A government is a body that has the authority to make and the power to enforce laws within a civil, corporate, religious, academic, or other organization or group. In its broadest sense, "to govern" means to administer or supervise, whether over a state, a set group of people, or a collection of assets.

The word government is derived from the Greek Κυβερνήτης (kyvernites), which means "steersman", "governor", "pilot" or "rudder".

Typically, "the government" refers to the executive function. In many countries (particularly those having parliamentary systems), the Government refers to the executive branch of government or a specifically named executive, i.e. the Blair Government (compare to the administration as in the Clinton administration in U.S. usage). The Welsh Assembly Government is the name of the executive branch of Wales, and Scottish Government is the unofficial term to describe the Scottish Executive. In countries using the Westminster system, the party in government will also usually control the legislature.

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Mongolia, China hold seminar on good-neighborly relations
Wed, 15 Oct 2008 21:46:55 +0800
A seminar on the development andprospect of good-neighborly relations between China and Mongolia took place Wednesday in the Mongolian capital Ulan Bator. In recent years, the good-neighborly relations between China and Mongolia have developed smoothly, and have featured frequent high-level visits and ever deepening cooperation in various fields, Chinese Ambassador to Mongolia Yu Hongyao said. Yu hoped that new achievements could be made in bilateral relations with efforts from b ...
EMEX China becomes cooperation platform for global electronic manufacturers
Wed, 15 Oct 2008 21:45:38 +0800
The Electronic Manufacturing Exposition (eMEX Suzhou) China has become a cooperation platform for electronic manufacturers both at home and abroad, a local official said on Wednesday. The expo, from Oct. 16 to 19, has attracted 630 electronic manufacturers, with exhibitors from Hong Kong, Taiwan and Macao taking up 32 percent of the booths, Suzhou deputy mayor Zhou Weiqiang said at a press conference. The Jiangsu Province city has hosted the expo for six consecutive years, provid ...
China's White Rabbit candy back in market after tainted milk scandal
Wed, 15 Oct 2008 21:44:47 +0800
The producer of China's iconic White Rabbit milk candy has put on green label on the candy's packing to show the product is free of melamine, three weeks after a sales halt amid the wide-spread tainted milk scandal. The candy taking on a new look began its return to market on Wednesday, as the products had passed Shanghai quality supervision administration tests, said general manager of the candy's producer Guangshengyuan, Wen Mao. Wen said the melamine-free candy would be suppli ...
China to float 20 bln yuan certificate T-bonds next week
Wed, 15 Oct 2008 21:44:04 +0800
China's Ministry of Finance on Wednesday announced it would issue 20 billion yuan (about 2.93 billion U.S. dollars) worth of certificate T-bonds next week. The bonds include 14 billion yuan worth of three-year bonds that carry a fixed annual interest rate of 5.53 percent, and 6 billion yuan of five-year bonds with a 5.98 percent annual interest rate. This batch of bonds, the fifth released this year, would be issued from Oct. 20 to November 4, the ministry said. Interest ...
CE: HK should stay prudent in world financial turmoil
Wed, 15 Oct 2008 21:43:26 +0800
Hong Kong's Chief Executive Donald Tsang said Wednesday that the city should remain prudent and rational in face of the global financial crisis. Tsang held a press conference on Wednesday after delivering the2008-09 Policy Address at the Legislative Council earlier in the morning. Speaking at the press conference, Tsang said that the worst situation of the world financial tsunami may not yet emerge and Hong Kong should stay prudent, pragmatic and rational when handling the turmoi ...
Premier: China to boost economic, social development in Tibetan regions
Wed, 15 Oct 2008 21:41:44 +0800
China will take measures to boost economic and social development in Tibetan regions in four provinces, according to a notice about a meeting chaired by Premier Wen Jiabao. Wednesday's executive meeting of the State Council, the country's Cabinet, discussed how to support development in the Tibetan regions of Qinghai, Sichuan, Yunnan and Gansu provinces. Tibetan regions in these areas are autonomous where Tibetans and people of other nationalities live together. The regions are t ...

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