2001 China Int'l Camera & Video Expo The 2001 China Int'l Camera & Video Equipment/Technology Expo, co-sponsored by the Ministry of Machinery Industry and China Cultural Office Equipment Manufacturers Association, was held in Beijing on June 2. Photo shows a professional scrutinizing an exhibit on show. |  |
HK Enterprises to Invest in Guangxi MiningAn 18 investors group from Hong Kong lately conducted a probe tour in Nandan County, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region and has signed contracts with local state-owned and private enterprises in projecting 11 undertakings for in-depth processing of mineral products to an investment amount of RMB 867.4 million yuan. |  |
Beijing's First Corporate Stocks Auctioned Off Beijing��s first corporate stocks were auctioned off on June 2, to a deal of over seven million stocks closed on 46 targets in about two hours. |  |
New Member of Sail Family Debuts in Auto ShowThe curious check out a new Sail compact at the Nanjing Road Pedestrian Mail. Shanghai's first home-grown compact hits the auto showrooms on Friday, a sure sign that competition is heating up in China's family car market. |  |
Desert Encroachment Deteriorating in Gansu Picture shows the sand-eroded house of a local farmer of north China's Gansu province. As desert encroachment is deteriorating along the 1600-km sand line of the Gansu Corridor, life and production activities of local people have been badly affected. |  |
Shanghai International Media Center Opened to Media Picture shows the reception desk of the newly-opened International Media Center in Shanghai. Covering an area of more than 5000 square meters, the media center was opened to the media on June 3, 2001. |  |
The First Black Swan Chick Artificially Hatched in North China An unnamed black swan chick, the first black swan artificially hatched in North China on June 3, in the Wildlife World of Jinan, Shandong Province, rests a while after unthreading from the eggshell. Black swans are regarded as precious birds which originally live in Australia. |  |
Chinese Premier on Three Gorges Project Construction Quality Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji (C) makes a keynote speech on a plenary meeting of the Three Gorges Project Construction Committee under the State Council in Beijing on June 3, 2001. Zhu, also head of the Three Gorges Project Construction Committee, said that construction quality is of life-and-death importance to the Three Gorges Project.  |  |
Chinese President Visits Jiangxi Chinese President Jiang Zemin together with pupils of the Jiangwanzhen Primary School in Shangrao city, Jiangxi province, June 3, 2001. President Jiang visited the province from May 29 through June 3. |  |
