Before the Asian financial crisis, East Asian countries mainly pursued a unilateral liberalization policy based on the most-favored-nation treatment (MFN), while they were also an important force in support of a multilateral trade system.

With the further deepening of economic development and opening-up, the development and changes in the political，economic and social spheres have become a focus of international attention.

The goal of China is to quadruple its economy by the year 2020 according to the standard of building a well-off society in an all-round way set at the 16th National Congress of the CPC.

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.