China Officially Joins the World Trade Organization
Under the insistence and promotion of Jiang Zemin and others, China finally successfully joined the World Trade Organization.
Under the insistence and promotion of Jiang Zemin and others, China finally successfully joined the World Trade Organization.
On December 11, 2001, China officially became a member of the World Trade Organization after an agreement was reached at the ministerial conference in Doha.
The Beijing No. 1 Intermediate People's Court ruled at first instance that China International Television Corporation had committed infringement, and ordered it to stop distribution, issue a public apology, and pay Chen Peisi and Zhu Shimao more than 330,000 yuan in compensation.
On the night of October 26, 2001, Hu Wenhai, a villager of Dayukou Village in Jinzhong, Shanxi, shot and killed 14 people in a row after having reported village officials to the authorities for a long time without result; he was executed by shooting on January 25, 2002.
In October 2001, Jiang Zemin met with George W. Bush in Shanghai, and the United States adjusted its positioning of China from a "strategic competitor" to a "constructive cooperative relationship."
In October 2001, Huang Qifan was transferred from deputy secretary-general of the Shanghai municipal government to vice mayor of Chongqing, and in May 2002 he joined the Standing Committee of the Chongqing Municipal Party Committee, serving in Chongqing for more than 15 years.
On September 11, 2001, Jiang Zemin was the first to telephone US President Bush to express his condolences, becoming one of the first leaders of major powers to make a statement.
19 Al-Qaeda terrorists hijacked four airliners as weapons for suicide attacks on September 11, 2001, causing nearly 3,000 deaths, including the attacks on the World Trade Center Twin Towers, the Pentagon, and the crash of Flight 93.
The United States suffered the 9/11 terrorist attacks, the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center in New York collapsed, causing a large number of American and civilians and rescue workers from many countries around the world to die.
In the terrorist attacks that occurred on September 11, 2001, relevant personnel supported evidence collection efforts and played bagpipes during breaks to mourn and commemorate, demonstrating the resilience of a free land and a brave homeland.
On September 11, 2001, Chen Xueli, then a New York City Police Department officer, rushed back to the precinct to change into his uniform and rushed to the scene with colleagues after learning that planes had crashed into the World Trade Center. At the time, he was in the gym of the American Express building across the street; the impact of the World Trade Center buildings collapsing shattered the glass windows, and he survived thanks to the treadmill's shield. As a former Marine, he and his colleagues assisted in evacuating the crowds in the chaos, helping more people leave safely.
Following the 9/11 terrorist attacks and the outbreak of rescue operations after physical conflicts, multiple police officers and firefighters died during the rescue. Welles Remy Crowther, a Wall Street trader and volunteer firefighter, tragically lost his life while saving people, and his red bandana became an iconic item. The fires at the ruins of the New York World Trade Center burned continuously for three months, and rescue and cleanup operations lasted for nine months. Hundreds of public servants from the New York City Police Department, the Port Authority Police Department, the Court, and the Fire Department sacrificed their lives.
According to Shanghai professor Bao Pengshan, on the night of the September 11 attacks in 2001, students at several universities in Shanghai lit candles on the lawns, singing and dancing to celebrate the terrorist attacks, and many of them were at the time applying for scholarships to study in the United States.
Cisco's revenue for fiscal year 2001 (ending July 28) was $22.29 billion, up 18% year over year, announced on August 7, 2001; by that time the dot-com bubble had already burst and the stock price had plunged.
On July 24, 2001, Silverstein Properties, owned by the famous American real estate developer Larry Silverstein, officially signed a 99-year lease agreement for the World Trade Center with the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, acquiring the operating rights of the World Trade Center Twin Towers and the affiliated building complex for $3.2 billion. This was the largest privatization transaction since the landmark's completion. However, only seven weeks after the signing, the World Trade Center suffered devastating impacts and collapsed in the 911 terrorist attacks.
Yang Lan delivered a cultural-themed presentation in Moscow on behalf of Beijing's Olympic bid. That same September, she sold her stake in Sunshine Culture to Sina, after which Wu Zheng became co-chairman of Sina.
In July 2001, three former Huawei employees who had left the company to start their own business were detained by police 2,000 kilometers away, and were subsequently sentenced to two to three years in prison each.
A Chinese military aircraft collided with a U.S. military aircraft over the South China Sea, leaving a Chinese pilot missing, after which relevant parties referred to him as a South China Sea hero.
After a US reconnaissance plane collided with a Chinese interceptor near Hainan in April 2001, Jiang Zemin used the incident to strike a new espionage agreement during his visit to Cuba, after which shipments of Chinese weapons and equipment to Cuba increased sharply.
In April 2001, the China-US EP-3 incident occurred, further highlighting the vulnerability of the People's Liberation Army and prompting China to accelerate its investment in aerospace, cyberspace, and anti-access capabilities.
Elaine Chao was appointed Secretary of Labor by President George W. Bush, becoming the first Asian American woman to serve in a presidential cabinet.
Li Jiating was investigated in 2001, and Li Wei and Xu Fuying came to the attention of the special task force. After assisting with the investigation, Li Wei took refuge in Beijing.
In 2001, Du Shicheng, who had just become mayor of Qingdao, instructed Jiang Junshan, secretary-general of the municipal government, to coordinate the transfer of two heritage villas to Li Wei, with a reference price set at the old 1993 rate.
U.S. intelligence agencies were already aware of China's espionage and military activities in Cuba as early as 2001. After the dissolution of the Soviet Union, the Castro regime lost its backer, and Beijing seized the opportunity to turn Cuba into an anti-U.S. frontline base, upgrading its equipment through secret agreements.
China joined the World Trade Organization in 2001, when Washington made a bipartisan bet that trade would make China a closer friend and set it on the path to freedom.
Duan Weihong began befriending Sun Zhengcai, then-Party Secretary of Beijing's Shunyi District, in 2001, laying the foundation for her future political connections.
Ms. Ma Yongtian said that her factory was robbed in 2001, and then she began petitioning for rights.
Fang Xinghai served as Assistant General Manager of the Shanghai Stock Exchange starting in 2001.
Chen Peisi's Dadao Culture Company launched its first stage play, "Tuo'er," which achieved great success on its nationwide tour, with cumulative box office earnings of about 40 million yuan, marking its successful move into the stage play market.
At the 2001 annual meeting of CCTV's "Tell It Like It Is" program team, a satirical comedy short, "Division of the Family in October," was produced, in which colleagues openly mocked Bai Yansong's rationalizing, brow-furrowing, preachy style by remixing Soviet films and their character names.
In 2001, Hu Wenhai of Shanxi, after being oppressed by village official thugs for a long time, killed multiple people with weapons. The case shocked the whole country at the time, and a large number of related videos circulated online.
According to data cited in the video, from 2001 to 2018, the CPPCC invited 550 overseas Chinese from 79 countries to attend meetings in Beijing as non-voting delegates.