Syrian nuclear programs. Professor Pang Zhongying with the Renmin University of China said it is “almost im- possible” for China to support any new sanctions against the DPRK. McCain, a Republican sena- tor, is using the chance to press US President Barack Obama, a Democratic, to adopt hard-line policies over the DPRK, Pang said. “Pyongyang’s launch has given hardliners an excuse to say ‘see, the engagement policy has failed’,” he said, “so hawks are saying ‘carrots are no good, now it’s time to resort to sticks’.” Pang, however, said he did not expect the Obama admin- istration to resort to tough measures. Engagement will be Obama’s choice, Pang said, noting com- bating the financial crisis is still the top priority for the US. AP contributed to the story Neither pressure nor sanctions would con