President Hu meets Olympic delegation

President Hu Jintao (4th from left), Premier Wen Jiabao (3rd from left) and other senior government officials take a group photo with the Chinese delegation to the Athens Olympic Games Thursday afternoon at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. (cnsphoto)

Wu Bangguo makes inspection tour in Liaoning Province

Wu Bangguo (3L), Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress and a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, listens to introductions regarding enterprise reform and operation at the Anshan Iron & Steel Group Corp. Wu Bangguo making an inspection tour in Liaoning Province from Aug. 28 to Sept. 1.

Chinese delegation of Olympic gold medalists to visit HK

A delegation of Chinese Olympic gold medalists will be visiting Hong Kong from Sept. 6 to Sept. 8. A total of 68 athletes and coaches will share with the HK citizens their joyance, announces Huo Zhenting, president of Hong Kong Olympic Committee at a press conference on Sept. 1.

7 foreign hostages released in Iraq

An Egyptian hostage (C) couldn't help laughing when he learnt he would be released on Sept. 1. On July 21, three Kenyans, three Indians and an Egyptian working for the Kuwait and Gulf Link company were kidnapped by a group calling itself "Holders of the Black Banners" affiliated to a group called "Secret Islamic Army". The spokesman of the company said the seven hostages were already released on Sept. 1.

"Reassurance card" helps management in high school

A student of Yuxin High School uses "reassurance card" when she enters school in Hangzhou, capital of east China's Zhejiang Province, Sept. 1, 2004. The high school has provided its students with this kind of "reassurance card" to help the management. Each student should use the card when he/she enters or leaves school. The school and parents can know the information about the children including the time they enter and leave school, their exam marks and their behaviors in school via linked computers and mobile phones.

Demonstration against Republican National Convention

Two protestors are arrested by policemen in Manhattan of New York in the evening of Aug. 31, 2004. Protestors, with some 560 of them being arrested, continued demonstration near Madison Square Garden where the Republican National Convention was being held, on which US President George W. Bush was formally nominated as its presidential candidate during the convention.

11th Panchen Lama sees city appearance of Xigaze

The 11th Panchen Lama, Bainqen Erdini Qoigyijabu (2nd L), poses for a photo with his parents and teacher (2nd R) in Xigaze, a city in southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, Sept. 1, 2004. On that day the Panchan Lama sees the appearance of Xigaze.

President Bush formally nominated for another four-year term

U.S. first lady Laura Bush (L) looks up at a large screen as her husband, President George W. Bush, introduces her via a video feed from Pennsylvania, before she addressed delegates on the second night of the 2004 Republican National Convention at Madison Square Garden in New York, August 31, 2004. Convention delegates formally nominated President Bush for another four-year term on Tuesday night and he will deliver a prime-time televised acceptance speech on Thursday.

First session of Iraqi interim parliament opens

Former Iraqi Governing Council member Ahmed Chalabi (L) talks about how he escapes from an assassination attempt, on the sidelines of the first meeting of Iraq's interim parliament in Baghdad Sept. 1, 2004. Chalabi escaped from the assassination attempt, which left two of his bodyguards wounded, near Baghdad on Wednesday. The 100-member Iraqi interim parliament opened its first session on Wednesday. Its main task was to advise the interim government and to prepare for the elections due next January.

Edmund Ho Hau Wah appointed as the 2nd Chief Executive of Macao SAR

Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao signs Decree of the State Council on the appointment of Edmund Ho Hau Wah as the second Chief Executive of the Macao Special Administrative Region (SAR) during the fourth plenary session of the State Council in Beijing, Sept. 1, 2004.

Zheng Jie defeated in US Open 2004

Chinese player Zheng Jie at the US Open 2004, in New York on August 31. Zheng lost to Russian Nadia Petrova, the No. 14 seed, 0-2 in the first round of the meet.

Beijingers enjoy first package tour to Europe

Beijing tourists pose for a picture before flying to Europe for the first package tour there in Beijing, capital of China, Sept. 1, 2004. Fifty-five tourists joined the package tour. Chinese citizens were allowed to travel to 29 European nations for a package tour from Wednesday. The first 12-day package tour will cover Italy, France and Switzerland.

CPPCC Chairman meets Austrian Federal Chancellor

Jia Qinglin (R), chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, meets with Austrian Federal Chancellor Wolfgang Schuessel in Vienna, capital of Austria, Aug. 31, 2004.

Presdient Hu meets Philippine President

Chinese President Hu Jintao (L) accompanies Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo in inspecting an honour guard of the Chinese People's Liberation Army outside the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, Sept. 1, 2004.