Agricultural Taxes Standardized in Anhui ProvinceA view of a terminal showing how to pay agricultural taxes in the revenue collection hall of Wangjiaba Town of Funan County, east China's Anhui Province, June 19, 2002. Anhui is the pilot province firstly carrying out rural tax reform in China. (Xinhua Photo/Wang Lei) |  |
11th Panchen Lama Presides over Buddhist CeremonyThe 11th Panchen Lama presided over an inauguration ceremony for the new image of Sakyamuni, the founder of Buddhism, at the Zhaxi Lhunbo Lamasery Thursday. (Xinhua)  |  |
ISAF Command Handover Ceremony Held in KabulAccompanied by British Major General John McColl (L) and Turkish Major General Akin Zorlu (R), Afghan President Hamid Karzai inspects the honor guards at the ISAF command handover ceremony in Kabul June 20, 2002. Britain handed over control of a multinational peacekeeping force in afghanistan to the Turkish military. (Xinhua Photo/Zhao Peng) |  |
Chinese Scientists to Head for Suspected ET RelicsA group of nine Chinesescientists will go to west China's Qinghai Province this month to closely examine the relics thought by some to have been left by extraterrestrial beings (ET). (Xinhua) |  |
High Level Seminar on Tobacco, Wine and Tea Held in BeijingExperts, scholars and entrepreneurs reveiw new products at the high level seminar on China's tobacco, wine and tea markets in Beijing June 20, 2002. They are from China's more than 30 units attending the seminar jointly sponsored by China Wine Business Association, and China Food and Alcoholic Professional Association and French Food Association. (Xinhua Photo/Hou Junchang) |  |
Arafat Meets Chinese Vice Foreign MinisterPalestinian leader Yasser Arafat shakes hands with visiting Chinese vice foreign minister Yang Wenchang (R) at his residence in the West Bank city of Ramallah Thursday, June 20, 2002. Yang Wenchang said here that China would maintain its efforts to retrieve the peace of mideast. (Xinhua photo/Nie Xiaoyang) |  |
