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Beijing Mayor Liu Qi Congratulates on Publication of Beijing Today
Beijing Mayor Liu Qi has written an article to mark the publication of a new English newspaper, Beijing Today. Following is the full text of Liu's article , titled "A Message from the Mayor"£º
The May spring sees the sun shining and flowers blossoming in Beijing. It is at this time of great vitality and hope Beijing Today , an English weekly published by Beijing Youth Daily and sponsored by the Information Office of the Beijing Municipal Government is launched. It is another step forward in the process of reform and opening to the outside, as well as advocacy for the city. I would like to take this opportunity to extend congratulations, on behalf of the Communist Party Standing Committee and the Municipal Government of Beijing , to this new venture.
Entering into the 21st century, Beijing is building an international metropolis. A good language environment is definitely a useful bridge for better international communication.
Great progress has been made in the city's reform, opening up and construction of socialist modernization in recent years. Social and political stability , together with a high speed of economic development , fast changes the city's appearance, eye's catching rises in people's living standards and an improved social and economic environment attracts foreign guests. In particular , due to its special position in the whole country , there are an in creasing number of foreign embassies, enterprises, business entities and institutions of study in the city. It is one of our responsibilities to introduce, in a comprehensive manner, the new achievements, appearance, development and progress of the city, as well as the traditional culture and history of several thousand years. Such a task is also a requirement of the development of the city.
The establishment of Beijing Today is a constructive response to this requirement. Beijing Today is the most direct and efficient channel for foreign friends , tourists and students in the city to know Beijing, to know China.
I strongly believe Beijing Today will win love both from foreigners and English practitioners in Beijing. Though it is a weekly paper at the very beginning, with successful development, the publishing cycle will be shortened. I am sure that sometime in the near future,Beijing Today will become a daily paper to better meet the requirements of its readers and of the times.
Beijing Today has a bright future. I wish Beijing Today will become a real bridge for Sino-foreign communications.
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