Bush Says Bin Laden Might Be Behind Anthrax Cases US President George W. Bush said Monday that Saudi-born militant Osama bin Laden might be behind anthrax attacks on the US.  |  |
Forth Beijing Music Festival OpensThe 4th Beijing Music Festival opened Monday in the Great Hall of the People, with a performance by the Russian St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra, headed by well-known Russian conductor Yuri Temirkanov. |  |
A Snow Tiger Born in Harbin A snow tiger cubs(Front) crawl on the floor in the tiger zoo in Harbin, capital city of northeast China's Heilongjiang province, October 15, 2001. The snow tiger is a mutated species of the Bangladesh tiger with a total number of around 200 heads in the world. |  |
Soiless Cultivation for Vegetable in West China Farmer Liu Hongmei (L) manages vegetables at her soiless cultivation greenhouse in the suburbs of Yan'an City in northwest China's Shaanxi Province October 15, 2001. The village has adopted organic soiless cultivation and drip irrigation technique in production of "green" vegetables. |  |
Chinese Children's Art Contest Held in London The nine-year-old Chinese girl Zhu Xilei(C) poses with her parents after winning a special encouragement award in the Chinese language contest held at the Chinese Embassy to the Britain October 14, 2001. Over 100 children from families of Chinese scholars and students across the country attended this annual contest of composition, painting and calligraphy. |  |
CPPCC Chairman Meets Yemeni Visitors China is ready to make concerted efforts with Yemen to continuously consolidate and develop bilateral friendship and cooperation on the basis of the Five Principles of Peaceful Co-existence. |  |
Top Chinese Legislator Meets Canadian GuestsLi Peng, chairman of the Standing Committee of China's National People's Congress (NPC), met with a Canadian delegation led by Speaker of the Senate of the Federal Parliament of Canada (FPC) Daniel Hays Monday afternoon. |  |
CPPCC Chairman Meets Canadian Parliament LeaderChina sincerely hopes to strengthen contacts and cooperation with all peace-loving countries including Canada so as to make its due contribution to solving the problems facing the whole of humanity and to the promotion of world peace and development. |  |
Li Peng Meets 2nd CCICED Delegates Li Peng, chairman of the Standing Committee of China's National People's Congress (NPC), met with overseas and Chinese delegates to the 5th Meeting of the Second China Council for International Cooperation on the Environment and Development (CCICED) Monday afternoon. |  |
A Challenge to Journalists A television technician (R) of the Associated Press of the United States assembles quipment outside the International Media Center in Shanghai, Monday, October 15, 2001. Some 3,000 journalists from home and abroad are gathering in the city to cover the APEC 2001 meetings, which open here Monday. |  |
Safety Guaranteed in APEC A policewoman from the Chinese People's University of Public Security directs traffic in front of the International Media Center, the venue of APEC 2001 in Shanghai on Monday, October 15, 2001. |  |
Transport Service to APEC Meetings Three drivers from the Shanghai Jinjiang Taxi Co. Ltd. share a small talk while taking a rest at the International Media Center in Shanghai Monday October 15, 2001. Over 1,000 drivers with about 700 vehicles from the company provide transport service to the ongoing APEC meetings in Shanghai. |  |
Shanghai in Tourism Season Sightseers board a tourist ship at a dock on the Huangpu River in Shanghai on Monday, October 15, 2001. Standing across the river is the Shanghai Oriental Pearl Television Tower. Tourism, a main industry for the largest city in China, earned 23.6 billion RMB yuan in revenue in 2000, accounting for 5.2 percent of the city's GDP. |  |
Policewomen in Shanghai Streets A policewoman conducts traffic in front of the International Media Center of APEC 2001 in Shanghai on Monday, October 15, 2001. |  |
Busy Volunteer An APEC volunteer is busy handing out information sheets to journalists at the International Media Center, the venue of APEC 2001 meetings. |  |
(2)Shanghai's Smiles Two volunteers flash a broad smile while answering journalists' questions about APEC at the Information desk of the International Media Center in Shanghai on Monday, October 15, 2001. |  |
(1)Shanghai's Smiles Huang Lan,a volunteer from Shanghai Foreign Languages Unversity, proudly shows her APEC ID card to the photographer at the International Media Center in Shanghai on Monday, October 15, 2001. More than 1,000 volunteers have signed up for APEC 2001. |  |
(2)Shanghai Fascinates Visitors A visitor tries to take a picture of the Shanghai Oriental Pearl Television Tower from a street around the International Convention Center in Shanghai on Monday, October 15, 2001. |  |
(1)Pudong Fascinates Visitors Mr. Shi Zhenyu, a Taiwanese now working in Suzhou, Jiangsu Province, took his wife and twin baby sons to Pudong in Shanghai for a visit on Sunday, October 14. |  |
(4) APEC Contributes to Shanghai Economy An APEC well-wishing billboard hangs over a store on the Nanjing Road, a commercial center of Shanghai, Monday, October 15, 2001. APEC (Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation) 2001 meetings are being held in the Chinese financial hub. |  |
(3)APEC Contributes to Shanghai Economy An APEC well-wishing banner hangs outside the Shanghai No.1 Department Store, Monday, October 15, 2001. Economic and trade ties are getting close between other economies of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) and Shanghai, where some 20,000 of a total of 28,000 foreign-funded enterprises and joint ventures were set up by investors from these economies. |  |
(2) APEC Contributes to Shanghai Economy An employee of Shanghai Telecom shows prepaid phone cards issued to mark the ongoing APEC meetings in Shanghai, Monday, October 15, 2001. Trade and economic ties are getting increasingly close between other economies of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) and Shanghai, with 68 percent of the city's foreign trade for the first eight months of this year conducted with these economies. |  |
(1) APEC Contributes to Shanghai Economy Visitors from Canada take a coastal view of Shanghai, Monday, October 15, 2001, the first day of a series of APEC meetings being held in the Chinese financial hub. A grand gathering of world leaders, the APEC summit is expected to help boost the port city's tourism. |  |
Wang Guangya Presides Over SOM of APEC Wang Guangya (C), vice-minister of China's Foreign Ministry, presides over the Informal Senior Officials Meeting (SOM) of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC), which opened at the International Convention Center in Shanghai on Monday, October 15, 2001. |  |
