HK Land Auction Meets Higher End of ExpectationHong Kong government earned 2.97 billion HK dollars (381 million U.S. dollars) Monday by auctioning four lots, meeting the higher end of the market expectation from 2.4 billion to 3 billion HK dollars.This is the first auction held in the 2002-2003 fiscal year and has been expected to show the trend of the property market this year. |  |
Li Peng Meets Vietnamese CounterpartLi Peng, chairman of the Standing of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (NPC), met here Monday with Nguyen Van An, chairman of the National Assembly of Vietnam, and his party. |  |
Chinese Vice-Premier Stresses Sino-Vietnamese Friendship China treasures Sino-Vietnamese traditional friendship, and attaches great importance to its good-neighborliness and overall cooperation with Vietnam, Chinese Vice-Premier Li Lanqing says.  |  |
Traditional FestivalGirls in traditional Zhuang ethnical dress pose for singing love songs during a festival in Guilin, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region April 15, 2002. The traditional festival is held yearly on lunar March 3, by Zhuang, Yao, Miao and Dong ethnical groups. (Xinhua photo/Chen Tianhu) |  |
Traditional FestivalGirls in traditional ethnical dress show the traditional dance for the visitors during a festival in Guilin, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region April 15, 2002. The traditional festival is held yearly on lunar March 3, by Zhuang, Yao, Miao and Dong ethnical groups. (Xinhua photo/Chen Tianhu) |  |
China Export Commodity Fair Opens in GuangzhouThe 91st China Export Commodity Fair opened Monday in Guangzhou, capital of south China's Guangdong Province. |  |
New-Born Rare AnimalsPicture shows a four year-old Madagascan lemur enjoying the happy moment with her newly born twin kids at Hongshan Forestry Zoo in Nanjing,capital of east China's Jiangsu province. The kids were born early March. (Xinhua photo/Sun Can)( |  |
New-Born Rare AnimalsPicture shows the six year-old African mandrill embracing her newly born kid at Hongshan Forestry Zoo in Nanjing,capital city of China's eastern Jiangsu province. The kid was born early March. (Xinhua photo/Sun Can) |  |
Ecological Protection Peasants work in a field covered with degradable plastic film aiming to protect ecological environment in Xichuan County in central China's Henan Province April 15, 2002. (Xinhua Photo/Zhu Xiang) |  |
Mubarak Meets Chinese Guest Egyptian President Muhammed Hosni Mubarak (R) meets with visiting Chinese Minister of Education Chen Zhili in Cairo April 14, 2002. (Xinhua Photo) |  |
39 Survivors, 115 Confirmed Dead From Downed Plane in South KoreaThe death toll from the Chinese passenger airliner crash on Monday near the South Korean city of Pusan has reached 115, while the number of survivors going down to 39 as more people died on the way to or in hospital. |  |
Chinese PM Arrives in Ankara on Official VisitChinese Prime Minister Zhu Rongji arrived in Ankara Monday on a five-day official visit to Turkey. |  |
30th Anniversary of Shanghai Communique CommemoratedChina launched a commemorative conference Monday to mark the 30th anniversary of the issuing of the Sino-U.S. Shanghai Joint Communique here. |  |
