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JWC Bilingual Bimonthly E-Newsletter No.63 From Oct.1st , 2006 by JWCAdvance notice: JWC Newsletter No.64 will e-mail to you from Dec.1st , 2006.China's real estate investments surge 24% Investment in China's real estate sector rose 24 percent in July on the same month last year, reaching 941.1 billion yuan (117.6 billion US dollars), the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said yesterday.Investment growth is marginally down from the 24.2 percent recorded in the first six months.The figure emerged following a slight drop in China's investment in urban fixed assets, which rose to 4,477.1 billion yuan in the first seven months of the year, up 30.5 percent on the same period last year, but 0.8 percentage points lower than the January-June period.Investment in mid-range housing rose 29.2 percent to 657.5 billion yuan, said the NBS in a monthly report on China's real estate market. Investment in affordable housing, warmly encouraged by the government in the wake of popular complaints about soaring housing prices, was up 5.7 percent to 27.5 billion yuan.The report registers a slight increase in the real estate climate index, showing that the real estate market is still hot despite a series of government measures to tighten tax, and restrict loans and land allocation.The real estate climate index is a composite index reflecting the current real estate market situation in China and development trends. The sub-indices include investment, source of capital, the floor space of marketable yet unsold buildings, areas of land developed and the floor space of buildings under construction.In July the index stood at 103.51, up 1.54 over the same month of last year and 0.58 higher than June.It was the fifth consecutive month-on-month increase since March, when the index grew 0.41 points over February. It rose 0.15points in April, 0.26 in May and 1.06 in June.The report came after new measures to tighten锦维移民 第63期双月双语简报2006年10月1日起由锦维移民 国际顾问 发布预告: 第64期简报将于2006年12月1日起发到您信箱，到时请注意查收中国美猴王40多人赴加拿大演出全团遭拒签9月25日电据加拿大《明报》报道，中国驻温哥华总领事馆透露，为庆祝中、加建交36周年而特别筹备的大型功夫神话剧“美猴王大闹天宫”，全团四十多名演员及团员的赴加签证，全部被拒，这是有史以来首次有计划前往温哥华的中国表演团整团被拒签，非常不寻常。

本年10月13日是中国与加拿大建交36周年，负责统筹表演的加拿大中国文化艺术传媒中心总裁万佳葆较早前在记者会上还高高兴兴的表示，为盛大庆祝这个有意义的日子，“美猴王”的大型文化表演节目，将由10月7日至12日在列治文河石剧院(River Rock Theatre)上演，向加国居民介绍中国文化。

文化团体首遭全团拒签中国对“西游记艺术团”的访温甚为重视，由中国文化部的高级官员担任团长，演出包括四川的变脸艺术及吉林的喷火奇技等，让当地各族裔可欣赏到中国的高水准文化演出。

岂料，全部四十多名团员的加拿大签证，日前尽数被加国驻中国大使馆拒签，主办单位当地时间21日发出的采访邀请函中表示：“两天来，虽经中国文化部、外交部，以及中国驻温哥华总领事馆多方交涉，加拿大联邦政府高级官员及加中友好协会也进行了多方沟通，但始终没有结果。

”驻温哥华总领事馆文化组领事张立伟21日晚向《明报》证实，有关拒签是最近几天的消息，她说这是温哥华举办同类型文化交流演出，第一次全团被拒签，她对此觉得非常诧异，也认为没有道理。

张立伟说，以往文化交流表演这类签证，一般没有问题，通常都很顺利就可以拿到，从来未发生过拒签情况。

她无法知道拒签的原因，不过她自己猜测，可能加拿大觉得艺术团中的小演员都有一技之长，觉得他们可能有移民意图，但这种顾虑很没道理。

田春燕：拒签欠道理中国驻温哥华总领事田春燕表示，有关演出还未决定取消，领事馆方面还在努力跟加拿大政府沟通，希望能尽最后一分力，不过时间也的确很紧张了。

对于拒签是否有欠道理，田春燕说是。

张立伟说，“美猴王大闹天宫”的剧目，是为这次property lending, banning loans to property developers whose self-financing is less than 35 percent of their investment.The government is keen to tame the roaring property market which has sparked grave public concern over housing prices. An increasing number of citizens are complaining that they cannot afford to buy property.The expansion of real estate investment and bank lending is also seen as fanning financial risks.By the end of July, 121 million square meters of mid-range housing were vacant in China, too high a figure for a market sustained by bank loans.Vacant space in residential buildings was up 10.8 percent at 66.1 million square meters.From January to July, 1.485 billion square meters of housing were built, up 19.2 percent on the same period last year. About 127.3 million square meters of land were developed, an increase of31.8 percent, according to the NBS report. China needs to import 4.51 million tons of cottonChina's demand for cotton is expected to reach 10.6 million tons this year, while output is estimated at 6 million tons, a cotton official said.Lei Xiangju, general manager of China National Cotton Reserves Corporation, said demand would continue to outstrip supply. She estimated the shortfall at 4.51 million tons.She said the gap between supply and demand would continue to widen in 2006 despite tougher times for the textile industry which is having to face up to rising costs, falling competitiveness and the strengthening of the Chinese yuan.In 2006, China's cotton-growing area totaled 79 million mu (5.27 million hectares), an increase of 3 million mu (200,000 hectares) on a year ago.Last year, China produced 5.7 million tons of cotton, down 9.8 percent from 2004, according to data from the National Bureau of Statistics.China's biggest commercial bank to launch IPOThe Industrial & Commercial Bank of China (ICBC), the country's top lender, is preparing to launch its 48.4 billion shares of IPO (initial public offering) simultaneously in Hong Kong and Shanghai in October.The bank expects to raise between 18 billion U.S. dollars to 21 billion U.S. dollars through the IPO, which could be the world's largest since Japan's top mobile phone operator NTT DoCoMo Inc. raised 18.4 billion dollars in 演出特别排练的，艺术团选择温哥华作为全球首演的地方，以后还有计划去美加其他城市演出。