President Jiang Arrives in HK for Fortune Forum President Jiang Zemin arrived in Hong Kong by special plane Tuesday morning to attend the Fortune Global Forum 2001 scheduled for May 8-10, accompanied by his wife Wang Yeping, Vice-Premier Qian Qichen and his wife Zhou Hanqiong, and some senior central government officials.  |  |
International Auto Exhibition Opens in AnhuiAnhui International Auto Exhibition opened in Hefei May 6. On display there are about one hundred models of autos by scores of domestic and foreign carmakers. Family cars of moderate price were most welcomed, including Xiali 2000, Sail and other mini cars. Picture shows a Xiali 2000 attracted many visitors. |  |
Rare Plant Brought to Life AgainPodocarpus nagi, China's largest rare plant group which had been damaged at the beginning of 1980s, thrived in Yifeng, Jiangxi again after two decades' ecological protection and became a major resource for tourism of the locality.Found solely in China, podocarpus nagi is a kind of tree dated back to the Cretaceous Period some 70m years ago. As a kind of plant classified in the second category under the protection of the state it is known as a "living fossil" and most valued in the studies of paleontology, geology and meteorology. |  |
IC Card Telephone Enters Ngari PrefectureSengge Zangbo (Shiquanhe), capital of Ngari Prefecture, Tibet, welcomed its first street IC card telephone on May 7, and in a few days over hundred public telephone-sets would be installed with the opening of optical cable communications connecting Lanzhou, Lhasa and Ngari. Picture shows a Tibetan woman passing by a telephone booth being installed. |  |
Chirac Reaffirms Support to Jordanian-Egyptian Peace Plan for Middle EastFrench President Jacques Chirac on Monday reaffirmed his support to the Middle East peace initiative drafted by Jordan and Egypt while meeting with visiting Jordanian King Abdullah Bin Hussein. |  |
New Silage for Cows Works in Guangxi Milk cows are fed with silage at the Zhegujiang Milk Cow Farm in Liuzhou, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, May 7, 2001. In recent years, the farm has successfully mixed a new silage with sugar cane and corn stalks, which has eased the feed shortage and reduced the costs of raising cow. |  |
Chinese President Meets Yale PresidentChinese President Jiang Zemin (R) talks with President of Yale University Richard C. Levin when Jiang met with him in Beijing May 7,2001. |  |
Renovation of the Southern Great Wall A worker covers a renovated section of the Southern Great Wall with protective lacquer in Fenghuang County in Xiangxi Autonomous Prefecture, Hunan Province, May 7, 2001. The 190-kilometer-long Southern Great Wall located at the juncture of Hunan, Guizhou Provinces and Chongqing city was found seriously effloresced. The first phase of the renovation of the section in Quanshengying Region will be finished in May. |  |
Renovation of the Southern Great Wall Two local workers chip away at a stone used for the renovation of the Southern Great Wall in Fenghuang County in Xiangxi Autonomous Prefecture, Hunan Province, May 7, 2001. The 190-kilometer-long Southern Great Wall located at the juncture of Hunan, Guizhou Provinces and Chongqing city was found seriously effloresced. The first phase of the renovation of the section in Quanshengying Region will be finished in May. |  |
Music Dance Dating from Western Xia Regime Reenacted in Yinchuan Two actresses perform a music dance dating from the Western Xia regime (1038-1227) for tourists in Yinchuan, capital of Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region�� May 7, 2001. In order to reproduce the culture of the regime, local authorities set up an art troupe to show the music dance which has been disappeared for nearly 1000 years according to the relics and historical materials unearthed from the king's tombs of the Western Xia regime. |  |
Santiago in Autumn A couple stroll in a park in the center of Santiago Sunday, May 6, 2001. Santiago is in autumn with leaves turning yellow. |  |
Long Holiday to Wind up in China Tourists enjoy their holiday riding camels in a desert in Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region May 7. Chinese people's 7-day long holiday is to end on May 7. |  |
Part of Northern France still in Water People walks on the temporary wooden bridge on the water-submerged street of Abbeville, France, which has been under water for more than a month. Some part of Northen France, include Paris, suffers from severe flood this spring. The flood has forced more than 1,000 residents leaving their homes. |  |
