Wang Zhidong: Winter in Beijing Really So Cold? "Harvest time for the Internet has not yet been around. However, is winter in Beijing really so cold?" Wang Zhidong, CEO of sina.com, told his mind on the trend of the development of China's portal websites Thursday.  |  |
Wild Animals Well Protected in Northwest TibetThanks to anti-poaching patrol team formed in recent years the wild animals in Nagqu Prefecture of Tibet have been well protected. Look, a herd of blue sheep are grazing leisurely by the roadside, Xainza County, north Tibet. |  |
Section of Qingdao-Yinchuan Expressway Opened to TrafficThe Qingdao section of the Qingdao-Yinchuan Expressway has been brought to completion and opened to traffic lately to extend the freeway mileage within Qingdao City to a total of 288 kilometers. |  |
Yi People Get Rich by Means of TechnologyA technical worker is picking top-quality tomatoes in a research institute for tropical and subtropical cash crops, a model setup for high-efficient agriculture in Yuanmou County of Chuxiong Yi Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province. |  |
Bustling Wangfujing Ave. Witnesses Another Public Campaign for Beijing BidThe mass gathering activity in the Wangfujing Avenue on the second of four-day inspection of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) evaluation commission was the latest of "I Support Beijing Bid" campaign initiated by a non-governmental arts and crafts company in Beijing. |  |
Men to Down Fists and Raise Ribbons for Women A national drive to encourage men to join in the white ribbon campaign, the world's largest effort to end men's violence against women, was launched Thursday in Beijing.The initiative, sponsored by the United Nations Development Fund For Women (UNIFEM) and the All-China Women's Federation, aims to enhance public awareness, especially in men, of violence against women and how to eliminate it. |  |
Flying Horse Rides HighYu Baoxia,an employee of the Shanghai Flying Horse Knitwear Co.Ltd.,works on a production line in one of the company's workshops.Flying Horse is undergoing major reform in its bid to establish itself as a modern enterprise. |  |
US, British Warplanes Strike Sites in Northern IraqIraqi Deputy Prime Minister Tareq Aziz gestures during an interview in Baghdad February 22, 2001. Aziz said world condemnation of the attack, especially by big powers Russia, China and France, showed the "U.S. policy on Iraq is isolated and unreasonable". |  |
IOC Team Inspects Facilities, Venues and Communities in Beijing Sergei Bubka , a member of International Olympic Committee Evaluation Commission, plays table tennis with children living in the Trees Garden residential area of Xuanwu District in Beijing February 22, during their tour of the city. |  |
First Virtual TV Presenter Born in ChinaBill Deng, the first Virtual TV Presenter in China lately shows its face again on TV after two-months' "cosmetic surgery", born last November. In addition to physical changes, it has been given a new name of Chinese tint---Yan Dongfang, and Bill, as its English name implies, is still kept. |  |
Flowers Blooming All Four Seasons in LintaoLintao County, Gansu Province, actively develops rural flower-industry economy this year, registering an output value of nearly 50m yuan. Photo shows farmer-turned technicians cultivating peonies. |  |
BGI Upgraded to World SixthBeijing Genomic Institute (BGI) (Human Genome Center of Institute of Genetics CAS) has been upgraded to world sixth genome sequencing center from world seventh last year. Photo shows the workshop of BGI. |  |
Equipment Installation Work in Full Swing in Three Gorges ProjectThe work of metal structure and electromechanical equipment installation, a key project of Three Gorges Project, is now in full swing. Pictured here is the site for the installation of No.1-6 machine units of the Three Gorges Project. |  |
Beijing to Hold Final of Second Chinese Miss NetFebruary 21 saw provincial and municipal champions of Miss Network striking poses in Beijing Guesthouse Hotel (Radisson). They will attend the final of Chinese Miss Net of the Second China Internet Contest in Beijing this weekend. |  |
Qingdao Port Becomes a World Hinge Port Qingdao Port has become a pivotal port in the world. Currently, there are more than 260 scheduled container vessels shuttling between Qingdao and other ports every month, of which over 80 vessels are sailing along ocean lines to other parts of the world. Photo shows the busy container terminal of Qingdao Port. |  |
Renovation Began on Weijin River in Tianjin Workers labor on Weijin River in Tianjin city Thursday Feb.22, 2001. A renovation project was kicked off on the river which runs about 20 km through the city. |  |
Home-Fashioned Blood Donation Center Set up in Wuhan A doctor briefs a blood donor on the donation-related affairs at a newly-built blood donation center in Wuhan, capital of Central China's Hubei Province, Wednesday Feb.21, 2001. This center was furnished in the home fashion which helps to relax donors and donors-to-be. |  |
"New Olympics" Orchid Named for Olympic Games A branch of "New Olympics" orchid at the Beijing Huayue Seedling Company in Beijing Thursday Feb.22, 2001. This new species of orchid which took the company 3 years to cultivate was named "New Olympics" by the owner to support Beijing's bidding for hosting 2008 Olympic Games. |  |
CPPCC Head Meets HK Chinese Chamber of Commerce GroupLi Ruihuan, chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), met with a visiting group of the Chinese General Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong headed by its chairman Robin Chan Thursday. |  |
Vice-President Meets ROK Party LeaderThe Communist Party of China (CPC) will increase cooperation with major political parties and statesmen of the Republic of Korea (ROK)to push forward the friendly relations of cooperation between the two countries in the new century, Chinese Vice-President Hu Jintao said Thursday. |  |
