Press conference for the 3rd Session of 10th NPC

A press conference for the Third Session of the 10th National People's Congress (NPC) of China is held in Beijing, March 7, 2005. Ma Kai, minister of the State Development and Reform Commission, Zhou Xiaochuan, governor of the People's Bank of China, Liu Mingkang, chairman of the Banking Regulatory Commission of China, and Li Yuan, vice minister of land and resources, answered questions concerning the economic and social development and macro-control at the press conference.

Syrian people demonstrate to support Assad

Thousands of Syrian people stage a demonstration on Saturday before the Parliament building to support their President Bashar al-Assad on Lebanon issue,in Damascus, capital of Syria, March 5, 2005.

Davenport claims first title in 2005

World number one Lindsay Davenport holds her trophy after beating unseeded Serbian Jelena Jankovic 2-1 at the Dubai Duty Free Women's Open March 5, 2005. This is her first title in 2005.

"Present" for Women's Day

Du Genfa (1st R) smiles after his wife Liu Zhilan (2nd R) gives him a full mark for the dish of fish he cooked during a community activity in Jinan, capital of east China's Shandong Province, March 6, 2005. As a Women's Day present for wives in the community, a cooking test for 20 husbands was organized on Sunday.

95 anniversary of the International Women's Day marked in Beijing

Hu Yamei (1 L), renowned pediatrician and a member of the CAE sings with the music at a get-together on March 6, 2005. On that day officials from the All China Women's Federation, the Beijing Municipal Government, female members of the CAS and CAE, and female diplomats in China gather in Beijing to mark the 95 anniversary of the International Women's Day.

Chinese Premier meets HKSAR chief executive

Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao (R) meets with Tung Chee Hwa, chief executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, in Beijing March 6, 2005.

Migrant carnival in Brussels

Two Bolivian revelers attend the immigrant carnival parade in Brussels, capital of Belgium, March 5, 2005. The city government resumed its immigrant carnival which has been interrupted for 15 years, in an aim to develop different kinds of cultures in Brussels. Immigrants from Bolivia, Brazil, Argentina, Peru and other Latin-American and African countries attended the event.

Top leaders join deputies, advisors in panel discussions (II)

Chinese Vice Premier Huang Ju (C), also a member of the Standing Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee Political Bureau, joins the panel discussion with the NPC deputies from east China's Shanghai Municipality to the Third Session of the 10th NPC in Beijing, March 6, 2005.

Top leaders join deputies, advisors in panel discussions (I)

Chinese President Hu Jintao (C) joins the panel discussion with the NPC deputies from east China's Zhejiang Province to the Third Session of the 10th National People's Congress (NPC) in Beijing, March 6, 2005.