WTO Entry to Create Greater Room for Foreign Businesses: MinisterChinese Minister of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation Shi Guangsheng talks with Time Warner Chairman Gerald Levin during their meeting at Shangri-La Hotel in Shanghai on Friday, October 19, 2001. | |
Putin delivers a keynote speech at APEC CEO SummitRussian President Vladimir Putin delivers a keynote speech at APEC CEO Summit in Shanghai, Friday, October 19, 2001 | |
Jiang: China Ready to Develop Constructive Relationship with US Chinese President Jiang Zemin said in Shanghai Friday that China values its relations with the United States and is willing to work with the US to develop a constructive relationship of cooperation. | |
Jiangsu Mixed Team Won Gold of Table Tennis at Ninth National GamesAt the finals of mixed table tennis of the Ninth National Games held in Shantou, Guangdong Province on October 18, Qin Zhijian / Yang Ying of Jiangsu team beat Tian Zichao / Niu Jianfeng from Hebei at 3:0, carrying away the gold, picture shows Qin Zhijian and Yang Ying (right) in competition. | |
Philippine President Arrives in ShanghaiPhilippine President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo arrived Friday at the Shanghai Pudong International Airport. She is here to attend the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Economic Leaders Meeting. | |
Jiang Zemin and Bush Start TalksChinese President Jiang Zemin and U.S. President George W. Bush started formal talks in Shanghai Friday morning. | |
ABAC Meeting Opens in ShanghaiThe 4th Meeting of 2001 APEC Business Advisory Council (ABAC) opens in the morning of 19 October in Regal International East Asia Hotel, Shanghai. 179 ABAC delegates attended the meeting which attracted the largest number of participants in recent years. Mr. Qin Xiao, ABAC Chair and Vice President of China International Trust and Investment Corporation (CITIC), presided over the meeting. | |
New Zealand PM Arrives in Shanghai Prime Minister Helen Clark of New Zealand arrived Thursday evening at the Shanghai Pudong International Airport. She will attend the Ninth Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Economic Leaders Meeting. | |
(3) Enjoying Local Custom Datin Hajaah Edah Mohamed Noor (R), wife of Brunei's Minister of Industry and Primary Resources Pehin Dato Abdul Rahman Taib, and Madam Ruth de Lara Guingona (L), wife of Philippine Secretary of Foreign Affairs Teofisto Guingona Jr., enjoy local handcraft while visiting Zhujiajiao, a beautiful villiage in the suburbs of Shanghai on Thursday, October 18, 2001. Their husbands are in Shanghai to attend the APEC Ministerial Meeting. | |
(2) Enjoying Local Custom Spouses of delegates to the APEC Ministerial Meeting enjoy a boat ride in Zhujiajiao, a beautiful villiage in the suburbs of Shanghai, on Thursday, October 18, 2001. | |
(1) Enjoying Local Custom Madam Ruth de Lara Guingona (R1), wife of Philippine Secretary of Foreign Affairs Teofisto Guingona Jr., buys local food in a store during a visit to Zhujiajiao, a beautiful villiage in the suburbs of Shanghai, together with spouses of other delegates to the APEC Ministerial Meeting, on Thursday, October 18, 2001. | |
High-speed Telecomm System for APEC Reporters A foreign reporter typied on his laptop before transmitting stories on APEC meetings through the Internet at Shanghai International Media Center, Thursday, October 18, 2001. A state-of-the-art telecommunications system, composed of submarine cables, underground cables as well as telecomm satellite, has been built to facilitate the coverage of the APEC events. | |
APEC Ministerial Meeting Concludes Picture shows the presidium platform of the 13th Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Ministerial Meeting which closed Thursday in Shanghai after two days' discussions, October 18, 2001. | |
ROK President Arrives for APEC Summit Kim Dae-jung, president of the Republic of Korea, waves while walking down his special plane together with his wife at the Shanghai Pudong International Airport, Thursday, October 18, 2001. Kim flew in for the October 20-21 APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting. | |
33 US Congress Staffers Tested Positive for Anthrax An exterior view of the Capitol Hill in Washington. The US Congress officials decided to shut down the Capitol building for a check of anthrax till next Monday, following 33 staffers were tested positive for anthrax exposure, according to the US media October 17, 2001. | |
Singapore PM Arrives for APEC Summit Singapore Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong is presented with a bunch of flowers from a Chinese girl upon his arrival in Shanghai, Thursday, October 18, 2001. Goh is the first Asian-Pacific leader to arrive here for the APEC 2001 Economic Leaders' Meeting this weekend. | |
Security Tightened in Washington A police car patrols the street in Washington October 17, 2001. Police take strict precautions for possible terrorist attack. | |
Chinese Scientists Arrive in North Pole Gao Dengyi (R), leader of the Chinese scientific expedition, talks with an official of the North Pole Museum in Tromso, Norway October 17, 2001. The 17-member Chinese expedition arrived at tromso Wednesday morning, and will leave here to build China's first arctic research station in Norway's Svalbard Islands on Friday. | |
Agreement Signed to Boost Sino-U.S. Trade Yu Xiaosong (R), chairman of China Council for the Promotion of International Trade, and Thomas Donohue, president and CEO of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, put their signatures to a framework agreement for the Sino-U.S. Bussiness Partnering Program in Shanghai, Thursday, October 18, 2001. | |
"Embracing Intelligent Calculation" International Symposium Held in Beijing A large international academic symposium entitled "Calculation in 21st Century-Embracing Intelligent Calculation" was held at Beijing International Conference Center on October 17. Present at the symposium are over 2,700 experts, professors and students from domestic institutions for scientific research and universities and some foreign scholars. Photo shows participators are in a queue to raise questions for experts to answer. | |
Xiamen Holds Eighth Chinese Ads Festival October 17 saw the three-day Eighth Chinese Ads Festival opened in Xiamen, a coastal city in east China's Fujian Province. On display at more than 900 exhibiting stands are over 4,000 excellent ads works of ingenuity and present at the festival for promotion are more than 80 press media from all over the country. Photo shows visitors are appreciating excellent ads at the exhibition. | |
Putin Arrives in ShanghaiRussian President Vladimir Putin (L) talks with his country's ambassador to China, Igor Alexeyevich Rogachev, at Shanghai's Pudong International Airport on Thursday, October 18, 2001. Putin arrived here for APEC meetings. | |
Bush Arrives in ShanghaiU.S. President George W. Bush waves as he walks down the plane at Shanghai's Pudong International Airport on Thursday, October 18, 2001. Bush arrived here for APEC meetings. | |