"Raising the Red Lantern" Ballet to Be on Show"Raising the Red Lantern"is to be put on stage as a ballet directed by well-known Chinese film director Zhang Yimou during the Labor's Day gala in Beijing. Photo shows a beautiful stage scene of the ballet. |  |
Villages Back to Unknown Old DaysDeep amidst green mountains and limpid rivers there are seen still extant many villages with their homesteads known to world architects as "best preserved" and in a most unique perfect architectural form in southern Anhui today. Seen is a distant view of Xidi Village dating to an olden time in the place of the province. |  |
Chinese Armed Police to Wear New Uniform on May 1�� Some policemen based on Nanjing, capital of China's central Jiangsu province, try on new uniform Sunday, April 29, 2001. Beginning May 1, Chinese armed police across the country will unanimously wear new uniforms. |  |
China Wins Men's Team Title of the World Table Tennis Championships China's Liu Guozheng raises his fist after defeating Jean-philippe Saive of Belgium during the men's team final at the World Table Tennis Championships in Osaka, Japan April 29, 2001. China defeated Belgium in the final 3-0 and clinched the gold. |  |
China Wins Men's Team Title of the World Table Tennis ChampionshipsMembers of the Chinese men's team help to hold the winning trophy with China's coach, Cai Zhenhua (C), during the awards ceremony for the men's team events at the World Table Tennis Championships in Osaka, Japan April 29, 2001. China defeated Belgium in the final 3-0 and clinched the gold. |  |
International Labour's Day Celebrations Wei Jianxing, a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, who is also a member of Secretariat of CPC Central Committee and chairman of the All-China Federation of Trade Unions, shakes hands with a model worker at the conference to celebrate the coming International Labour's Day held at the Great Hall of the People Sunday in Beijing, April 29, 2001. |  |
International Labour's Day Celebrations A conference to celebrate the coming International Labour's Day is held at the Great Hall of the People Sunday in Beijing, April 29, 2001. Many model workers were awarded at the conference. |  |
Celebrations of 90th Birthday of Tsinghua University Nobel prize winner Chen Ning Yang, who is also a Tsinghua schoolfellow, leaves the gymnasium after the ceremony to mark the 90th anniversary of the founding of Tsinghua university Sunday in Beijing, April 29, 2001. |  |
Chinese President Addresses Celebration of Tsinghua's 90th Birthday Chinese President Jiang Zemin, also general secretary of the Chinese Communist Party Central Committee, addresses the ceremony for celebrating the 90th anniversary of the founding of Tsinghua University at the newly built gymnasium of Tsinghua in Beijing April 29, 2001. |  |
Expressway to Yellow Emperor Mausoleum Open to TrafficA new expressway was opened to traffic Sunday in northwest China's Shaanxi Province, collecting the provincial capital of Xi'an to the mausoleum of the Yellow Emperor, a legendary ancestor of the Chinese nation.  |  |
China's CPPCC Chairman Arrives in Istanbul Li Ruihuan (L2), chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), is greeted by members of Chinese consulate to Istanbul on his arrival Saturday, April 28, 2001, Turkey. Turkey is the last leg of Li's four-nationa tour, which had taken him to Mauritius, South Africa and Morocco. |  |
Laid-off Worker Becomes Owner of ManorOuyang Xiaoling, laid-off technician of the Forestry Bureau of Yongchuan County, Sichuan Province, contracted to the wasteland in the Huaying Mountain area. After eight years of hard work, Ouyang became the owner of the biggest manor in east Sichuan. Here is Ouyang pruning the trees. |  |
Changjiang Fruits Available in BeijingMore than 10,000 tons of tropical fruits including mangoes, pineapples and bananas showcased in the Beijing fruit market on April 27. Two girls of Li Autonomous County of Changjiang are selling their fruits in Beijing Wangfujing Commercial Street. |  |
Vegetables Grown in Gobi DesertGolmud, a city of Qaidam Basin, Qinghai Province, vigorously implements the "Vegetable Basket" Project by making use of its abundant land and sunshine resources. Here is the over 200-mu (15 mu=1 hectare) Golmud Greenhouse Vegetable Base. |  |
First Beijing Chinese and Foreign Family Cars Exhibition OpensThe first Beijing Chinese and Foreign Family Cars Exhibition was opened in the Beijing North Vehicles World on April 28. A visitor is inquiring about the performance of the engine of a homemade economical car. |  |
