Chinese President Meets Macao Chief ExecutiveChinese President Jiang Zemin met Wednesday in Beijing with Macao Special Administrative Region (SAR) Chief Executive Edmund Ho Hau Wah, who is in the national capital on an annual duty visit. |  |
China's Diplomacy Fruitful In the face of world political flux and economic depression China has been making continuous efforts to strengthen friendly ties with countries and regions, promote regional cooperation and push forward global multipolarization during the year 2001.  |  |
SCBFTG Announces to Launch Specialized-channel MechanismThe Shanghai Culture, Broadcasting Film and Television Group (SCBFTG) holds news conference on December 25, 2001, to announce its reform plan in specializing the group's advantageous eleven channels from January 2002. Meanwhile, an important part of the group -- Shanghai TV Station will regroup its personnel and advertisement resources under the specialized-channel mechanism. |  |
Defending Champion Leads Again at Tour of South China SeaDefending champions Neil Macdonald of South Africa won the first leg of the sixth tour of South China Sea cycling race on Tuesday in Tai Po, Hong Kong. |  |
New Capital Museum Under ConstructionConstruction of the new Capital Museum began Tuesday in Beijing. It will purportedly be the largest cultural building constructed in the city since 1949. |  |
Exhibition on "World Heritages in China" Held in Nairobi Du Qiwen (R), Chinese ambassador to Kenya, points to a picture of Mount Tai while a Kenyan government official looks on during a visit to the picture exhibition on the "World Heritages in China" held in Nairobi. Up to now, China has 28 places been ratified as world cultrual or natural heritages, ranking the third place only after Spain and Italy. |  |
Winter Market Sees Fresh Vegetable A vegetable vendor sorts the fresh greenstuff at a market place in Xi'ning, capital of northwest China's Qinghai province December 25, 2001. Fresh vegetables from the neighboring provinces as Sichuan, Gansu etc. are sold in the local market, changing the residents habit to make pickle in the winter time. |  |
Gifts Exhibition Opens in Beijing Two visitors look at a wooden sculpture of an aged man at China Centenial Altar in Beijing at an gift exhibition December 25, 2001. The sculpture was gifted to late Chinese president, chairman Mao Zedong by former President Marien Ngouabi of Congo in 1973. The exhibition held by the International Friendship Museum showed 210 delicate pieces selected from about 20 thousand gifts to celebrate its 20 anniversary. Those gifts were which were given to Chinese leaders by foreign guests since the founding of the People's Republic of China. |  |
Tibetans Resettled for Protecting Forests (2)A Tibetan family from Gonjo County, in Qamdo Prefacture of the northeastern part of the Tibet Autonomous Region, pose for a photo in front of their new house in the southeast of the region. The family is among the first group of Tibetan farmers and herdsmen who have been relocated in a government program to protect natural forests in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River. |  |
Tibetans Resettled for Protecting Forests (1)Resettled Tibetan farmers stand in the yard in front of their new houses in southeast part of the Tibet Autonomous Region. The first group of Tibetan farmers from Gonjo County, in Qamdo Prefacture of the northeastern part of the Tibet Autonomous Region, are relocated here in a government program to protect natural forests in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River. |  |
Suzhou Attracts Taiwan Investment A view of the computer screen assembly line at the Taiwan Mingji Telecommunication Company in Suzhou City in east China's Jiangsu Province December 25, 2001. The city has become one of the centers funded by Taiwan businessmen. |  |
Phillippine Maids in Hongkong Domestic servants from the Philippines dance in a park in Hongkong in their spare time. There are about 200,000 home maids from the Philippines work now in Hongkong among whom many have received higher education in their home coutry. |  |
Jianhu Lake Takes a New Lakescape (2)A farmer adjusts his hat that is of the particular local flavor in Shaoxing of Zhejiang province in east China December 25, 2001 before a sculpture at the bank of Jianhu Lake. With an investment of a total sum of 320 million yuan made by the local government, the lake, famed as the mother water of the whole area, has regained its original beautiful lake view. |  |
Jianhu Lake Takes a New Lakescape (1)Sightseeing boats with local flavor gather at a harbor on the Jianhu Lake in Shaoxing of east China's Zhejiang province December 25, 2001. With an investment of a total sum of 320 million yuan (about 40 million US dollars) made by the local government , the lake, famed as the mother water of the whole area but suffers from long time desolation due to poor management, has regained its original beautiful lake view. |  |
Aquariums Popular in Beijing Two girls look at a turtle swimming in the huge pool of Beijing Pacific Aqua Museum 25, 2001. More and more Beijing residents like to spend their spare time in the aquaiums where they can look at various ocean creatures and participate other entertainments. |  |
Christmas in Moscow A Santa Claus and a White Snow Princess chat at a street in Moscow December 24, 2001. People dressed as Santa Claus and White Snow Princess surface on streets, parks, square and other public places in celebrating Christmas. |  |
White Christmas in Berlin Heavy snow falls at the decorated mall in downtown Berlin on Christmas' Eve of December 24, 2001. "White Christmas" heralds luck and happiness in Westerners' view. |  |
