China drew world's attention for its infrastructure construction in 2004. The project of "West-East Gas Transmission" was completely put into operation, orderly construction of Qinghai-Tibet Railway pushed forward, power generation at the Three Gorges progressed smoothly and Qinshan nuclear power plant fully put into production. Brilliant achievements were also made in the construction of the "West-East Power Transmission", "Two Bridges and One Tunnel" in Tibet as well as urban traffic and road.

Oil pump running at Xifeng Oil Field in Qingyang city of Gansu Province, June 18, 2004.

Workers with the 11th Engineering Group of China Railway undertaking the tack-laying of 443 kilometers from Anduo to Lhasa created a record of laying 8.1 kilometers of track at an altitude of 4, 700 meters in one single day. Photo taken on June, 24, 2004.

"Bird's Nest" stadium, the main venue for Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, under construction, June 7, 2004. The construction of "Bird's Nest", located in Beijing Olympic park, was started on Dec. 24, 2003. Covering an area of 258, 000 square meters, the stadium can hold 100, 000 seats.

Workers at the No. 2 generating unit at Qishan No. 2 nuclear power plant carefully checking the operation of the nuclear reactors after the success of the first critical experiment, Feb. 25, 2004. The No. 2 generating unit of Qinshan No. 2 nuclear power plant was put into generation in March 2004.

Water draining through the dam of the Three Gorges project, July 6, 2004. Over the one year after water loading, the water conservancy project has been in safe operation. All the indexes remain within the standards as designed and the dam is working well.

An interior view of the workshop of the power station on the left bank of the Three Gorges project, Aug. 24, 2004. 26 700, 000-kw Water turbine generating units were planned to be installed with a capacity of 18.2 million kilowatt, which can realize an annual power generation of 84.7 billion kilowatt-hours after being put into operation.

A worker directing the hoisting at the Xiaobailou stop of the No. 1 line of the subway in Tianjin municipality, May 5, 2004.

Base of the generating units being installed at the underground workshop of the hydro power station of the water conservancy project in Baise, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, May 22, 2004.