Academicians on Inspection Tour to ChunlanCo-organized by the State Economic and Trade Commission and Chinese Academy of Engineering (CAE), 11 academicians of CAE set out on an inspection tour to the Chunlan Group (http://www.chunlan.com/) February 13. They have offered their consultative views on the general strategy for development, construction of technological innovation system and key research projects, so as to help raise the technological and management level. Tao Jianxing (right), chairman of the board of the Chunlan Group, is briefing them an overall situation about their technical management. |  |
"Crouching Tiger" Leaps into Oscar History The Mandarin-language movie, which mixes gravity-defying fight scenes and sword play with heart-wrenching romance, nabbed 10 Academy Award nominations on Tuesday, including nods for best picture, best foreign-language film and best director for Taiwanese-born filmmaker Ang Lee.  |  |
"Crouching Tiger" Leaps into Oscar History Not only can its stars soar over treetops, but the martial arts fantasy "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" has made the Oscar record books days after becoming the highest-grossing foreign-language film in American history. |  |
Roses Bloom on Valentine's DayBeijing's flower markets also witness shopping binge around this special day for lovers. Daily sales have doubled in various flower markets across Beijing since February 10, according to market sources. |  |
Train Rolling into Liangping February 13, some ten thousand people descending from Daxian County of Sichuan Province, Wanzhou of Chongqing Municipality and the Three Gorges area gathered in celebration of completion of the railway from Daxian to Liangping County over a distance of 75.6km, being a part of the Daxian-Wanzhou Railway under construction. With construction began since August 1997, the whole railway line, 161km long as planned, will be open to traffic by June in doing its part in boosting local agriculture production and construction of the Three Gorges Project. |  |
China, Canada Sign Deals Worth US$5.3 BillionChina and Canada signed about 200 business and cooperation deals worth 5.3 billion US dollars Tuesday. The deals include 65 contracts worth a total of US$1.4 billion, 64 memorandum of understanding valued at two billion, 36 letters of intent valued at 1.2 billion as well as 32 other agreements valued at 78 million US dollars, said the Canadian Embassy in Beijing. |  |
20th National Jewelry/Pearl Show Held in BeijingParticipants and traders look at and discuss pearl necklaces at the 20th National Jewelry and Pearl Products Exhibition, which opened yesterday February 13 at the Beijing Nationalities' Cultural Palace. |  |
HK Chief Executive Meets Mayor of TaipeiTung Chee Hwa, chief executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR), met with visiting Mayor of Taipei Ma Ying-jeou and his delegation Tuesday at Government House and exchanged views about urban developments in Hong Kong and Taipei. |  |
Heavy Snow strikes Northern Xinjiang A young herdsman and his sheep are engulfed by deep snow in the Aletai district northern of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region february 13, 2001. A heavy snowfall stroke the district recently, besieging as many as 49 villages. |  |
Advertisements Mushrooming in Lhasa A huge advertisement board in Lhasa, Tibet Autonomous Region, February 13, 2001. Nowadays all kinds of advertisements can be seen in the capital city. |  |
Spring Exhibition of Computers and Media 2001 Taibei Closed Several children operate computers in the Spring Exhibition of Computers and Media 2001 Taibei held in Taibei, capital city of China's Taiwan Province Tuesday, February 13, 2001. The four-day exhibition attended by 205 computer manufacturers attracted more than 500,000 visitors. |  |
Chinese, World Trade Unions Leader Meet in BeijingChina's trade unions hope to further strengthen exchanges and cooperation with the world trade unions, Wei Jianxing, chairman of the All-China Federation of Trade Unions (ACFTU), said Tuesday. |  |
APEC SOM 1 Closed in Beijing Wang Guangya(left 2), Chinese Vice Foreign Minister, also the president of the Senior Officials Meeting, answers journalists' questions in the SOM Chair's Press Briefing held in Beijing after the closure of the first Senior Officials Meeting(SOM 1) of the 13th Ministerial Conference of APEC Tuesday, February 13, 2001. |  |
Chinese Premier Urges Canadian Businessmen to Participate inPremier Zhu Rongji urged Canadian businessmen Tuesday to make long-term plans and " actively participate" in the development of China's west. |  |
Students Denouncing Falun Gong Cult Throgh Website Students of the University of Science and Techonology in Hefei, capital of east China's Anhui province, look for reports about Falun Gong cult through the school's website February 13, 2001. In recent days, students of the university reprimanded the Falun Gong cult following the tragedy involving seven diehard cult members setting fire on themselves in tian'anmen square last month. |  |
