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　　 　　Forbes magazine describes her as proud, elegant and intelligent and recently ranked her third most influential woman in the world in its annual power poll. Chinese Vice Premier Wu Yi, widely regarded as the country’s top woman politician, is in potent company in the upper echelons of the poll. German Chancellor Angela Merkel is in top spot, with U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice in second place.
　　The 67-year-old dynamo dreamed of becoming a great entrepreneur in her youth, but found her niche as the only female figure in China’s core political corridor of power.
　　Having risen through the ranks of the ruling Communist Party of China since 1962, Wu became the only woman member in the Party’s 24-member decision-making body in 2002, adding the position of minister of health to her resume when the SARS crisis hit in 2003.
　　China’s resource-starved and fast-paced economy has kept the country’s iron lady busy this year, it added, saying that among the top issues on her agenda are addressing intellectual copyright concerns and trade imbalances, while nurturing new markets.
　　Over the past year, she comforted the European Union by clarifying the point that bilateral trade cooperation is in the common interests of both sides. On a recent visit to the United States, she helped secure more than $18 billion worth of government contracts, while her official goodwill trip to the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea contributed to international efforts to peacefully resolve the nuclear issue on the Korean Peninsula.
　　Her outstanding performances in China’s diplomatic activities guaranteed her place on the list, said Forbes.
　　The poll is based on a composite of visibility factors measured by media exposure and economic impact.
　　“If one was looking for a minister to help China regain international trust, she would be the person. Her directness undercuts the notion that there’s guile or any attempt to deceive. Also, she means business.”
　　
　　Charlene Barshefsky, a former U.S. trade representative who has spent many hours facing Wu across the negotiating table
　　
　　“She told me things she didn’t have to because she values openness.”
　　President George W. Bush confirmed for the first time the United States held some detainees captured overseas at covert jails run by the Central Intelligence Agency. The 14 such prisoners still in custody have been transferred to the military detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba
　　“China’s agricultural industry would not be able to cope if its farm produce market is thrown open over a short period of time. Countries participating in the Doha Round talks have to consider the realities new WTO members like China face.”
　　
　　Du Qinglin, Chinese Minister of Agriculture, told visiting Director General of the World Trade Organization, Pascal Lamy
　　
　　“Royal succession affects the base of our nation, and it is extremely important that we create a system that ensures stable succession. Thegovernment wants to workcarefully and calmly so that we can gain consensus from all parts of the public.”
　　Shinzo Abe, Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary, expressed his caution about sudden changes to succession rules before Princess Kiko, wife of Prince Akishino, gave birth to the first male to Japan’s imperial family on September 6
　　“I do not recognize someone who tries to act as the chief federal executive without having a legitimate and democratic representation...To hell with their institutions.”
　　Lopez Obrador, Mexican presidential candidate, said after the electoral court named his contender Felipe Calderon as the country’s next president on September 5
　　“China has implemented reforms to speed up business registration and trading, ease access to credit, and improve protection of investors, making it the top reformer in the region and the fourth best worldwide.”

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