Afforestation Drive to Protect Yangtze River In Wanzou District, Chongqing, there has been launched since March 1999 a mass afforestation drive to protect the Yangtze River. By now, over 30,000 mu of forest along with 13,000 mu of forest belt and 9,550 mu of economic forest have been built in the Three Gorges dam area of the city. |  |
Guangzong Temple Given a FaceliftGuangzong Temple, known among the three existing temples of Tibetan Buddhism in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, is now getting a facelift. Built in 1760, the temple had since been ruined for several times in war flames. This year, the regional authorities allocated 16 million yuan for renovation of the temple to get back its original magnificence. |  |
Qinghuangdao Port Run 10 Million Tons of Turnover in July Qinhuangdao Port achieved a monthly 10.046 million tons of turnover in July. From January to July this year, the port completed a total of 63.597 million tons of shipments, an increase of 7.942 million tons over the same period last year. Picture shows coals are being loaded onto a huge tanker at the port. |  |
Diaoshuilou Waterfall as of Old The Diaoshuilou waterfall at Jingbo Lake in Heilongjiang Province recently reappears before domestic and foreign tourists after it vanished for three years. Jingbo Lake is 352.8 meters above sea level, the waterfall is 50 meters wide with its water current running 3,000 cubic meters per second, to which over 5,000 visitors have been attracted every day. |  |
China Opens First Zoo with Cohabiting Beasts China's first zoo where various animals are kept together in the same enclosure opened Wedsesday.  |  |
China Fields Strong Delegation at 21st World University Games China will field a strong delegation at the 21st World University Games to be held in Beijing from August 22 to September 1, it was announced by Chinese delegation Chef de Mission Li Furong. |  |
Jiang Zemin Meets US Guests President Jiang Zemin Wednesday met with Chairman of the New York Times Company and Publisher of the New York Times (NYT) Arthur Sulzberger, Jr., NYT Executive Editor Joseph Lelyveld and other NYT staff. |  |
Asian IT Products Exhibition Opens in Shanghai An Asian exhibition showcasing world information technology (IT) development opened Wednesday in Shanghai, this east China metropolis. |  |
Japanese Veteran Admits Germ Tests A former Japanese officer has admitted that he and his unit dissected live Chinese people and produced deadly bacteria to harm enemies during the World War II. |  |
Khatami sworn in Iran's Majlis (parliament) Wednesday held a swearing-in ceremony for President Mohammad Khatami, who was re-elected by a landslide victory in June 8 general elections. |  |
"On the Three Represents'" Published The Central Literature Publishing House has published a book titled "On the Three Represents'," a collection of articles written by Jiang Zemin, general secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC). |  |
Chinese Cloned Goat Gives Birth to Twins Yangyang, a goat cloned from an adult goat's somatic cells, gave birth to twins Wednesday in Xi'an, capital of northwest China's Shaanxi Province. |  |
Colourful Festivity to Embrace Autumn A man of the Miao nationality in Huayuan County, south china's Hunan Province, blows the traditional crooked horn at a festival themed " Embracing Autumn" August 8, 2001. The annual event is held by the local Miao people at the beginning of autumn to pray for a bumper harvest . |  |
Colourful Festivity to Embrace Autumn The Local people of Ethnic Miao in Huayuan County, south china's Hunan Province, perform "knife-ladder climbing " at a festival themed " Embracing Autumn" August 8, 2001. The annual event is held by the local Miao people at the beginning of autumn to pray for a bumper harvest . |  |
Epidemic Prevention Work Expands in "7.17" Mine accident A staff member from the epidemic prevention station fetches water sample in the flooded mine in Nandan County in southwest China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region August 7, 2001. Underground water flooded the mine at 3:30 am July 17, leaving 81 missing, preliminarily confirmed dead. The epidemic prevention sector has tighten up on the breaking of epidemic disease. |  |
Epidemic Prevention Work Expands in "7.17" Mine Accident Staff from the epidemic prevention station teach a rescue worker how to use disinfectant in the flooded mine in Nandan County in southwest China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region August 7, 2001. Underground water flooded the mine at 3:30 am July 17, leaving 81 missing, preliminarily confirmed dead. The epidemic prevention sector has tighten up on the breaking of epidemic disease. |  |
More Possibilities for Sino-US Cooperation: JiangChinese President Jiang Zemin met in Beidaihe Wednesday with a US congressional delegation led by Joseph Biden, Jr., chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee of the US Senate. |  |
