Peking University, Vienna University Join Hands in Natural ScienceInvited to attend the celebration of the 636 anniversary of Vienna University Xu Zhihong(L), president of Peking University signed with Georg Winckler, president of Vienna University a memorandum for a new cooperation between the two universities in natural science Monday afternoon in Vienna.  |  |
Presidium of NPC Session Holds 3rd MeetingPresided over by Li Peng, an executive member of the presidium, the meeting passed draft decisions on: the work report of the NPC Standing Committee, the draft amendment to the Law of Chinese-Foreign Equity Joint Ventures, the work reports of the Supreme People's Court and the Supreme People's Procuratorate. |  |
Int'l Auto Maintenance and Testing Equipment Fair Held in BeijingThe four-day Int'l Auto Maintenance and Testing Equipment Fair opened March 12 at the China International Exhibition Center, Beijing. Some 250 companies from 17 countries or regions are reported to participate in the fair. Photo shows visitors watching at the fair. |  |
Muddy Water Used for Power Generation Sanmenxia hydropower station recently succeeded in using muddy water for electricity production. Photo shows the muddy water drawn from the Yellow River. |  |
Wetland Protected in Shaanxi A great effort has been made in Heyang County, Shaanxi Province to return reclaimed land to forest and put wetland under protection in recent years. Photo shows swans hovering over the Qiachuan scenic spot of Heyang County, Shaanxi. |  |
Black Swan Artificially Hatched March 12 saw the artificially hatched black-swan unveiled in Gulangyu of Xiamen, Fujian Province. By far, this black swan has lived for 36 days after 40-day artificial incubation by a goose. |  |
Bountifully Rewarded Xinjiang has made a year-in-year-out effort for a restructuring of agricultural production and construction of melon and fruits production bases as developing food grain and cotton production throughout the region. Photo shows the high-quality pomegranate yields for shipment to other parts of China from Pishan County, Xinjiang. |  |
Wall Street Stocks RallyTraders watch numbers on a screen on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, March 13, 2001. The Dow Jones industrial average gained 82.55 points, or 0.81 percent, to 10,290.80, shrugging off early weakness and recouping part of the previous day's 436-point dive. |  |
Public Health Park in Tianjin A newly built public health park in Tianjin. The instalation of sports apparatus in the park costed more than 2.2 million yuan ,is one of major efforts taken by the local authorities to boost public health. The park covering an area of 13,000 square meters, boasts facilities of five ball games and track and field, etc. |  |
80-year-old Man Learns Tourism English Sun Shilian (R), an 80-year-old man learns English with other senior residents in Gulangyu Island of Xiamen, southeast China's Fujian province March 13, 2001. Retired old people of the famous scenic zone learn tourism English voluntarily to help foreign tourists visiting the island. |  |
Top Legislator on Strengthening Supervision to Curb CorruptionLi at separate group discussions with NPC deputies from Shanxi provinces, who are attending the on-going annual session of the NPC, the highest law- making body in China. |  |
Top Legislator on Strengthening Supervision to Curb CorruptionLi at separate group discussions with NPC deputies from Zhejiang provinces, who are attending the on-going annual session of the NPC, the highest law- making body in China. |  |
Top Legislator on Strengthening Supervision to Curb CorruptionDiscussing with NPC deputies from Jiangxi Province, Li said enactment of a supervision law has been listed in the NPC's law- making plan for this year. |  |
Jiang Stresses Coordinated Social, Economic DevelopmentJoining the group discussions of Anhui provinces at the on-going session of the National People's Congress (NPC), the President said that the policies and principles have been established; the blueprint has been drawn out; and the key lies in implementation, adding that "we must lead the people in translating the spirit of the Party's 15th National Congress and the Fifth Plenary Session of the 15th Party Central Committee into action and strive to fulfill all the major tasks set in the Tenth Five- Year Plan. |  |
Jiang Stresses Coordinated Social, Economic DevelopmentJoining the group discussions of Jiangsu provinces at the on-going session of the National People's Congress (NPC), the President said that the policies and principles have been established; the blueprint has been drawn out; and the key lies in implementation, adding that "we must lead the people in translating the spirit of the Party's 15th National Congress and the Fifth Plenary Session of the 15th Party Central Committee into action and strive to fulfill all the major tasks set in the Tenth Five- Year Plan. |  |
Wei Jianxing on Safeguarding Social, Political Stability A senior official of the Communist Party of China (CPC) has urged Party committees and governments at all levels to correctly handle non-antagonistic contradictions to maintain social and political stability in the country. |  |
Sun Yat-Sen Photo Exhibition Held in Taipei An elederly couple look at pictures of the Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Place Photo Exhibition in the "Forefather Memorial Hall" Monday in Taipei of Taiwan province, March 12, 2001. March 12th is the 76th anniversary of the death of this revolutionary forefather. |  |
Shannxi Makes Great Efforts to Wetland Resources Protection �� In rencent year, Heyang county of Shannxi province strengthened the task of returning grain plots to forestry and returning grain plots to wetland. Total area of the wet land in Qiachuan scenic spot has reached 165 square kilometers while the area of the reed marshes has reached about 100,000 mu. Through out the whole year, hot spring water temperature in Qiachuan scenic spot stayed about 20 Centigrade degree. |  |
Garbage Sort Out in Scenic Spot Gulangyu Several tourists passing by three different color garbage cans at the Scenic Spot Gulangyu in Xiamen, southeast China's Fujian Province. The installation of dozens of garbage cans at the scenic spot is conventient for people to throw different kinds of wastes into specified cans. |  |
Generating Power by Using Muddy Water The No. 1 generating unit at the Sanmen Gorge Hydroelectric Power Station has operated successfully by using muddy water at the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River in central China's Henan province recently. The Yellow River got its name "Yellow" due to its higher content of muddy water. |  |
