Plane-seeding Greens SichuanSichuan has by now a plane-seeding forestation area up to over 780,000 hectares since China began its first successful plane-seeding greening efforts in Xichang and Liangshan, Sichuan Province, in 1958. Plane-seeding afforestation was then carried out on a large scale in mountainous areas of the province. Photo shows the lush forest scene from past plane-seeding on the land of Daxing Township, Zhaojue County, Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan Province. |  |
Multilingual Word Processing System Developed in Xinjiang A new minority language computer processing software, known as "Xinjiang 2000" multilingual Word Processing system, has been successfully developed in Urumchi, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region as is lately reported by news media. This new software, which supports multiply languages including Uighur, Kazakh, Kirgiz, Chinese, English, Japanese, and Russian, will speed up China's minorities' languages processing. Photo shows Tong Qingfu (first left), head of the research group of the software, is working on a special decoding device against piracy with his colleagues. |  |
Local scientists advance geneticsA group of Shanghai scientists has identified and replicated a gene it says is responsible for a genetically induced tooth disease that affects one in 6,000 humans.  |  |
Appraisal of Excellent Gym Athletes and Coaches Held in Beijing The Double Star Gym Athletes and Coaches Appraisal for 2001 Li Ning Cup was held February 6 in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. Liu Xuan (women on the left), Li Xiaopeng (No.1 on the right), and Lu Shanzhen (No.2 on the left), Huang Yubin (No.2 on the right) were respectively selected 2001 Li Ning Cup Double Star Athletes and Coaches. |  |
Collective Food Poisoning Happens in Haikou CityLu Haifeng, a child in Yushacun Guomao Kindergarten in Haikou, the capital of southern China's Hainan Province, receives treatment February 6 in Haikou People's hospital. Lu and another 79 people in the kindergarten, including six adults, were sent to the hospital with suspected food poisoning. |  |
Face to Face after 50 Years of SeparationFor the first time in more than 50 years, 73 senior citizens from southeastern China's Fujian Province Tuesday visited their hometown of Jinmen in Taiwan Province. |  |
The Red Lantern in the Bystreet Before the Latern FestivalThe children from the bystreet in Beijing were merrily hunging the red lanterns at the gate before the traditional Latern Festival (Yuanxiao Festival) . |  |
Barak to Resign as Labor Party Leader Conceding his defeat in a nationally-televised speech, Barak, holding up his tears, said he respects the "verdict of democracy." He also expressed congratulations to the winner, his right-wing opponent, Likud leader Ariel Sharon. |  |
Investors Concerned with Stock IndexInvestors look at the index screen at the Shanghai Stock Exchange on February 5, the first day of trading after Spring Festival. The market ended at 2008.3 points, down 57.6 points from the previous session. |  |
Sharon Wins Massive Victory: Initial Official Result Opposition Likud party leader Ariel Sharon won 63.8 percent of the votes in Israel's prime ministerial election Tuesday and caretaker Prime Minister Ehud Barak 36.1 percent after the votes of the first 100 polling stations were tallied. |  |
Shanghai Prepares for the 2001 APEC Informal Leadership Meeting A worker looks at the building of News Center for the 2001 APEC informal leadership meeting in Shanghai, February 5, 2001. Shanghai was busy preparing for the APEC formal leadership meeting and other relevant activities which would be held in October, 2001. |  |
Trucks Carry Relief Materials to Inner Mongolia Trucks carring relief goods raised by China's Red Cross, including wheat powders and medicine, drive out of Beijing to regions which suffered from heavy snowstorms in north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region February 6, 2001. China's Red Cross has raised more than 10 million yuan worth of materials and money for the snowstorm victims of Inner Mongolia. |  |
Beijing Residents Support Bid for the 2008 Olympic Games About 1,000 residents of Beijing sing together under the central television tower to express their best wishes for Beijing's success in bidding to host the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing February 6, 2001. A gallop poll showed that 94.9 percent of the Beijing residents supported Chinese capital's bid for the 2008 Olympic Games. |  |
China to Expedite Building Photoelectron IndustryDevelopment of the optical electronics industry will surely bring the society substantive benefits and deserves the government's vigorous support, according to experts and officials attending a seminar held Tuesday at Changchun, capital of northeastern Jilin Province. |  |
The Lovers in Shanghai Doting on the Hai-School Bar Before the valentine's day coming,the bars with Hai-School style were loved by the lovers all the time. |  |
