Beauty&Physics The famous physical scientist and Nobelist Yang zhenning made the lecture Beauty&Physics for the teachers and students on the square of Tsinghua University Science Institute on Apr 26th. |  |
NPC Chairman Meets Austrian VisitorsChairman Li Peng of the Standing Committee of China's National People's Congress (NPC) met with Werner Fasslabend, third president of the Austrian National Council and former Austrian defense minister, and his party on April 26.  |  |
China Mourns Over Death of Heroic PilotSome 1,000 people Thursday attended a memorial ceremony to mourn for Wang Wei, a Chinese pilot died in a mid-air collision by a US spy plane with Wang's fighter jet on April 1. |  |
Team Honghe in Yunnan Gaining the Championship in Motorcar Rally Zongshen Cup match at Chongqing Stage, just as part of Jialing Cup 2001 China Motorcar Rally Title Match, was over on Apr 26th. Xupeng (Centre) from Yunnan gained the double championships with 125cc and 250cc teams. Besides, Team Honghe in Yunnan gained the team championship. And Team Shenzhen and Team Dalian gained the second and the third one in the rally. |  |
China Honors Ten Outstanding Young JudgesWith the coming of Labor Day and China's Youth Day, the Supreme People's Court and the Central Committee of the Communist Youth League of China held a ceremony Thursday in the Great Hall of the People to honor the Nation's Ten Outstanding Young Judges. Before the meeting, Wei Jianxing, a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China's Central Committee, met with the judges. |  |
Stonewares of Old Stone Age Discovered in Heilongjiang ProvinceSome stonewares used by people living in the Paleolithic Age were discovered in Songhuajiang River, Harbin. From the picture, we can discern very clearly the polished mark on the stone-spade. |  |
Ford and Chang'an Automobiles Join Hands for JVThe Chang'an Automobile Co. and Ford Motor Co. have lately signed an agreement of cooperation for a Chang'an-Ford joint venture with an initial investment of US $98 million. |  |
Three Gorges Tourism Festival Opened in ChongqingThe Three Gorges Tourism Festival was opened in Chongqing April 25. Picture shows a young man and a girl of ethnic Miao people are merrily blowing the reed-pipe instruments on a festooned parading cart. |  |
Success Achieved in Research on Early Chinese Celadon PorcelainOn April 25, a press conference for the achievements made by Chinese experts in their study of the ancient celadon porcelain in Turkey was held in Beijing Art Museum. Picture shows Chinese experts are studying a celadon plate, a world-rare piece of the Yuan Dynasty in a museum in Turkey. |  |
Great Changes in LhasaLhasa today, a city sees a harmonious coexistence of things modern with traditional. Having now been equipped with advanced telecommunication facilities the distance between Lhasa and other parts of China and the world have been greatly shortened. Pictured here is a Tibetan woman talking to her friend through a mobile phone at interval of work. |  |
China Will Always Be Africa's "Good Friend": Chinese LeaderLi told the King that China will always take the friendship of African people by heart, as they in the past sympathized with and supported China on many occasions. |  |
Beijing Invests to Maintain Historical Relic Two workers fix the scaffold prior to the repairing of the 46.7-meter-high drum tower in Beijing April 26, 2001. The tower, located on the middle axile of the city, is the time-noticing center of Yuan (1271-1368), Ming (1368--1644) and Qing (1644-1911)Dynasties . The municipal government invests some 330 million yuan to bring the city's historical sites to take on a new look. |  |
Wife of Missing Pilot Sprays Petals into Chinese South SeaRuan Guoqin, wife of Chinese missing pilot Wang Wei, sprays petals into Chinese South Sea to commemorate her husband April 26, 2001. Wang's funeral was held in Hainan where he served his term as a naval pilot. |  |
Chinese President Meets Chilean Senate President Chinese President Jiang Zemin shakes hands with President Andres Zaldivar Larrain of the Chilean Senate in Beijing April 26, 2001. Saldivar is visiting China as guest of Chairman Li Peng of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, China's top legislature. |  |
Chinese Women's Team Enters World Table Tennis Championships Semi-Final World champion and Sydney Olympic gold medalist Wang Nan of China returns the ball againt Kriztina Toth of Hungary during the women's team event in the World Table Tennis Championships in Osaka April 26, 2001. Wang defeated Toth to lead China into the semi-final. |  |
Wang Wei's Parents Back Home Wang Ming (L, in front) and Wang Yueqin(R, in front), parents of Wang Wei, the missing pilot who is believed to be dead following a mid-air collision between a U.S. surveillance plane and a Chinese fighter jet, walk the way home during a welcome ceremony at their hometown, Huzhou City in east China's Zhejiang Province after returning from Beijing April 25, 2001. |  |
China Reached Men's Team Quarter-finals at World Table Tennis Contest Chinese athlete Wang Liqin returns a ball to Dutch player during the men's team match at the 46th World Table Tennis Championships at the Osaka Municipal Central Gymnasium in Osaka, Japan April 25, 2001. China routed Netherlands 3 to 1 in a fight for a quarter-final spot, thus advanced to face off against Germany. |  |
'2001 Shanghai International Clothing Cultural Festival Opens Visitors watch a suit of sportswear at the opening of '2001 Shanghai International Clothing Cultural Festival in Shanghai April 25, 2001. The 10-day-festival will display works of international fashion design masters, hold international model contest, issue the information of 2001/2002 autumn-winter fashion trend and other events. |  |
Fishermen's Children Go to School A father holding his son prepares to stride over the water from a boat in Ningde City, south China's Fujian Province April 26, 2001. A "Hope Foundation" jointly sponsored by Ningde Public Security Bureau and the local fishermen gives hope to the children yearning for education at school. As most of the 8,000 fishermen are from other provinces, it has brought problems to the education of children. The measure has ensured the schooling of more than 100 school-aged children and 38 others from poor families. |  |
Ninth National Games' Wushu Event Opens in Macao Tow competitors from Shandong Municipality perform in a qualification tournament of Wushu, or martial arts, of the Ninth National Games, in the Macao Special Administrative Region April 24, 2001. More than 300 athletes from around the country came here to compete. |  |
