Sino-France Association Awards Medals On January 18, Sino-France Association awarded the "Sino-France 2000" medals to 13 Chinese and French enterprises including Chinese Medical Association and French Carrefour Supermarket Group for the great contributions made in the economic, cultural and scientific exchanges between the two countries. Founded in 1994, the association aims at promoting cooperation and friendship between the two countries. Picture shows president of the association (right) is awarding a prize to the representative of the Chinese Medical Association. |  |
Marine Aquatic Industry Booms in HainanRecent years have witnessed a rapid growth in the marine aquatic industry in Hainan province. It harvested 78,000 tons of aquatic products in 2000, up 31 percent over the previous year with the output value hitting 2 billion yuan, a rise of 48 percent over that in 1999. Abalone, prawn and other fish of super-quality have been cultured in a large area of the province. Pictured here is a fry pond in Ou village, Qionghai Town of Hainan. |  |
Confucius Temple Adorned for Spring Festival in Nanjing The pond is decorated with artificial lotuses to match with fountains in the compound of the Confucius Temple in Nanjing, East China's Jiangsu Province, Friday Ja.19, 2001. This ancient city is given a face lift in preparation for the Spring Festival. |  |
Sun Jihai to Leave for Crystal Palace Club Next WeekThe dean of Crystal Palace, a football team from the first division of England, told the reporter January 17 that Sun Jihai was to be there January 22 for a discussion about his transfers.  |  |
Ancient Mexican Relics Exhibited in Guangzhou Photo shows a large poster advertising an exhibition of ancient Mexican relics representing Maya culture kicked off January 19, 2001 in Guangzhou, capital city of southeast China's Guangdong province. 187 ancient relics were displayed in the exhibition. |  |
Premier Urges Beijing to Rev Up DevelopmentChinese Premier Zhu Rongji Friday urged Beijing officials to step up efforts to build the national capital into an international metropolis featuring economic prosperity, modern management, beautiful surroundings and sound social order. |  |
Iran Beat China 4-0 in Four-nation Soccer Tourney Iran beat China 4-0 in a four-nation soccer tournament in Tehran on Friday. |  |
"Michelle Yeoh" Installed in Madame Tussaud's Museum Malaysian actress Michelle Yeoh poses in front of her wax portrait at Madame Tussaud's musuem in Hong Kong January 19, 2001. Yeoh played the Bond girl in James Bond movie "Tomorrow Never Dies" starring opposite Pierce Brosnan. |  |
Chinese Minority Groups Hail Upcoming Spring Festival -- Ethnic Jingpo women in costumes perform fan dancing in Ruili city, southwest China's Yunnan province to celebrate the coming Spring Festival. |  |
Chinese People Hail Upcoming Spring Festival Local people perform lion dancing in Lingwu city, northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region to hail the coming Spring Festival. |  |
Bodies of 58 Died in Illegal Immigraion Return to Fuzhou Medical staffs carry a container with a body inside at Fuzhou airport in the capital city of east China's Fujian province January 19, 2001. 58 bodies of those died during an illegal immigration from Fujian to the English port of Dover were transported to Fuzhou through negotiation and cooperation of the two countries. |  |
Jiang Zemin attends Spring Festival show Chinese President Jiang Zemin (3rd from L) and other Chinese leaders including Li Peng (2nd from R), Zhu Rongji (L) attend a theatrical show at the China Theater in Beijing on January 19 to greet the Spring Festival. Chinese leaders take photos with artists and performers after the show is over. |  |
Lanterns for the Coming Spring Festival in Flower Market So many lanterns for the coming Spring Festival came out in flower market held in Heaven River center of Guangzhou with largest-size one on the evening of 18th.These lanterns brought so much merry ambience to Guangzhou. |  |
Sled Pulled by Horse of Changchun Some tourists from South China and students in the winter holiday enjoyed themselves on the sled pulled by horse of Changchun South Lake with it being less than 20 under zero. |  |
Armed police Help with Reconstruction in Inner Mongolia Armed police help reinforce a local cowshed Friday Jan.19, 2001, in the aftermath of a devastating blizzard hitting Xilin Gol League in the central part of North China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. The blizzard has claimed a great toll in cattle loss and property damage. |  |
Zhang Kunlun's Manuscript Against Falun Gong The Manuscript by Zhang Kunlun to Expose and Denounce the Falun Gong Cult. |  |
