President's Address


China National Cotton Reserves Corporation, also known as CNCRC, is a wholly state-owned enterprise. In order to strengthen the cotton market reform and separate the management of the state cotton reserve from other cotton businesses, the State Council approved setting up China National Cotton Reserves Corporation. During its establishment, CNCRC got great support
and help from the State Council and other governmental departments. A lot of cotton enterprises, domestic and overseas, expressed great concern about this new corporation. On behalf of all employees of CNCRC, I hereby extend our sincere appreciation to them.

China is one of the largest cotton production and consumption countries. Cotton production not only has great effect on the economic development of cotton producing areas and the income of cotton farmers, but also has significant impact on the textile industry and China's export. Chinese government has always attached importance to the cotton reserve system. In recent years, special fund has been invested by the central government to construct some state cotton reserve warehouses. With the development of China's cotton production and the acceleration of the market-oriented economic reform, the state cotton reserve has become an important instrument for government to regulate the cotton market, guide the cotton price and keep the supply and demand in balance.

After China's accession to WTO, CNCRC will face both new opportunities and severe challenges. We will earnestly embrace the spirit of the 16th National Congress of the Communist Party of China to emancipate the mind, be practical and realistic and keep pace with the times to establish CNCRC as an enterprise with unity and initiative. With such efforts, CNCRC will make contribution to accelerating the development of the national economy, stabilizing domestic cotton market, increasing China's export income and keeping the cotton supply and demand in balance.

Lei Xiangju

President
CNCRC