Fujian Strikes Illegal Sand ExtractionChina Maritime Safety Administration East China Sea Group and concerned departments lately joined hands in striking illegal sand extraction off the seacoast of Fujian, putting local oceanic environment and resources under threat. Picture shows a boat hunted down for unlicensed sand extraction in Meizhou Bay, Fujian Province. |  |
"Clairvoyance" for Flood Prevention on PlateauFlood Prevention Alarm System on the Nyang River in Nyingchi County of Tibet Autonomous Region has become indispensable for flood control and fighting natural disaster since it was installed in June 2000. With a grant of 4 million yuan from Fujian Province, the system has been built with 12 unmanned inspection stations and linkage of a satellite communication network it forecasts about hydrology, water level and flood flows of the Nyang River. Picture shows a scene of the solar energy-powered unmanned alarm system in operation. |  |
Rescue Huangguoshu Scenic SpotHuangguoshu scenic spot covers an area of 244,000 mu (15 mu=1 hectare) of which 42 percent had been subjected for a time to serious stonification, endangering the Great Waterfall of Huangguoshu, one of the World Natural Heritage sites. By now, there has been seen a gradual improvement in ecological environment. Picture shows the Huangguoshu Great Waterfall environed by lush flowers and trees. |  |
Missing Chinese Pilot Wang WeiA US military surveillance plane bumped into and damaged a Chinese military jet over the South China Sea Sunday. The photo shows the missing Chinese pilot Wang Wei |  |
Wang Zhizhi Signs Two-Year Contract with Dallas MavericksChinese national team center Wang Zhizhi signed a two-year contract with the Dallas Mavericks Wednesday, becoming the first Asian cager to play in the National Basketball Association (NBA).  |  |
Japanese Scholars Voices Concern on Approval of Controversial TextbookA Japanese scholar speaks at a press conference in Tokyo Wednesday to criticize the Japanese Government's screening of a new pro-militarism history textbook. The press conference was attended by representatives from 11 societies in Japan. |  |
Ethnic Education in Guizhou Students from the Normal Vacational School in the Bouyei-Miao Autonomous Prefecture of Qianxinan in southwest China's Guizhou Province practice at the electrical appliance repairing class April 3, 2001. The provincial government has sped up the development of ethnic nationality education, involving the improvement of school facilities and increase of the girl enrollment ratio to 97.83 percent. |  |
China Steps Up Efforts to Search for Missing Pilot Three Chinese navy staffers watch the sea on a warship on south China sea April 4, 2001. China is stepping up efforts to search for the parachuted pilot of the fighter jet bumped into and damaged by a U.S. military surveillance plane. |  |
China Steps Up Efforts to Search for Missing Pilot A Chinese military ship cruises on south China sea April 4, 2001. China is stepping up efforts to search for the parachuted pilot of the fighter jet bumped into and damaged by a U.S. military surveillance plane. |  |
China Launches Campaign to Restore Economic OrderChinese Premier Zhu Rongji Wednesday called for the greatest efforts to maintain the market economic order and to create a sound environment for the country's modernization drive. |  |
Chinese Vice-President Meets Gabonese Defense Minister Chinese Vice President Hu Jintao shakes hands with Gabonese Defense Minister Ali Bongo at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing April 4, 2001. |  |
Beijing Pupils Support Olympic Bid Beijing pupils cheer before drawings and calligraphies produced by themseves in Beijing April 4, 2001. An exhibition of pupils' art works is held to support Beijing's 2008 Olympic bid. |  |
Massacre Survivor Protests Japanese History Textbook���� Tang Shunshan, an 88-year-old survivor of the 1937 Nanjing Massacre presents a wreath to those victims of 1973 in Nanjing, capital city of east China's Jiangsu province April 4, 2001. The gesture strongly protested against the Japanese government's approval of a controversial history textbook which contains distorted historical facts.�� |  |
Beijing People Enjoy Delicious Food at Gourmet's Street Lanterns illuminate a street in the north district in Beijing. With over 100 restaurants representing various flavors around China, the 1.5-kilometer-long street has become local citizens' choice for delicious food. |  |
Know Tibet in Guge Reading Room Jiacuo, the owner of Guge Reading Room located on Fahuasi Street in Beijing cleans the wooden shop sign April 3, 2001. The Guge Reading Room containing over 200 kinds of books on Tibet is a good place for people to read and learn more about China's Tibet Autonomous Region. |  |
Know Tibet in Guge Reading Room Two female Tibetan students from central Institute of Nationalities read books about Tibet in Guge Reading-room in Fahuasi Street of Beijing April 3, 2001. The Guge Reading Room containing over 200 kinds of books on Tibet is a good place for people to read and study more about China's Tibet Autonomous Region. |  |
Japanese Textbook Arises Indignation Teachers and students from the Historical Department of Shanxi University hold forum on Japan's revised textbook in Taiyuan, capital of northwest China's Shanxi Province April 3, 2001. They said that the distortion of the past history of Japanese aggression in the textbook deeply hurts the feelings of the people in Asian countries invaded by Japanese troops and the Japanese government should handle its past history of aggression or it will draw condemnation from peace-loving people worldwide. |  |
BASF Emergency Hotline Center Set up in Shanghai Staff from the BASF Emergency Hotline Center and Shanghai Chemical Rescue Sector practice a fire drill in Shanghai April 3, 2001. The world leading chemical industry BASF Firm started using its emergency hotline center in its Shanghai branch, BASF Dye Chemical Industrial Company in Pudong New Area April 3, 2001. |  |
New Scientific and Technological Park in Shanghai A view of the Shanghai Scientific and Technological Park in New Pudong Area in Shanghai April 3, 2001. This municipal No. 1 project covering an area of 68,000 square meters and at a cost of 1.5 billion yuan has entered the phase of equipment installation. It consists of six exhibition areas, involving fields of biology, geology and others as well as children recreation garden. |  |
Powell Expresses Regret over Loss of Life Chinese PilotSecretary of State Colin Powell prepares to meet reporters outside the State Department in Washington Wednesday, April 4. Earlier Wednesday Powell expressed regret of the loss of the life of the Chinese pilot in the US-Chinese plane collision. |  |
Robot Popular Science Show in Kuming A group of middle school students watch their classmate experiencing camera robot at the popular science exhibition "Wonderful Robot World" held at the Scientific and Technological Hall in Kunmin, capital of southwest China's Yunnan province April 3, 2001. Some 42 kinds of robots were displayed. |  |
NPC Chairman Meets Cambodian King Li Peng, chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (NPC), said that China is willing to work with Cambodia to further bilateral exchanges and cooperation in various areas. |  |
