Xu Haifeng Appointed Head Coach of China's National Shooting Team Xu Haifeng(Centre), former Chinese national shooter and shooting coach, will take up the post of head coach of China's national shooting team.  |  |
Exhibition of Macao People Supporting Anti-Japanese War Held in BeijingSponsored by MHCPAW and supported by Macao Modern Literature & History Association, an exhibition about Macao compatriots supporting the War of Resistance Against Japanese Invasion was kicked off in the Memorial Hall of Chinese People's Anti-Japanese War (MHCPAW) March 4, 2001. Present at the opening ceremony were Ma Man Kei, vice-chairman of CPPCC, Ho Hau Wah, Chief Executive of Macao SAR and Liu Qi, mayor of Beijing. |  |
Video Online Discussion on Heart Troubles Held in HKOn Mar. 4, the annual videoconference attended by experts in the field of heart troubles was held in Hong Kong for the first time. Six experts from different countries at the main meeting room gathered in for an online discussion on heart-ache along with some 3000 specialists coming from about 40 cities in Asia Pacific regions. |  |
Bananas in Rich Harvest at Mayong, Dongguan City Dongguan is rich in bananas all the year round since ancient times. Last year saw a bumper harvest of 83 thousand tons of bananas in an area of 40 thousand Mu. Bananas collected at Mayong exchange station will be distributed all over the country. |  |
Premier on 10th Five-Year Plan for National Economic and Social Development The people of all nationalities united and worked hard and made great achievements during the Ninth Five-Year Plan Period (1996-2000), despite the complicated situation at home and abroad, said Premier Zhu Rongji. |  |
Beijing Launches Long Distance Running For Women's DayNearly 10,000 Beijing female runners participated in a long distance race Sunday afternoon to welcome the International Working Women's Day on March 8th. |  |
NPC Session Opens The Fourth Session of the Ninth National People's Congress (NPC), China's top law-making body, opened at the Great Hall of the People Monday morning. |  |
Senior Chinese Leaders Join CPPCC Panel DiscussionsIn another panel discussion with CPPCC members with trade union background and women's organization, Wei Jianxing called for more attention and help to workers in need. Wei stressed the importance to safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of workers and bring their initiative into full play. |  |
Senior Chinese Leaders Join CPPCC Panel DiscussionsVice-Premier Li Lanqing, who is also member of the Standing Committee of the CPC Central Committee, told another panel discussion that governments at all levels should invest more in the development of culture and arts and sports and provide them with correct guidance. |  |
President Jiang on Educational, Health Care ReformsChinese president Jiang Zemin called for accelerated reform and development of the educational, medical and health care sectors to serve the cause of socialistic modernization. |  |
Ancient Grotto to Receive World heritage Evaluation Mohammad Rafigue Mughal(2R), an expert from the World Heritage Committee talks to entourage when he makes the investigation in Yungang Grotto, one of China's largest group grottos, in north China's Shanxi province March 3, 2001. All the required application documents and materials have been well prepared and the result of application will be published at the end of this year. |  |
Presidium of 4th NPC Session Holds First Meeting Picture shows the first meeting of the Presidium of the 4th Session of the Ninth National People's Congress (NPC) held at the Great Hall of the People Sunday in Beijing, March 4, 2001. |  |
Presidium of 4th NPC Session Holds First Meeting Li Peng, chairman of the Standing Committee of the Naitonal People's Congress (NPC), presides over the first meeting of the Presidium of the 4th Session of the Ninth NPC at the Great Hall of the People Sunday in Beijing, March 4, 2001. |  |
4th Session of the Ninth NPC Holds First Press Conference Zeng Jianhui, spokesman of the Fourth Session of the Ninth National People's Congress (NPC) speaks at a press conference held at the Great Hall of the People Sunday in Beijing, March 4, 2001. It is the first press conference of the Fourth Session of the Ninth NPC. |  |
Collecting Honey in the Home of Rape Huang Jingui(right), a beekeeper from Jinhua, Zhejiang Province, collects honey with his wife in a rape field in Luoping County in Yunnan Province. Farmers in Louping County, which is called "the home of rape", plants more than 300,000 mu of rape according to the need of market this year. Now, more than 1,200 beekeepers from Zhejiang, Hunan and Guizhou Province etc. come to the county with their honey-bees to collect honey when rape blossom. Their daily output of honey amounts to 1.3 ton. |  |
Chinese President Participats CPPCC National Committee Group Discussion Chinese President Jiang Zemin (1st from left), also general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, shakes hands with a member of the Fourth Session of the Chinese People's Consultative Conference (CPPCC) National Committee while participating in a group discussion of CPPCC members from the All-China Federation of Industry and Commerce and an organization of non-state-owned businesses Sunday in Beijing, March 4, 2001. CPPCC National Committee Chairman Li Ruihuan (2nd from left), also a member of the Standing Committee of the CPC Central Committee Political Bureau, took part in the group discussion. |  |
