David Dollar, the World Bank country
director for China and Mongolia, and Austin Hu, the World Bank
country deputy?director for China and Mongolia, visited the
offices of China Internet Information Center (CIIC) and China
Development Gateway (CnDG) on Wednesday afternoon.
Dollar joined the Bank in 1990 as an economist for the Asian
Region. He was appointed country director for China and Mongolia on
July 1, 2004.
This was Dollar's first visit to CIIC.
Under the administration of CIIC, CnDG is a comprehensive website
that is part of the Global Development Gateway sponsored by the
World Bank.
CnDG began a trial run on September 1, 2001. By May 28, 2002, the
website was providing comprehensive information services in both
Chinese and English.
Dollar also spoke highly of the developments made by CIIC and CnDG
after he was briefed on their working procedures and
technologies.
On Wednesday morning, Dollar met with Zhao Qizheng, minister of the
State Council Information Office.
Dollar told the minister that CnDG had made much progress in the
past four years, especially in relation to the website's
introduction of China's poverty-relief efforts and developments to
the rest of the world.
(China.org.cn by Unisumoon June 16, 2005)
