epa02621541 A farmer takes out the plastic film covered sheds in his green tea field in a rural area of Qingdao, eastern China's Shandong province, 08 March 2011. The per capital net income for China's rural residents maintained an 8.9 per cent annual growth rate during the country's 11th Five-Year Program period (2006-2010), or 12.7 per cent before price factor adjustments, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said on 07 March 2011. The per capita net income for rural residents rose 81.8 per cent in five years before price factor adjustments to 5,919 yuan (Euro 647) in 2010, according to state media reported. EPA/WU HONG +++(c) dpa - Bildfunk+++
epa02621541 A farmer takes out the plastic film covered sheds in his green tea field in a rural area of Qingdao, eastern China's Shandong province, 08 March 2011. The per capital net income for China's rural residents maintained an 8.9 per cent annual growth rate during the country's 11th Five-Year Program period (2006-2010), or 12.7 per cent before price factor adjustments, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said on 07 March 2011. The per capita net income for rural residents rose 81.8 per cent in five years before price factor adjustments to 5,919 yuan (Euro 647) in 2010, according to state media reported. EPA/WU HONG +++(c) dpa - Bildfunk+++ © dpa | dpa
TO GO WITH Lifestyle-tourism-business-Asia FEATURE by Adrian Addison (FILES) In a file picture taken on July 19, 2010 tourists have their picture taken on Victoria Peak in Hong Kong. The sun is shining on the tourism trade in Asia-Pacific with double-digit growth notched up in 2010, spurred largely by Chinese and Indian middle classes packing their bags for a break abroad. Strong economies, the proliferation of low-cost airlines and a burgeoning constituency of online shoppers are adding to the region's rosy outlook. AFP PHOTO / FILES / MIKE CLARKE
TO GO WITH Lifestyle-tourism-business-Asia FEATURE by Adrian Addison (FILES) In a file picture taken on July 19, 2010 tourists have their picture taken on Victoria Peak in Hong Kong. The sun is shining on the tourism trade in Asia-Pacific with double-digit growth notched up in 2010, spurred largely by Chinese and Indian middle classes packing their bags for a break abroad. Strong economies, the proliferation of low-cost airlines and a burgeoning constituency of online shoppers are adding to the region's rosy outlook. AFP PHOTO / FILES / MIKE CLARKE © AFP | AFP
In a picture taken on March 6, 2011 models parade lingerie creations by Chinese fashion house Maniform at a show in Wuhan, in central China's Hubei province. Women have become a major driving force behind China's economic growth, driven in large part by women under the age of 35, as the world's second-largest economy is aiming for seven percent growth over the 2011-2015 period. CHINA OUT AFP PHOTO
In a picture taken on March 6, 2011 models parade lingerie creations by Chinese fashion house Maniform at a show in Wuhan, in central China's Hubei province. Women have become a major driving force behind China's economic growth, driven in large part by women under the age of 35, as the world's second-largest economy is aiming for seven percent growth over the 2011-2015 period. CHINA OUT AFP PHOTO © AFP | AFP
Ma Zishan (R) and Gao Zhao Ying (C) mourn the death of their son Ma Xiang Qian at the Foxconn Lunghua plant in the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen in Guangdong province, 26 May 2010. Ma Xiang Qian, an employee of the tech firm Foxconn Technology Group, has died after falling from a building in Shenzhen in January 2010. The chairman of Taiwan's Hon Hai Group flew to China on May 26 to try to stem the spate of suicides by workers at one of the firm's factories which has shocked the Chinese public. Terry Gou flew in his private jet to Shenzhen, where the company's Foxconn Technology subsidiary has a plant employing 420,000 workers. He brought along several psychiatrists to team up with Chinese doctors in seeking to a way to stop the suicides at the factory. EPA/YM YIK +++(c) dpa - Bildfunk+++
Ma Zishan (R) and Gao Zhao Ying (C) mourn the death of their son Ma Xiang Qian at the Foxconn Lunghua plant in the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen in Guangdong province, 26 May 2010. Ma Xiang Qian, an employee of the tech firm Foxconn Technology Group, has died after falling from a building in Shenzhen in January 2010. The chairman of Taiwan's Hon Hai Group flew to China on May 26 to try to stem the spate of suicides by workers at one of the firm's factories which has shocked the Chinese public. Terry Gou flew in his private jet to Shenzhen, where the company's Foxconn Technology subsidiary has a plant employing 420,000 workers. He brought along several psychiatrists to team up with Chinese doctors in seeking to a way to stop the suicides at the factory. EPA/YM YIK +++(c) dpa - Bildfunk+++ © dpa | dpa
Ganz geheuer scheinen diesen drei chinesischen Besuchern die riesigen
Ganz geheuer scheinen diesen drei chinesischen Besuchern die riesigen "Zwergenmützen" nicht zu sein, die sie sch am Donnerstag (17.06.2010) im deutschen Pavillon auf der EXPO 2010 in Shanghai über den Kopf halten. Der deutsche Pavillon zählt zu den beliebstesten der Weltausstellung. Besucher nehmen Wartezeiten von bis zu vier Stunden in Kauf, um sich im Inneren des Gebäudes ein Bild von Deutschland machen zu können. Foto: Boris Roessler dpa +++(c) dpa - Bildfunk+++ © dpa | dpa
(FILES) Chinese currency 100 Yuan notes are counted in Beijing on June 22, 2010. China's central bank set the strongest yuan exchange rate in years on June 25, as international pressure builds for a stronger currency ahead of the weekend Group of 20 summit in Canada. AFP PHOTO/Frederic J. BROWN
(FILES) Chinese currency 100 Yuan notes are counted in Beijing on June 22, 2010. China's central bank set the strongest yuan exchange rate in years on June 25, as international pressure builds for a stronger currency ahead of the weekend Group of 20 summit in Canada. AFP PHOTO/Frederic J. BROWN © AFP | AFP
ARCHIV - Auf der Auto Shanghai 2009, China's größter Autoshow, bestaunen Messebesucher den neuen Audi R 8.2 (Archivfoto vom 20.04.2009). Audi hat in den ersten sechs Monaten des Jahres 2010 in China mehr als 100.000 Autos verkauft und rechnet weiter mit einem Rekordjahr im Reich der Mitte. EPA/OLIVER WEIKEN +++(c) dpa - Bildfunk+++
ARCHIV - Auf der Auto Shanghai 2009, China's größter Autoshow, bestaunen Messebesucher den neuen Audi R 8.2 (Archivfoto vom 20.04.2009). Audi hat in den ersten sechs Monaten des Jahres 2010 in China mehr als 100.000 Autos verkauft und rechnet weiter mit einem Rekordjahr im Reich der Mitte. EPA/OLIVER WEIKEN +++(c) dpa - Bildfunk+++ © dpa | dpa
An elderly Chinese man cools himself off outside his home in a Hutong, or a traditional alleyway of Beijing, Friday, July 2, 2010. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)
An elderly Chinese man cools himself off outside his home in a Hutong, or a traditional alleyway of Beijing, Friday, July 2, 2010. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen) © AP | AP