Building a resource-efficient society and realizing a sustainable development have become the goal all countries are trying to achieve as the world economy reaches a certain stage.

"Macro control" had dominated the year 2004 -- more scared than hurt. But it should be noted that since the implementation of the policy of reform and opening-up began, whenever growth was accelerated, it would soon slowed down due to the resources bottleneck and mounting inflation pressure.

In short, the economy has been moving forward in the regulated direction set by the Party Central Committee and the State Council at the beginning of this year.

In 2005, the basic performanceposture of China’s economic growth and industrial development will be subject to the joint impact of the cyclical economic fluctuations at three levels.

In the first six months of 2005, the personal consumer price index (CPI) rose mildly. It went up 2.3 percent over the same period of the previous year, but the rate was 1.3 percentage points lower.

Coordinated regional development is determined by various factors. The following five points should be considered in formulating strategy and policy to achieve this goal.

In terms of purposes, the consumer demand for grain comprises four parts: food, feed, industrial use and seed.