 | Chinese construction workers come out of part of the China World Trade Center construction site , seen in the background, in Beijing, China Thursday July 19, 2007. China's sizzling economic growth speeded up in the three months ending in June, the government reported Thursday, and it said it would take new steps to cool the boom. The figures put China on track for a fifth straight year of expansion above 10 percent and moved it closer to overtaking slower-growing Germany as the world's third-biggest economy. click to open  |
 | The top US trade envoy Susan Schwab, seen in Beijing on Aug 29 2006, has said China should play a greater role in helping to revive stalled global trade talks and do better at opening up its own markets. click to open |
 | The top US trade envoy Susan Schwab, seen in Beijing on Aug 29 2006, has said China should play a greater role in helping to revive stalled global trade talks and do better at opening up its own markets. click to open |
 | A Chinese man pushes a bicycle past a billboard in Beijing's central business district October 8, 2005. China's Communist Party leadership opens a four-day closed-door plenary meeting on Saturday that aims to map out economic policy for the next five years and could see President Hu Jintao consolidate his grip on power. click to open |
 | Travellers check for tickets from an Air China counter at Beijing's airport in the midst of China's weeklong National Day holiday Oct 6th 2005. Air travel was once so exclusive in China that even government officials needed a special ranking, but today the skies are open to anyone who can afford a ticket, making flying a booming business. click to open |
 | A Chinese visitor touches a Rolls-Royce swept fan on display at the 'Aviation Expo China 2005' in Beijing September 22, 2005. Rolls-Royce Group Plc. is taking an even keener interest in China than most western exporters, because of the country's taste for the big airliners that the British company specialises in supplying engines for. The company, the second-largest aero-engine maker, sees the country's aviation industry not only growing unusually fast over the coming 20 years but putting an emphasis on wide-body planes. click to open |
 | Visitors look at a Chinese fighter plane model on display at the China Aviation Industry Corporation booth during the 'Aviation Expo China 2005' in Beijing September 22, 2005. Aviation Expo, which features more than 170 exhibitors from 21 countries and region, will run till September 24. According to industry figures, China will need 2,500 aircrafts in the next 20 years to compliment the explosive demand of tourism and business travellers in the country. click to open |
 | An exhibitor waits beside models of Eurocopters during the 'Aviation Expo China 2005' in Beijing September 22, 2005. Aviation Expo, which features more than 170 exhibitors from 21 countries and region, will run till September 24. According to industry figures, China will need 2,500 aircrafts in the next 20 years to compliment the explosive demand of tourism and business travellers in the country. click to open |
 | A Chinese visitor looks at a Snecma CFM56-5B aircraft engine on display at the 'Aviation Expo China 2005' in Beijing September 22, 2005. Aviation Expo, which features more than 170 exhibitors from 21 countries and region, will run till September 24. According to industry figures, China will need 2,500 aircrafts in the next 20 years to compliment the explosive demand of tourism and business travellers in the country. click to open |
 | Visitors walk past a billboard promoting 'Aviation Expo China 2005' in Beijing September 22, 2005. Aviation Expo, which features more than 170 exhibitors from 21 countries and region, will run till September 24. According to industry figures, China will need 2,500 aircrafts in the next 20 years to compliment the explosive demand of tourism and business travellers in the country. click to open |
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