Record-high Ice Sculpture Seen in Harbin A record-high ice sculpture castle is lighted up with internal color bulbs on the bank of Songhuajiang River in Harbin, capital of northeast China's Heilongjiang province. The colossal structure, bearing the name of Castle of Fantasy, measures 40 meters in height. |  |
Large Sum of Firecrackers Destroyed in Beijing (2)Policemen and firemen dump confiscated firecrackers in Chaoyang District of Beijing Saturday December 29, 2001 in preparation to consume the dangerous product. Some 482 boxes of firecrackers worth RMB100,000 yuan were destroyed Saturday as part of an effort to ban the sales of the firecrackers within the city proper. |  |
Large Sum of Firecrackers Destroyed in Beijing Policemen watch behind the smoke from a heap of confiscated firecrackers set on fire in Chaoyang District of Beijing Saturday December 29, 2001. Some 482 boxes of firecrackers worth RMB100,000 yuan were destroyed Saturday as part of an effort to ban the sales of the firecrackers within the city proper. |  |
Newly-Built Expressway in Henan A newly-built expressway linking Luoyang and Sanmenxia cities opens to traffic in central China's Henan Province recently. An expressway network radiating from Zhengzhou, capital of the province, has been formed with a total length of 1,075 kilometers. |  |
Campaign to Fight Against Fake Cigarettes in SW China(2)A policeman and a local industrial and commercial department official inspect a confiscated cigarette cutter in Wuling township of Binyang County, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Saturday December 29, 2001. Some 2,000 kg of bad-quality raw tobacco leaf and 17,800 kg of semi-treated tobaco leaves out of the same material were confiscated in the region on Saturday in a campaign to fight against fake cigarettes. |  |
Campaign to Fight Against Fake Cigarettes in SW China A policeman collects bad-quality tobacco peduncles in Wuling township of Binyang County, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Saturday December 29, 2001. Some 2,000 kg of bad-quality raw tobacco leaves and 17,800 kg of semi-treated tobaco leaves out of the same material were confiscated in the region on Saturday in a campaign to fight against fake cigarettes. |  |
Intellectual Car Navigator Launched in Beijing A woman tries a car equipped with a satellite navigation system launched in recent days in Beijing. The computer screen located right to the steering wheel provides e-mail services, sound alert and data such as electric maps etc., it also serves as an intellectual route planner and a satellite guided positioning system. |  |
Shanghai Airports Listed the Busiest A flight corner of Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport. 176,000 aeroplanes landed at Hongqiao Airport and Pudong Airport, both in Shanghai, in the year 2001, listing the air stations the world busiest ones. |  |
Hu Jintao on Party Building Vice President Hu Jintao called Saturday for all-around efforts to push forward the new, great project of Party building. He attributed China's achievements to the strengthening of Party building in accordance with CPC General Secretary Jiang Zemin's "Three Represent's" theory.  |  |
Guilin Witnesses Record-set Tour Flood A foreign cyclist waves to someone unseen in the photo December 29, 2001 on a newly opened theme street featuring tourists souvenirs in Guilin, a top tourism site in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. Statistics show the number of the tourists to the city this year sets a new record of over 10 million, with a total income of RMB 4.5 billion yuan in the tourism sector. The Chinese characters on his T-shirt reads "Here come the foreigners in Xijie Street (a street featuring the local flavor in Guilin)". |  |
Ethnic Yao Girls Welcoming New Year Two ethnic Yao girls smile as they help each other to adjust their new traditional dresses in a celebration in Badu village of Tianlin County, southwest China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Saturday December 29, 2001. The Yao people are now more colourfully dressed as they have become more well-to-do. |  |
Folk Game Held in Kabul Two Afghan teams fight for possession of a black goat during the game of "Buzkashi" in Kabul December 28, 2001. This national sports event was held for the first time after five years' interval, which drew thousands of people up to watch. |  |
Toy Horse in Moscow A girl looks at a straw-woven toy horse at a stall in Moscow December 28, 2001. Toy and mascot horses are on shelves in the capital prior to 2002, which will be the year of horse according to the Chinese Lunar calendar. The sense of Chinese 12 symbolic animals associated with a 12-year cycle has been popular in Russia in recent years. |  |
Campus Destroyed A boy stands beside a hold in a broken wall surrounding his primary school in the suburbs of Kabul December 29, 2001. The devastated teaching buildings could be seen through the hole. Hundreds of adjacent children can not go to school due to the damage by bombing in the war. |  |
Flower for Wedding Ceremony in KabulThe 57-year-old Afghan man chooses flower basket for his daughter's wedding ceremony at a flower store in Kabul December 28, 2001. Flower symbolizing luck and happiness is a must in wedding ceremonies in Afghanistan. |  |
China Enacts Law on Population, Family PlanningChina's first legislation on family planning and population was enacted by the 25th session of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (NPC), which concluded Saturday. |  |
