Transnational Vegetable Operation in Fujian Chinese and foreign experts discuss the planting technique in a vegetable field of the Shanghai Asian-Pacific International Vegetable Company Ltd. in the suburbs of Longhai City in south China's Fujian Province April 10, 2001. Since its establishment by businessmen from Australia, Japan and the United States in October 2000, the farm has rent 16 hectares of land to produce lettuce and other kinds of harmless green vegetables for export. |  |
Yellow Emperor Vessel Laid by the Yellow River The Yellow-Emperor Vessel laying ceremony is held by the Yellow River in Zhengzhou City��Henan Province April 10, 2001. The bronze vessel is 6.6 meters high, 4.38 meters in diameter and weighs 20 tons. The dragon carvings on the vessel symbolize the unity and prosperity of the Chinese Nation. |  |
Underwater Archaeological Work to Start in South China Sea The flag-granting ceremony for the "No. 1 South China Sea" underwater archaeological team is held in Guangzhou, capital of south China's Guangdong Province April 10, 2001. Approved by the State Bureau of Cultural Relics, the investigation for ancient Chinese sunk ship will start operation in the sea near Yangjiang City on April 20, 2001. |  |
Teachers And Students Condemn US Hegemonism in Hainan Teachers and students from the Institute of Law attached to Hainan University in Haikou, capital of south China's Hainan Province gather on April 10, 2001, condemning the U.S. government's power politics and hegemonism in the incident of US military spy plane bumping our jet fighter .They also express their firmly support for the Chinese government's justice stance. |  |
Chinese President Receives "Key to the City" of MontevideoVisiting Chinese President Jiang Zemin received the "Key to the City" of Montevideo on Tuesday, an honor for distinguished guests who visit the capital of Uruguay.  |  |
President Jiang Hails China-Uruguay RelationsVisiting Chinese President Jiang Zemin said Tuesday in Montevideo that the Chinese government attaches importance to its relations with Uruguay and the enhancement of bilateral ties is in keeping with the fundamental interests of the two peoples. |  |
China Aims to Win Basketball Title in EA GamesWang Fei, head coach of China's national basketball team, was confident to win in the East Asian Games next month, and said Monday a younger team is enough to bring the trophy back home |  |
Chinese President Arrives Uruguay, Starts State Visit Chinese President Jiang Zemin arrived in Montevideo Tuesday, starting his state visit to Uruguay at the invitation of Uruguayan President Jorge Batlle Ibanez. |  |
China East-West Trade Fair Closes A representative (R) from Shaanxi province's Hanzhong city signs a contract with a German company at the fifth China East-West Cooperation and Investment Trade Fair in Xi'an, capital city of northwest China's Shaanxi province April 10, 2001. The 5-day event attracted over 7,000 enterprises from home and abroad closed today. |  |
Search for Chinese Missing Pilot Continues A pilot watches on a helicopter hovering over the south China sea April 10, 2001 as the search for the missing Chinese pilot Wang Wei enters the 10th day. |  |
Search for Chinese Missing Pilot Continues A fish boat sails on the south China sea April 10, 2001 as the search for the missing Chinese pilot Wang Wei enters the 10th day. |  |
Chinese Vice Premier Meets Brazil Minister of Defence Chinese Vice Premier Li Lanqing (R), talks with Geraldo Magela Quintao, visiting Brazil Minister of Defence in Beijing April 10, 2001. |  |
All-China Women's Federation Vice-Chairperson Visits Chinese Missing Pilot's Wife Gu Xiulian (C), vice-chairperson of All-China Women's Federation visits Ruan Guoqin (L), wife of the missing Chinese pilot Wang Wei, in Beijing April 10, 2001. The wife continues to wait for the result of the search for her husband in anxiety. |  |
S.Korea Recalls Ambassador to Japan Choi Sang-yong, South Korean ambassador to Japan, boards a plane bound to his homeland in Tokyo April 10, 2001. South Korea decided Monday to temporarily recall its ambassador to Japan in an apparent protest against Japanese textbooks distorting Japan's wartime history. |  |
AIG and ICBC form alliance American International Group (AIG), one of the world's largest financial conglomerates, formed a strategic alliance with China's largest commercial bank, the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC), yesterday, announced the ICBC.An agreement was signed yesterday in Beijing between the two sides on forming an all-round co-operative partnership. |  |
Middle School Teachers of Chinese Missing Pilot Gather for Talk Lu Xinyun, a middle school teacher of Chinese missing pilot Wang Wei, holds a group photo featuring Wang and his teachers April 10 in Wang's hometown Huzhou, east China's Zhejiang province. Wang's teachers gathered for a talk comdemning U.S. government's ruthlessness and arrogance. |  |
Fire Stations Open to Guangxi Public Firemen help two men flee from a building in fire during a simulated drill April 10 in Hechi, southwest China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. Fire stations across the region are stipulated to open to the public regularly and promote knowledge to cope with fire emergency. |  |
North Border City ManzhouliWorkers load timbers imported from Russia onto the home train at Manzhouli, a border city between the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region and Russia April 9, 2001. As China's largst land outlet, Manzhouli accomplishes a total import and export volume of 2.12 billion US dollars annually by receiving more than 3 million tourists and businessmen from Russia, trading more than 6 million tons of cargo each year. |  |
New Garbage Disposal Plant in Fujian An overlook of the newly built garbage harmless disposal Plant in the suburb of Zhangzhou City in south China's Fujian Province April 10, 2001. Covering an area of 39 hectares, the plant is expected to operate for 50 years with a handling capacity of 400 tons of wastes daily. |  |
Chinese President Signs Documents with Argentine President Chinese President Jiang Zemin (L) and Argentine President Fernando de la Rua (R) shake hands after signing bilateral agreements in the White Salon of the Government House April 9, 2000 in Buenos Aires. Jiang is on a 12 day six nation tour of Latin America. |  |
12th Annual Conference on Chinese Economy Opened in BritainMore than 200 economists, scholars and students from China, US, Sweden, Britain, Hong Kong and other countries and regions attended the two-day annual conference on Chinese Economy Study at the Middlesex University in London, which is the 12th of its kind. Picture shows a British economist is speaking at the meeting, elucidating the result he has achieved in the study on Chinese economy. |  |
Miao's Sister Festival Opened in GuizhouWith the advent of Sisters Festival in Taijiang County, Dong and Miao Prefecture, southeast of Guizhou Province on April 7, Girls and boys in Miao traditional best are dancing a drum dance round the wood drum. |  |
China Mobile (Hong Kong) Company Announced its AchievementsApril 9 saw China Mobile (Hong Kong) Co Ltd have its achievements of 2000 publicized, which arrested the attention of the press worldwide. According to the report, the company made a net profit up to 18 billion yuan, an increase of 276 percent over that of the previous year. Currently, with its network covering 13 provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities its mobile users account for 53 percent of all mobile users in the country. Meanwhile, it is the biggest company listed in Hong Kong from the mainland. |  |
Scholars Domestic and Foreign in Discussion of China's Economic ReformCo-sponsored by China and Azerbaijan, April 9 saw a symposium on Mode for Transition from Planned Economy to Market in Economic Development was held in Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan. |  |
Highways Extended in Tibet Tibet invested more than four billion yuan in highway construction during the Ninth Five-year Plan period. This is the section of highway along the Niyang River, which was opened to traffic in 2000 in the area of Lhunze. |  |
