News in Brief
	Export up, foreign trade down in 1998
	*Photo: A scene highlighting winter water conservancy construction in Yueyang City, Hunan Province. Since the beginning of the New Year great manpower and big machinery have been used and as a protective measure against floods water conservancy projects are being constructed on a great scale in the province
	China to Unify Her Social Security System
	Compulsive Electromagnetic Compatible Test on Six Import Categories Demanded
	Stepped-up Infrastructural Construction to Advance Economic Construction