CHINA: DELEGATES TO NATIONAL PEOPLE'S CONGRESS ENDORSE ECONOMIC REFORMS OF PREMIER ZHU RONGLI

Record ID: 980412

  • Title: CHINA: DELEGATES TO NATIONAL PEOPLE'S CONGRESS ENDORSE ECONOMIC REFORMS OF PREMIER ZHU RONGLI
  • Date: 16th March 1999
  • Summary: BEIJING, CHINA (MARCH 15, 1999) (RTN) 1. GV EXTERIOR ,SOLDIERS MARCHING OUTSIDE THE GREAT HALL OF THE PEOPLE IN TIANANMEN SQUARE 0.08 2. CU CHINESE COMMUNIST PARTY SYMBOL OVER DOORWAY OF GREAT HALL 0.12 3. WIDE VIEW OF INTERIOR OF THE GREAT HALL OF THE PEOPLE, WITH NATIONAL PEOPLE'S CONGRESS (NPC) DELEGATES SEATED 0.17 4. TV PAPERS BEING GIVEN OUT TO NPC DELEGATES 0.21 5. SV CHAIRMAN OF THE NPC, LI PENG, CASTING BALLOT PAPER 0.31 6. TV DELEGATES WITH VOTING PAPERS 0.36 7. SV/TV/CU DELEGATES PUTTING BALLOT PAPERS INTO BOXES (3 SHOTS) 0.54 8. SV PREMIER ZHU RONGLI VOTING 1.02 9. WIDE VIEW OF FINAL SESSION OF THE NPC 1.06 10. SV LI PENG AND ZHU RONGLI TOGETHER 1.12 11. WIDE VIEW OF HALL AND ELECTRONIC SCREEN WITH RESULTS OF VOTES 1.16 12. TV DELEGATES VOTING ELECTRONICALLY AT THEIR DESKS 1.22 13. SV MEMBERS OF THE GOVERNMENT VOTING 1.29 14. TV DELEGATES VOTING ELECTRONICALLY 1.34 15. CU ELECTRONIC SCREEN WITH VOTING FIGURES 1.42 16. SV GOVERNMENT MEMBERS LISTENING TO RESULTS 1.48 17. WIDE VIEW OF DELEGATES APPLAUDING RESULTS 1.53 18. SCU CHAIRMAN OF THE NPC, LI PENG, ADDRESSING DELEGATES 2.08 19. WIDE VIEW OF CONGRESS 2.15 20. SV GOVERNMENT MEMBERS STANDING FOR NATIONAL ANTHEM 2.20 21. WIDE VIEW OF ENDING OF CONGRESS 2.21 22. SCU (SOUNDBITE) (mandarin) LI ZHENLIAN, NPC DELEGATE, SPEAKING OUTSIDE PARLIAMENT "After the amendments of the constitution, the role of the private economy will become more important, so everyone is confident that the private economy will develop more rapidly" 2.38 23. SCU (SOUNDBITE (mandarin) LIAN YINGGUANG, NPC DELEGATE, SPEAKING OUTSIDE PARLIAMENT "This is a very big development in our country. Without this change development in many areas would be restricted and limited" 2.50 24. SV PREMIER ZHU RONGJI WALKING IN TO NEWS CONFERENCE AFTER CLOSING SESSION OF THE NPC 3.00 25. SV JOURNALISTS AT NEWS CONFERENCE 3.06 26. SCU (SOUNDBITE) (mandarin) ZHU ADDRESSING JOURNALISTS "The so-called problem of China stealing military secrets from the United States is like a tale from the Arabian Nights" . 3.18 27. SV CAMERA OPERATORS AND REPORTERS LISTENING 3.23 28. SCU (SOUNDBITE) (mandarin) ZHU SPEAKING AT NEWS CONFERENCE ABOUT CHINESE MISSILES APPARENTLY AIMED AT TAIWAN "If I don't know about them, how do you know about them?" 3.43 29. SV MEDIA 3.49 30. SCU (SOUNDBITE) (mandarin) ZHU "We know best how to protect human rights in China" 3.59 31. SV NEWS CONFERENCE IN PROGRESS 4.02 32. SCU SOUNDBITE) (mandarin) ZHU "I told (U.S Secretary of State Madelaine) Albright that I am ten years older that she is and when I began fighting for human rights, she was still a middle-school student" 4.27 33. SV REPORTERS AND TELEVISION CREWS 4.31 34. SCU (SOUNDBITE) (mandarin) ZHU "We are willing to hear other people's views on human rights but they should not be too impatient because I'm even more impatient than they are" . 4.40 35. GV PRESS CONFERENCE 4.45 36. SCU (SOUNDBITE) (mandarin) ZHU "We have been negotiating to enter WTO (WORLD TRADE ORGANISATION) for thirteen years. The black hair has changed to grey hair. It's time to conclude the negotiations" 5.03 37. SV JOOURNALISTS 5.09 38. SCU (SOUNDBITE) (mandarin) ZHU "With the deepening of China's reform and the accumulation of experience, China has enough ability to solve the problems which would be brought by China entering WTO. So China is prepared to make the biggest concessions" 5.35 39. SV JOURNALISTS 5.40 40. SCU (SOUNDBITE) (mandarin) ZHU "If both sides consider the whole situation and promote the stability and prosperity of the world markets and if we all make some concession, it is very hopeful that we would reach agreement" 5.59 41. SV PRESS CONFERENCE IN SESSION 6.03 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
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  • Location: BEIJING, CHINA
  • Country: China
  • Reuters ID: LVA639D6Q5NSK3O23O8FRWWPSXE6
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