Blue Chips Exhibition Opened in ShanghaiThe week-long exhibition of "London-Shanghai Blue Chips under the Azure Sky", co-sponsored by Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE) and the British consulate general in Shanghai, opened in the city March 27. The event is designed to further strengthen the communication and cooperation between Sino-British finance and securities industries.  |  |
Public Good Promotion by Volunteers in BeijingA conference on " Promoting Public Good by Volunteers Through Advertising" was held in Beijing, March 27. It was sponsored by the Central Committee of the Communist Youth League of China (CYLC) and China Young Volunteers Association. Pictured here are two famous actors, Jiangwen (left) and Geyou at the promotion conference. |  |
Jinan Sees "Peach Snow"A spring snow fell in Jinan on the morning of March 27, adding beauty to peach blossoms in a roadside park. The snow fell in most parts of Shandong and northern Jiangsu at the same time. |  |
China's First Core Router China's first core router, a key piece of equipment in the network information transmission system, has recently been developed. The core router, a key piece of equipment in the network information transmission system, can transmit 2.5 billion Chinese characters per second. The invention marks China has reached the world advanced level in the information technology field. |  |
Spring Brings Tourists to GuizhouAs spring comes, an increasing number of people have flocked to the "park province" of Guizhou for sightseeing. Many domestic and foreign tourists have come to Guizhou's 1200 scenic spots by special trains and planes. Picture shows the famous Huangguoshu Waterfalls, visited by nearly 1,000 people every day. |  |
Train Crash in BelgiumRescue workers with a crane search the wreckage of the train crash at Pecrot, Belgium, Tuesday March 27, 2001. A train containing no passengers, top left, collided with a passenger train in the early morning hours of Tuesday. At least eight people died in the the accident. At left in the doorway of one of the carriages is a sheet covering one of the victims of the crash who was believed to be the conductor of the empty train. |  |
Arab Summit Opened in Amman Jordan King Abdullah(center) presides over the opening session of the Arab Summit in Amman Tuesday, March 27, 2001. The Summit will focus on Middle East peace process, the lifting of international sanctions against Iraq and inter-Arab economic integration. The two-day summit is the first ordinary one since Iraq invaded Kuwait in 1990. |  |
NPC Chairman Meets Cambodian Senate President Chairman Li Peng of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress meets with Cambodian Senate President Chea Sim at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing March 27, 2001. |  |
A Zoo With A Flourishing Population Some three-month-old tiger cubs and lion cubs play together at the Bifengxia Ecological Zoo March 27, 2001. They were among the 30 lion and tiger cubs born in the zoo last year. Located in the famous scenic spot of Bifengxia 1600 meters above sea level in southwest China's Sichuan province, the zoo occupies an area of more than 400 hectares of land, providing a free land for as many as 11,000 animals such as white tigers, white lions, giant pandas as well as kangarooes. |  |
Preparation for the Construction of Longtan Hydropower Station is in Full Swing Constructive vehicles arrive at Longtan where a hydropower station will be built. Preparation for the construction of Longtan Hydropower Station is in full swing. Construction of the power station will begin in June, 2001, with an total investment of 2.4697 billion RMB yuan. |  |
Preparation for the Construction of Longtan Hydropower Station is in Full Swing Technicians of Guangxi Hydraulic Project Bureau make an exploration in preparation for the construction of Longtan Hydropower Station. Construction of the power station will begin in June, 2001, with an total investment of 2.4697 billion RMB yuan. Longtan Hydropower, to be built with a water holding capacity of 7 billion cubic meters and installed with 540,000 kilowatts of generating capacity, will produce 1.871 billion kilowatts-hour of electricity annually. |  |
Making One Tree Into A Forest A technician of the Tropical Botanical Garden in Xishuangbanna, south China's Yunnan province, waters a banyan at a cut-in on one of its trunks March 27, 2001. Roots grown up from the cut part of the trunk will flourish into a small forest in 6 to 8 years.The artificially-induced roots help shorten the time of forestation of the banyan.However it usually takes a dozen years and even longer in a natural way . |  |
President Jiang Meets Cambodian Senate PresidentPresident Jiang Zemin met Tuesday with Chea Sim, President of the Senate of Cambodia. The Cambodian Senate president arrived in Beijing Monday for a four-day visit. |  |
