Meanwhile, the government has encouraged imports.

China is facing three major problems with its foreign trade: the country's unbalanced trade; increased interest rates of world economies; and the surging prices of crude oil and other resources.

At this stage, I'm not aware of any change in our acquisition plan. Our relationship with the Kazakh government has always been well maintained. They recognize us as a good partner and any form of cooperation is possible.

Chinese oil companies need to go overseas to seek energy assets and the government encourages that. The price at which they pay for the assets must still be within the limits of the companies.

We urge the US Government to stop interfering in China's religious affairs under the guise of the religion issue,

The Chinese government values educational cooperation with foreign countries and welcomes more foreign students to come to China.