Liu Xiaoguang visited the Moon Lake in Alashan for the first time, discussed with over thirty entrepreneurs how entrepreneurs can keep themselves upright, and was moved by the desert scenery, sparking the idea of establishing an environmental organization.
McConnell was elected Senate Republican whip, becoming the second-highest-ranking Republican in the Senate.
Yu Xiaoping was transferred from the head office to serve as the president of the China Development Bank Shenzhen Branch. He ruled locally for seven years, leading massive and enormous policy-backed loans for projects such as the Shenzhen Metro.
Jia Qinglin served as a member of the CCP Central Committee Political Bureau Standing Committee and Chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference for 10 consecutive years starting from 2003. During this period and thereafter, his son-in-law Li Botan managed the family's wealth through offshore companies and white-glove agents.
While the author's father was hospitalized at Zhongshan Hospital, the author met a fellow patient waiting for an organ transplant. The patient said they had a QQ group where many people were waiting for organs and mentioned that Shanghai had many sources of organs. The patient also said the organs they were waiting for might be "dry" and speculated that they could be related to executed drug traffickers, but the author expressed doubt, believing that the health condition of drug traffickers would not be suitable for transplantation.
The Changchun Municipal Government internally reported in 2003 that the incident of seizing Ms. Ma Yongtian's factory was illegal and wrong.