As part of Jiang's nominal legacy, the CPC ratified the Three Represents into the 2003 revision of the Party Constitution as a " guiding ideology ", encouraging the Party to represent " advanced productive forces, the progressive course of China's culture, and the fundamental interests of the people.

With relations first established with the PRC in 1980, Kiribati had been the home to a satellite tracking base for China's space program from 1997 until 2003, a week before ties were formally severed.

According to the data of the China Bicycle Association, a government-chartered industry group, in 2004 China's manufacturers sold 7. 5 million electric bicycles nationwide, which was almost twice 2003 sales ; domestic sales reached 10 million in 2005, and 16 to 18 million in 2006.

In 2003 China's civil aviation sector carried nearly 2. 2 million tons of freight and 126. 3 trillion passenger / kilometers.

China's pipelines carried 219. 9 million tons of petroleum and natural gas in 2003.

Li Peng ( born 20 October 1928 ) served as the fourth Premier of the People's Republic of China, between 1987 and 1998, and the Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, China's top legislative body, from 1998 to 2003.

* Shenzhou 5 – 15 October 2003 – China's first manned Earth orbiter

In early 2003, Business eSolutions entered a contract to provide services for Bank of China's credit-card back office processing system in China.

Japanese Shorinji Kempo Group financial contributions to the maintenance of the historic edifice of the Song Shan Shaolin Temple in 2003 received China's recognition.

" China's Palace of Memory ," The Wilson Quarterly ( Winter 2003 ).

The launch center has been the focus of many of China's ventures into space, including their first satellite Dong Fang Hong 1 in 1970, and their first manned space mission Shenzhou 5 on October 15, 2003.

* Scientific American Magazine ( October 2003 Issue ) China's Great Leap Upward

It was announced on November 18, 2003, by the People's Republic of China's Xinhua News Agency as a response to the popular DVD-Video format and its licensing costs ( which some considered excessive ).

In November 2003, On2 announced that VP6 had been chosen as a codec for China's Enhanced Versatile Disc ( EVD ), a competitor format to DVD.

Also on this ISS mission on 15 October 2003, Lu communicated with the crewman of China's first manned mission into space, Yang Liwei, flying aboard Shenzhou 5.

Around 2002 and 2003, this security policy seemed to merge with the foreign policy doctrine known as China's peaceful rise.

In 2003, Etsong exited the car-making business and sold the Lubao factory to First Automobile Works, one of China's biggest car-makers.

The Gobi March, first held in 2003, in northwest China was China's first ultramarathon.

It has been China's largest passenger car exporter since 2003 and in 2011 exported around 25 % of its total production.

* Xinjiang Airlines maintains China's longest safe flight record ( January 3, 2003 )

* with Ching Hung-Yee: Handbook on China's WTO Accession and Its Impacts ( Imperial College Press, 2003 ) ISBN 981-238-061-2

During the 2003 Iraq war, when the PRC allowed Taiwanese airlines use of mainland China's airspace.

China's military leadership has also been reacting to the display of American military might during the Gulf War and the 2003 invasion of Iraq.

* 2003 – NATO takes over command of the peacekeeping force in Afghanistan, marking its first major operation outside Europe in its 54-year-history.

These archaeologists suggested that defensibility was never a major concern in the siting of a broch, and argued that they may have been the " stately homes " of their time, objects of prestige and very visible demonstrations of superiority for important families ( Armit 2003 ).

In Canada, a variety of conservative governments have been progressive conservative, with Canada's major conservative movement being officially named the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada from 1942 to 2003.

The intention was that these facilities would provide extra revenue to support the football side of the business, but they were less successful than hoped and before the Abramovich takeover in 2003 the debt taken on to finance them was a major burden on the club.

Map of Atlantic major hurricanes during post -" Modoki " seasons, including 1987 Atlantic hurricane season | 1987, 1992 Atlantic hurricane season | 1992, 1995 Atlantic hurricane season | 1995, 2003 Atlantic hurricane season | 2003 and 2005 Atlantic hurricane season | 2005.

The only party convention in 2003 was planned for November 2003, but about 20 % of the local organisations forced the federal party to hold a special party convention in Cottbus early to discuss the party position regarding Agenda 2010, a major reform of the German welfare programmes planned by Chancellor Schröder.

The Italian Army did not take part in combat operations of the 2003 Second Gulf War, dispatching troops only after May 1, 2003 – when major combat operations were declared over by the U. S. President George W. Bush.

Ultimately the campaign to overthrow the government was unsuccessful, and the major jihadi group, Jamaa Islamiya ( or al-Gama ' a al-Islamiyya ), renounced violence in 2003.

However, in the previous parliamentary elections in 2002, Tito's opponents won major victories, and in March 2003 he was ousted in a no-confidence vote ( having served the maximum three terms, he is barred by the constitution to run for another term ).

In 2003, Kuwait served as the major staging base for the coalition forces in the U. S .- led invasion of Iraq.

Saleh Ould Hanenna, a former army major, led the attempted 2003 Mauritanian coup d ' état in June 2003.

* 2003 – In Nasiriyah, Iraq, 11 soldiers of the 507th Maintenance Company as well as 18 U. S. Marines are killed during the first major conflict of Operation Iraqi Freedom.

Large amounts may increase the risk of hemorrhagic stroke ( see below ): Lower amounts are not related to this risk ; 3 grams of total EPA / DHA daily are generally recognized as safe ( GRAS ) with no increased risk of bleeding involved and many studies used substantially higher doses without major side effects ( for example: 4. 4 grams EPA / 2. 2 grams DHA in 2003 study ).

Doel ( 2003 ) discusses the use of oral interviews by scholars as primary sources, He lists major oral history projects in the history of science begun after 1950.

Recent PLAN incidents include the 2001 Hainan Island incident, a major submarine accident in 2003, and naval incidents involving the U. S. MSC-operated ocean surveillance ships and during 2009.

The Roppongi area received a major economic boost in 2002 – 2003 when the Izumi Garden Tower and the Roppongi Hills high-rise complexes were completed.

From 1959 to 2003 the Federal Council was composed of a coalition of all major parties in the same ratio: 2 each from the Free Democratic Party, Social Democratic Party and Christian Democratic People's Party and 1 from the Swiss People's Party.

During this time, the Orbiter Vehicle-105 received major hardware upgrades, including a new, multi-functional, electronic display system, often referred to as glass cockpit, and an advanced GPS receiver, along with safety upgrades recommended by the Columbia Accident Investigation Board ( CAIB ) for the shuttle to return to flight after the disintegration of sister-ship Columbia during re-entry on February 1, 2003.

In April 2003, Saddam's whereabouts remained in question during the weeks following the fall of Baghdad and the conclusion of the major fighting of the war.

Horror filmmaker and heavy metal musician Rob Zombie sees it as a major influence on his art, most notably his 2003 film House of 1000 Corpses.