Minister of Railways Zhijun Liu of China

on railway transport between Beijing and Shanghai.

Liu said the surrogates are not encouraged to develop an emotional or sexual relationship with the clients, but stressed the agency won't be responsible if both parties mutually engage in sexual activities.

Liu is a common Chinese family name.

In Cantonese transliteration, 刘/劉 (Liú) is Lau, Lao is also transliteration of 刘/劉 in Min Nan and Taiwanese Minnan Chinese languange, whilst Liu is a different surname, 廖, pinyin: Liào, ("Liêu" in Vietnamese.

Liu said 70 projects would be started in 2009 as part of a goal of easing a rail transport strain by 2012.

The bottleneck restraints both in passenger and cargo transportation could be removed, Liu was quoted as saying.

Liu said he tried to talk to his supervisor about the blatant fraud being committed by the Authority but that the supervisor became evasive.

Also, have you noted that the current Minister of Railways is Liu Zhijun? When Liu was the chief of the Shenyang Authority in 1994, he came up with an early retirement scheme.

When the PSB failed to obtain any evidence that Liu had been in contact with the Falun Gong, they accused him of illegally obtaining funds to set up his Reitired Workers website.

Liu was detained on swindling charges.

We welcome overseas and domestic private investors to get part ownership of the railway lines, except the trunk rails," Liu said on the sidelines of the annual National People's Congress (NPC) session.

Future investment opportunities will increase because we are going to raise some incentives to change the situation," Liu said without giving details of the pricing regime reform.

Liu said China plans to master the technological aspects of building and operating high-speed railways before 2010.

Liu said though China's ability to build railway bridges and tunnels in mountainous areas is world class, technologies relating to 300 kph railways need improvement.

Liu took the extract to his laboratory and began refining it, using what he calls a fractionation process.

There may be more than one compound," Liu said of the search for responsible ingredients that affect insulin-resistant symptoms associated with type 2 diabetes.

The railways sector will maintain rapid growth because of the "sustained large-scale increases" in both cargo and passenger flows, Liu was quoted as saying.

The Ministry of Railways will deepen financing reforms, such as stock market listings and issuing more railway bonds, to allow more private and foreign capital into its construction projects, Liu was quoted as saying.

Liu said China would acquire the world's most advanced technologies as it upgrades its rail system.

We aim at the world's top-notch technologies," Liu was quoted as saying.