Upgraded APEC Official Website OpensEntrusted by China Secretariat for APEC 2001 £¬the upgraded official website for the APEC 2001 meeting produced by Xinhuanet and Eastday is set to open in Beijing on May 26.The upgraded website will feature richer contents £¬ a larger amount of information and more beautiful web pages. Moreover £¬ its column setup will be more comprehensive£¬ rational and its service functions more salient. A powerful search engine will be added. The upgraded website will consist of the English Service and the Chinese Service £¬ each having eight channels such as the News Center £¬ about APEC£¬ Schedule and Services£¬ the Information Center £¬ and China & APEC. In all£¬ there are 84 columns and 94 sub-columns. The new website will instantly provide authoritative£¬ accurate and comprehensive official news on the APEC meetings. It will also provide information concerning the meeting and services for Chinese and foreign reporters. It will serve as a window for Internet users to gain a comprehensive understanding of APEC. The home pages of the English Service and the Chinese Service both have the¡°Latest Notice ¡± a column that will provide latest information related to the meeting and services. Via the key word or a city's name£¬ Internet users can go directly through the two¡°fast channels ¡± to relevant pages. The ¡°Special Report¡± column is designated to cover major events in connection with the meeting. The ¡°News Center ¡± Channel has the ¡°Photo News¡±£¬ a column focusing on photos on the APEC meeting taken by official photographers £¬ and the¡°Multi-Media News¡±£¬ a column providing video and audio news. The ¡°Information Center¡± channel will have the¡°Photo Gallery ¡±£¬ the ¡°Multi-Media Information Bank¡±£¬ and contain data about the APEC members and official documents of previous meetings. The ¡°China and APEC¡± channel will contain a large amount of information regarding China's entry into APEC £¬ China's participation in APEC activities£¬ President Jiang Zemin attending the meetings £¬ the important speeches of President Jiang at the APEC meetings£¬ China's propositions on the APEC activities£¬ economic cooperative relations between China and other APEC members£¬ a brief introduction to China£¬ brief introduction to the host cities. The 9th APEC Economic Leaders' meeting£¨AELM£©£¬ the Joint Ministerial Meeting and the CEO summit are set to be held in Shanghai in October. Related APEC meetings were held or to be held from February in seven Chinese cities including Beijing, Shenzhen, Dalian and Suzhou. |
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