Int'l Forum on A-E Forest Protection and Sustainable Development Held in GuiyangThe International Forum on Asian-European (A-E) Forest Protection and Sustainable Development was held in Guiyang, Guizhou Province on July 17. The event was jointly sponsored by the Ministry of Science and Technology, State Forestry Administration, Guizhou Provincial People's Government, and Finnish Ministry of Trade and Industry. Pictured here are European delegates visiting the round-the-city forest belt in Guiyang. |  |
Civil Engineering of Tin Shui Wai Station CompletedJuly 17 saw West Rail's Tin Shui Wai Station formally complete its civil engineering after two-year construction. Tin Shui Wai Station, the longest station of West Rail, as a vital hub of communications, will provide conveniences for the locals when it opens to traffic in 2003. . |  |
New-type Traffic Signal Lamps Developed in TianjinTianjin Public Security Bureau of Traffic Administration has lately developed new-type traffic signal lamps with stronger visibility, energy-conservation and durability. Photo shows technicians testing the durability of the new signal lamps. |  |
Baby Pandas Given Olympic Games Related NamesGiant panda Lili gave birth to two babies in Chengdu, Sichuan Province on July 14. For celebrating Beijing's success in its bid for hosting the 2008 Olympic Games, the two baby pandas were respectively named "Shenshen" and "Ao'ao" --which together mean in Chinese application for hosting the Olympic Games. Photo shows the elder sister "Shenshen" stretching herself. |  |
Chinese President Starts State Visit to Belarus Chinese President Jiang Zemin (2nd L) and his wife Wang Yeping (1st L) receive the bread and salt presented by Belarus youth upon their arrival at the airport of Minsk, capital of Belarus July 18, 2001. Jiang arrived here at the start of a two-day state visit to Belarus. |  |
Jiang Zemin Attends The Wreath-laying Ceremony in VolgogradChinese President Jiang Zemin (1st R) attends a wreath-laying ceremony at the Mamayev Hill memorial to commemorate those died at the battle of Stalingrad in World War II in Volgograd, 18 July 2001. Jiang Zemin visited Volgograd, which used to be called Stalingrad, during his four-day state visit to Russia. |  |
Laying Foundation for "Monument to the Peaceful Liberation of Tibet" Chinese Vice-President Hu Jintao (C) and other leading members of the central delegation bury the foundation stone of the "Monument to the Peaceful Liberation of Tibet" at the foundation laying ceremony held on the Potala Palace Square in Lhasa, capital of the Tibet Autonomous Region, Wednesday July 18, 2001. |  |
Central Government Presents Gift Tripod to Tibet The Chinese central government presented a National Unity Tripod as a gift to the Tibet Autonomous Region here Wednesday on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the peaceful liberation of the region.  |  |
Chinese Swimmers at 9th FINA World Swimming Championships Chinese synchronised swimming duet team, Xia Ye and Zhang Xiaohuan, performs in the free routine of the duet event at the 9th FINA World Swimming Championships in Fukuoka July 18, 2001. The Chinese duo end the preliminary in 8th place. |  |
Chinese Premier on Migration and Environment Protection in Area of Three Gorges Project Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji stressed the migration drive and moving-out of enterprises in the Three Gorges Project, China's largest water conservation project on the Yangtze River, must be sped up to ensure the completion of the project for water-storage in less than two years. |  |
South Shaolin Monastery Rebuilt Picture taken 18 July 2001 shows the rebuilt South Shaolin Monastery at the Shaolin Village in Fuqing,east China's Fujian Province. The monastery is newly rebuilt at the site of the ancient South Shaolin Monastery. The monastery was known far and wide for its martial art, widely known as the southern style of Shaolin form of boxing. |  |
South Shaolin Monastery Rebuilt Students of the Martial Art School at the South Shaolin Manastery in east China's Fujian Province practice martial art under the guidance of veteran hierarch from the Shaolin Monastery in central China's Henan Province 18 July 2001. The monastery is newly rebuilt at the site of the ancient South Shaolin Monastery at the Shaolin Village in Fuqing,east China's Fujian Province. The monastery was known far and wide for its martial art, widely known as the southern-style of Shaolin form of boxing. |  |
T.V. Relaying Tower Built in Northern Tibet A television relaying tower has been built recently in Shuanghuyu County in Nagqu Prefecture, the Tibet Autonomous Region. Shuanghuyu, the so called "no-man inhabited" area, is the last county in Tibet of being installed with T.V. relaying system. |  |
Three Gorges Project Under Swift Construction The water inlets of the Three Gorges dam is under construction in Yichang City in central China's Hubei Province July 18, 2001. The Three Gorges Project has finished nearly 150 million cubic meters of earth and stone, and 16 million cubic meters of concrete poured since it started construction in 1993. |  |
