All members try to consolidate what they have achieved in previous talks, and at the same time, press forward in a step-by-step manner.

The food security of a populous country is more than just economics and trade. A drop of 1 percentage point of China's grain output means extra imports of nearly 5 million tons or 2.5 per cent of the world's total grain trade volume.

The party has no intention of allowing a free press, but now they have to contend with growing professionalism among journalists, profit seeking by media and the effects of exposure to media outside China.

We have suggested that members comply with allocations that have been agreed at the previous meeting,

Who has time to manually spam web sites? That can't be very cost effective.

It will take time and there will be no immediate breakthroughs. But someone has to take the first step.