Premier Zhu Rongji Meets PressPremier Zhu Rongji is meeting the press at the Great Hall of the People Thursday afternoon.  |  |
NPC Session Holds Closing MeetingThe 11-day Fourth Session of the Ninth National People's Congress is holding its closing meeting this afternoon. |  |
Chen Zhonghua-King of CrabsAfter years of endeavor, Chen Zhonghua (left), a farmer of Yandu County of Yancheng, Jiangsu Province, has become the general manager of the Yancheng Ronghua Special Breeding Co., Ltd. Now having amassed a capital asserts of over RMB1 million yuan. Chen Zhonghua is now leading one thousand families by far in raising crabs hence honored as the "king of crabs". |  |
Yangtze River Bridge Heading for Completion in YichangThe construction of the Yichang Yangtze River Bridge has recently entered the last stage for fitting up its upper part. Photo shows the imposing Yangtze River Bridge in Yichang. |  |
Chinese Block-print-artist Famed CairoThe picture show, held by Zhang Baibo, a famous Chinese Block-print-artist on the riverside of Nile, has attracted the attentions of artists in Cairo, Egypt. Photo shows Zhang Baibo's discussing his works with another artist. |  |
Yugoslav Armed Forces Complete Deployment in Safety ZoneYugoslavia's armed forces have completed deployment in the section of southern Serbia's safety zone that borders Macedonia, the Tanjug news agency reported Wednesday. |  |
Four Elected Members of NPC Standing CommitteeThe fifth plenary meeting of the Fourth Session of the Ninth National People's Congress, convened Thursday morning, elected four people as members of the NPC Standing Committee. Communist Party of China (CPC) and state leaders Jiang Zemin, Li Peng, Zhu Rongji, Li Ruihuan, Hu Jintao, Wei Jianxing and Li Lanqing were present at the meeting and cast votes. |  |
Sichuan Gains Initial Results in Planting Trees in Dry-Heat ValleyForestation in dry-heat valley has been puzzling the world, however, initial results have been achieved in this endeavor by Yangtze River Administration of Afforestation of Sichuan Province which experimented with tree planting in the dry-heat valley of the Jinsha River. Here workers of the nursery are taking care of the saplings. |  |
Supporting Spring Plowing with Quality Chemical Fertilizers As spring plowing is around the corner, Fujian Sanming Chemical Co Ltd provided high-quality chemical fertilizer to farmers. Here are workers busy loading fertilizers for the market. |  |
Medical Experts Treat Cancer in Villages Guixin Village, an old revolutionary base area in Hebei Province, known as a high incidence of cancer for years, recently received medical experts. 76-year-old Hao Chunjing was moved to tears at learning of the news about medical experts coming to the village to give benefit treatment. |  |
Chinese Teenage Girl's Basketball TeamA young girl's basketball team is active in Tibetan Nationality College, Xianyang, Shaanxi Province. These girls are 6-15 years old. The team has not only been on an exhibition tour of Japan, but has attracted the NBA program group who has paid a special visit to China. Pictured here is coach Ma Yufei (first, right) instructing the team members in their practice. |  |
Vast Flower Cultivation Base Built in Tianjin A 7,280-sq.m.high-grade flower demonstration base was recently set up in Xiqing District of Tianjin Municipality. More than 100,000 seasonal flowers for the coming May Day have been moved into the green house. |  |
China Builds Its First Dessert High Way The construction project of China's first dessert high way that starts from Yulin to Jingbian of China's northwest Shaanxi province kicks off recently. This 116-kilometer high way, which crosses the Mu Us Shamo dessert is scheduled to be completed in September of 2003. With a total investment of 1.76 billion Yuan RMB, this project is a major part of a great high way project that starts from Baotou of China's northern Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region to Beihai of southern Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. |  |
Tourism Prospers in Xinjiang Village A British tourist had his hair cut in a traditional Uygur way before he finishes his trip to the Taklimakan desert in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. With some 200 families��Daliyabuyi village of Yutian county��where desert landscape is a great attraction to tourists��becomes rich with the development of local tourism since the beginning of 2001. |  |
Tourism Prospers in Xinjiang Village Villagers from Daliyabuyi village guide camels ridden by foreign tourists in Taklimakan desert in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. With some 200 families��Daliyabuyi village of Yutian county��where desert landscape is a great attraction to tourists��becomes rich with the development of local tourism since the beginning of 2001. |  |
Sino-US Networking Symposium Opens in Washington More than 50 Internet experts and government officials from China and the United States gathered Monday at suburban Washington, kicking off a three-day symposium on networking. |  |
Liaoning Governor Holds Press Conference Bo Xilai, governor of northeast China's Liaoning province, gestures at a press conference sponsored by the current session of the National People's Congress in Beijing March 14. |  |
Chinese Government Opposed to Collusion of Taiwan and Tibet SplittistsThe Chinese Government has never recognized the "exiled government" of Tibet and is firmly opposed to collusion between "Taiwan independence force" and "Tibet independence force" to split the motherland. |  |
Scientific And Technological Fair Held in Rural Area Farmers look attentively at samples of seeds and learn to differentiate the qualified ones from bad ones at a Scientific and Technological Fair held by agricultural experts in Shouyang County in northwest China's Shanxi Province March 13, 2001. More than 30 experts sent by the provincial government came to the county to publicize scientific knowledge, such as how to spot fake and inferior quality products. |  |
