Gross Domestic Product (GDP) maintained a fast growth. According to preliminary calculation, during the first three quarters of the year, the Gross Domestic Product reached 14147.7 billion yuan, up 10.7% as compared with the same period of last year.

In recent years, the Chinese government has attached much emphasis to the reform and construction of public fiscal system.

In the first half of the year, the national economy continued to maintain a strong momentum of rapid growth.

In the first half of 2006, China's national economy continued to grow in a sustainable and rapid way.

The current trade imbalance between China and the United States is one of the embodiments of the imbalance of the world economic structure.

The customs statistics show that in May 2006, China realized a trade surplus of 13 billion US dollars, setting a new high; from January to May, the trade surplus had reached 46.8 billion dollars, a rise of 16.8 billion dollars over the same period last year, an increase of of 56%.

The coordination of interest relations among various social entities and aspects is the basis of and key to social harmony.

Building a new socialist countryside is a major strategic decision made by the central government in light of the overall consideration to harmonize urban and rural development and comprehensively build a well-off society.