Fiscal Revenue Tops Expenditure in 1st QuarterChinese Finance Minister Xiang Huaicheng said Thursday that the state's fiscal revenue kept a rapid growth momentum in the first quarter this year, with income being 84.902 billion yuan (US$10.23 billion) more than expenditure.  |  |
'Devil City', Geological 'Wonder Land' Found in DunhuangA "devil city", the biggest area of yardangs landform in China, was recently found by Chinese geologists in a spot 180 km near Dunhuang. |  |
Chinese President Arrives in Brazil for Working VisitChinese President Jiang Zemin arrived in Brasilia Wednesday afternoon for a working visit at the invitation of Brazilian President Fernando Enrique Cardoso. |  |
Beijing to Build Maglev Railway in Badaling Great Wall SectionThe main part of the project of China's first EMS High and Medium Speed Maglev (magnetic levitation) Line has been completed recently. When experiments are concluded, the construction of Badaling Great Wall Magnetic Levitation Railway will be launched which is planned to be finished and put into operation in early 2003. By then, tourists can take the world most advanced magnetic levitation train from the new parking lot directly to the foot of Badaling Great Wall. |  |
Nikki Webster Invited to Beijing for 2008 Olympics Bid Nikki Webster, the 13-year-old star of the Olympic Torchlight at the Sydney Olympiad opening ceremony, will come to Beijing on April 14 to participate in a series of activities in support of the bid for Beijing's 2008 Olympics This was made known by some sponsoring units on Tuesday. |  |
"Tibet Today" Photograph Show Held in Paris The "Tibet Today" Photograph Show sponsored by Tibet Cultural Exchange Delegation was opened in Paris April 11. Picture shows the Vice-mayor of Lhasa is explaining pictures to French visitors. |  |
Harbin Made Open Manchuria Map Drawn by Japanese AggressorsHarbin Northeast China Martyr Memorial Hall on April 11 opened to public a Manchuria Map drawn by Japanese aggressors, which was collected from among the populace. The discovery of the map has testified to the ambitious attempt of the longtime occupation of northeast China by Japanese militarism and its further encroachment on the former Soviet Union. |  |
Gansu to Be Dressed up in Green Gansu has made the first week after the Pure Brightness as the province's "Tree Planting Week". Picture shows that citizens in Lanzhou, capital of the province are digging pits for planting trees to make the city green and more beautiful. |  |
Acquiring Knowledge of MeteorologyThe Lhasa Experimental Primary School in Tibet Autonomous Region pays high attention to quality education and develops rich and varied extracurricular activities to enrich pupils' knowledge. Pictured here are pupils listening to a lecture on meteorology. |  |
Chinese National Soccer Team contends for World CupOn April 10, the Chinese national soccer team held the first-phase mobilization meeting in Kunming, Yunnan Province to pledge to compete for the upcoming World Cup. This is a group photo of the team members, doctors, coaches, and managers of clubs. |  |
Farmers Reap Good Harvests from Beautiful FieldsIn recent years, local government departments of Henan Province have guided farmers in the inter-cropping of grain, cotton, edible oil and vegetable to meet market demands. Photo shows the grain-fruit inter-planting fields in suburban Zhengzhou City, the capital of Henan Province. |  |
Tourist Season in Yunnan A tourist attired in a local ethnic costume rides a camel in a park in Kunming,capital of Yunnan Province.The province is ushering in the tourism season with various promotional activities. |  |
Chinese Vice Premier Meets Uzbek President Chinese Vice Premier Li Lanqing (R) shakes hands with Uzbek President Islam Karimov in Tashkent April 11, 2001. |  |
Chinese People See to the Attitude of U.S. on Plane Collision Wang Ming (L2) and Wang Yueqin (R2), China's missing pilot Wang Wei's parents watch CCTV's News Report at 19:00 with their relatives at a hospital of Huzhou in southeast China's Zhejiang province April 11, 2001. CCTV released the news that the U.S. government were very sorry to the Chinese people and the family of pilot Wang Wei and that they were very sorry for the U.S. plane entering China's airspace and landing without a verbal clearance. |  |
Chinese See to the Attitude of U.S. on Plane Collision People watch CCTV's News Report at 19:00 about the collision between U.S. spy plane and Chinese fighter jet, April 11, 2001, in a store of Haikou, capital of south China's Hainan province. US Ambassador Joseph Prueher handed over a letter to Chinese Foreign Minister Tang Jiaxuan that U.S. government were very sorry to the Chinese people and the family of missing pilot Wang Wei and they were very sorry for the US plane entering China's airspace and landing without a verbal clearance. |  |
CPPCC Chairman Meets DPRK GuestsLi Ruihuan, chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), met Wednesday with a delegation from the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK). |  |
CPPCC Chairman Meets Mexican Visitor Li Ruihuan(R), chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), walks with Luis Felipe Bravo Mena, president of the National Action Party (PAN) of Mexico at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, April 11, 2001. |  |
Chinese Vice-Premier Leaves for Three-Nation Visit Chinese Vice-Premier Li Lanqing (L) shakes hands with State Councilor Luo Gan before leaving for an official visit to Uzbekistan, Georgia, and France at the Great Hall of the People Wednesday in Beijing, April 11, 2001. |  |
Chinese Style Fashion Show Held in Taipei Two models present suits of traditional Chinese style during a Chinese style fashion show Wednesday in Taipei, China's Taiwan province, April 11, 2001. |  |
Chinese Antique Salvaged from Sea on Show Archaeologists view the showcase of the Song Dyansty (960-1279) relics,which were salvaged from the South China Sea, in Guangzhou, capital of south China's Guangdong Province April 10, 2001. These are part of the relics recovered in the offshore Chuanshan Islands of the province by a joint team of the Guangzhou Rescue and Salvage Bureau attached to the Chinese Ministry of Communication and a British Ocean Salvage Company in August 1987. |  |
Tourist Season in Yunnan A group of visitors view the karst topography in the State-class scenic spot "Stone Forest" in southwest Yunnan Province April 10, 2001. The opening of the 2nd China Kunmin International Tourist Festival and the coming of the "Water-Splashing Festival of the Dais" and the Ethnic Bai Festival have drawn a continuous flow of Chinese and foreign travellers to Yunnan. |  |
