Chinese Robots Fly to US for Soccer Match"Blue Eagle", a robot team from University of Science and Technology of China, left on August 1 for Seattle of the US to attend the 5th World Cup Robot Soccer Match scheduled August 2 to 10.  |  |
Hi-tech Enhances PLA's Combat CapabilityThe People's Liberation Army (PLA) PLA has introduced a large number of latest technologies in its training to have substantially improved its overall combat capability. |  |
Hi-tech Enhances PLA's Combat CapabilityThe People's Liberation Army (PLA) PLA has introduced a large number of latest technologies in its training to have substantially improved its overall combat capability. |  |
A New Town Rising in TibetAs a major traffic hub in Tibet, Nyingchi County has experienced great changes during the 50 years after the peaceful liberation of Tibet. There were only dozens of households here in the past but now a beautiful town has risen over the horizon. |  |
Changchun International Conference Center CompletedAt a cost of 700m yuan, Changchun International Conference and Exhibition Center was brought to completion on August 1, 2001, which covers a floor space of 92,000 square meters. |  |
Guarding Motherland with Whole LifePerched on 5000-meter-high mountains within Xinjiang military region Shenxianwan is a sentry post, the world highest. It is snow-capped all the year round with only a 46 percent oxygen content in the air as against that on the plain, hence known as "forbidden area of life". Picture shows soldiers are patrolling along the frontier lines. |  |
Group of Hanging Coffins Opened Three vistors look at the hanging coffins which are put in the cave and hung on a cliff in Ningwu County in Shanxi Province Thursday, August 2, 2001. A scene where more than 20 coffins are well preserved in caves or hung on cliff is opened to the public. |  |
First Expressway in Beijing The picture shows a bird's-eye view of Xizhimenwai Dajie, the first city expressway in Beijing. The construction of the 3.6-kilometer-long, 22.5-meter-wide expressway has been brought to an end and the expressway will be opened to traffic in the middle of August. |  |
Tibetan Horse Racing on Plateau A horde of Tibetan men stage horse racing to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Kyushu Tibetan Autonomous County's founding ceremony in Qinghai Province, August 1, 2001. Hundreds of horsemen gathered at the meadow and more than 700,000 people swarmed to watch modern chevaliers' demeanor. |  |
World-largest Tudar Reheman and his sons take a photo with a 4.97-meter-long and 0.75-meter-wide tudar, a folk instrument of the Uygr nationality, in Shufu County in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region Wednesday, August 1, 2001. The world-largest tudar should be played by three people. |  |
Shaangxi Accent Opera in Northwest China Actors and actresses in traditional costumes take a rest after performing their Shaangxi Accent Opera in Yingchuan, capital city of China's Ningxia Autonomous Region August 1, 2001. This troupe was established by Shaangxi opera fans in 1986. It staged more than 5,000 performances for the average people in northwest China in the past 15 years. |  |
Traditional Chinese Painting Show in Moscow A Russian visitor looks at a traditional Chinese painting created by Chinese famous handicapped female painter Qin Bailan at Qin Bailan's personal painting show held in Moscow August 1, 2001. The paintings' subject concentrates on China's leading women in history, legend and classical novels. |  |
Traditional Chinese Painting Show in Moscow Chinese famous handicapped painter Qin Bailan introduces her works to Russian visitors at her personal painting show held in Moscow August 1, 2001. The paintings' subject concentrates on China's leading women in history, legend and classical novels. |  |
Girl Fights With Fatal Illness Li Huan(2nd, from R in front row) and her classmate hail their graduation from senior middle school in Xi'an, capital of northwest China's Shaanxi Province August 2, 2001. The 18-year-old Li Huan has suffered from progressive muscular dystrophy since childhood, but she fights against the disease and has just completed her senior middle school education. |  |
UN Official Urges Developed Countries Abide By Kyoto Klaus Topfer (R), executive director of the United Nations Environment Programme(UNEP), expresses that the key to solve the problem of global warming is to urge the developed countries to commit to reducing their greenhouse gas emission prescribed in the Kyoto Protocol. |  |
Disney Theme Park Finished in Tokyo Ships cruise on a river in Tokyo Disneysea in suburban Tokyo August 1, 2001. Tokyo Disney Resort will open Disney's first theme park themed to the sea on September 04. |  |
Hi-tech Agriculture Booming in HamiHami is a prefecture of harsh natural conditions located among mountains and deserts of eastern Xinjiang. In recent years a hi-tech agriculture has been developed to increase production of the region. Picture shows two agricultural technicians are cutting off proliferous vines for a new strain of Hami melon in greenhouse. |  |
"A Sweet Flying"The government of Danzhou, the biggest city for sugar cane growing in Hainan Province, has jointed hands with local sugar enterprises to rent planes for agricultural use from Guangdong airlines to spray fertilizer of trace element for 100,000 mu sugar canes. This may bring a production growth of 6600 tons. Local farmers can receive an added income over millions of yuan without paying more, so they happily call name it a "sweet flying". |  |
Cows Thrive after Land Converted into ForestryAfter 12,000 mu of land has been converted for forestry in the virgin forest region of Dai Autonomous Prefecture of Xishuangbanna, Yunnan Province, people make full use of local rich grass resources to raise cows and buffaloes as a new way of increasing incomes. |  |
"White Pollution" along the Yangtze RiverPlenty of "while trashes" floating down from the upper reaches of the Yangtze River are piling high along the dams, on which many people can stand without feeling sinking down. They not only pollute the water but also pose serious threats to the operation of Gezhouba Hydropower Station and the Three Gorges Water Conservancy Project. |  |
