Yunnan to Build Botanic Garden with Most SpeciesA worker keeps a record of a plant introduced from Brazil in a botanic garden in Kunming,capital of Yunnan Province.An exotic tropical plants garden is being developed there. |  |
China's CPPCC Chairman Li Ruihuan Arrives in MoroccoLi Ruihuan, chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, arrived in Rabat Wednesday for a three-day official goodwill visit to Morocco.  |  |
City struts catwalk at world-level fashion festModels show off today's designs while walking among drummers in traditional clothes at the opening of the city's fashion fest in Shanghai. |  |
Chinese Women's Team Beats Germany in World Table Tennis Championships World champion and Sydney Olympic gold medalist Wang Nan of China returns the ball againt Elke Schall of Germany during the second round match of women's team event in the World Table Tennis Championships in Osaka April 25, 2001. Wang defeated Schall 21-14, 21-10 to lead China's 3-0 victory over Germany. |  |
NPC Chairman Meets Chilean Senate President Chairman Li Peng of the Standing Committee of China's National People's Congress (NPC) met with President Andres Saldivar of the Chilean Senate in Beijing Wednesday. |  |
"Clay Warriors and Horses-Qin Dynasty Culture" Show in Taichung The exhibition of "Clay figures of Warriors and Horses-Qin Dynasty Culture" had moved from Taipei to Taichung City under the demand of the public and by approval of the authorities on the mainland. |  |
Chinese Vice President Meets Czech Defense Minister Chinese Vice President Hu Jintao (R) meets with Czech Defense Minister Vladimir Vetchy at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing April 25, 2001. |  |
Reconnaissance Work of Qinghai-Tibet Railway Goes on Smoothly Several reconnaissance workers carry out their work on the Qinghai-Tibet plateau as part of the reconnaissance work of the Qinghai-Tibet Railway. Three major reconnaissance processes had been taken since 1955 and the current process will end in late April. |  |
Yunnan's Erhai Lake Regains Purity Three Ethnic Bai women wash vegetables in the Erhai Lake, which located on the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau, southwest China. The once polluted lake by blue green algae regained purity after effective controls to curb the pollution since 1997. |  |
Yunnan Prepares to Embrace Tourism Upsurge in Early May An ethnic Yi woman disinfects a stone-like dustbin in the Stone Forest, a famous scenic spot in southwest China's Yunnan province. A tourism upsurge is expected as most of the Chinese people will have 7 days off starting from May 1. |  |
Resident Caves Discovered in Shanxi Province Workers work on resident caves dated about 5,000 years ago in Linfen city, Shanxi province April 25, 2001. The caves ,found recently during the construction of a local express road, provide valuable proof for the study of the culture at that time with its coverage of about 20,000 square meters. |  |
Individuals Dominate Housing Market in Shanghai Two residents enjoy a fine environment in the Haitian Living Quarters in Shanghai April 24, 2001. Nearly 2 million households in Shanghai purchased their own flats in the 1990s when the municipality initiated the housing reform to urge individuals to buy apartments from the real estate market with bank loans or government subsidies. Up to now, 93 percent of housing sold in Shanghai has went to individuals. |  |
Protect Large Buddha in Leshan of Sichuan Province A worker checks the quality of waste water discharged from the Ruige Leather Industrial Company ltd. in Leshan City in southwest China's Sichuan Province April 24, 2001. In order to improve the environment around the Temple of the Large Buddha in Leshan, the municipal government stipulated that industrial firms within the scenic spot must be moved to other place or under renovation at a limited time. |  |
Exhibition of Hi-Tech Achievements by Tsinghua University Opened in Beijing'Tsinghua Today ' an Exhibition of the Business Achievements by Tsinghua University at the 90th Anniversary of its Establishment�� was opened in the Museum of Chinese History in Beijing on April 24. Visitors are enjoying the sci-tech products manufactured by Tsinghua Unisplendor. |  |
Mexico State University Held 'Chinese Culture Week'A 'Chinese Culture Week' by Mexico State University was opened on April 23. Mexican university students are choosing Chinese books at the displaying counter. |  |
Hannover Industrial Fair Opened in GermanyHannover Industrial Fair, the world largest one, was opened in Hannover, north Germany on April 23. Present at the fair are some 7,000 exhibitors and visitors from all over the world. Here is a foreign businessman doing the form for world importers database registration at China Trade Guide Counter. |  |
Sightseeing Agriculture Blossoms in ShouguangWith no famous mountains and lakes here, Shouguang, a city in Shandong Province known as the ��hometown of vegetable��, attracts endless tourists from all over with its featured sightseeing agriculture. Every year sees more than 200,000 tourists to the place. Picture shows tourists are smelling flowers grown in a greenhouse at Sunjizhen. |  |
