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.

What we are discussing at this forum is not only a crucial task for building a well-off society in an all-round way, but a substantive issue for achieving industrialization and modernization and gradually eliminating the dual structure in urban and rural economy.

During the first three quarters of 2003, despite impact of SARS, GDP growth rate still reached as high as 8.5%.