News in Brief 　　* Per-capita annual income of suburban Beijing Farmers exceeds 4,000 yuan in 1998, 267 yuan more than in the year before or a 7.1 percent increase. 　　* State power grid covered all administrative villages of Heilongjiang Province at the end of 1998. 　　* The Gezhouba pivotal project has, since its completion 17 years ago and following its successful resistance to the rare Yangtze River devastating flood last year, has been in safe operation for more than 500 days. 　　* Shanghai subway No.2 line tunnel has been successfully cut through. HomeNews 1999-02-24 Page1 Full Story in Chinese