China's first bridge across a portion of sea joined

The photo features the East China Sea Bridge, the first bridge in China across a portion of sea in the rising sun.Two ends of the Bridge were joined May 25, 2005. Connecting the Luchao Port of Shanghai and Minor Yangshan Island in Hangzhou, the bridge has a length of 32.5 km and a width of 31.5 meters. The bridge runs 40 meters above the sea and its biggest navigable passage is capable of accommodating cargo vessels with 10,000 dead weight tonnages. The speed limit for its six lands is 80 kph. It will be put into use in November.

Chongqing holds anti-flood drill

Policemen participate in an anti-flood drill in southwest China's Chongqing Municipality on May 24, 2005. As summer approaches, China faces flood threat from a great number of rivers around the country.

Huge embroidered shoe exhibited

A huge embroidered shoe attracts attention of some viewers at Red Dragonfly Museum on Chinese Shoe Culture in Yongjia County of Wenzhou City, east China's Zhejiang Province, May 23, 2005. The 63-kilogram shoe, an effort of seven local craftsmen during half a year, is 2.08 meters long, 0.87 meters wide and 0.71 meters high.

Keynote speech session of Beijing High-Tech Expo opens

Chinese Vice-Premier Hui Liangyu delivers a keynote speech at the eighth China Beijing International High-Tech Exposition, Beijing, May 24, 2005.

People in coastal city lucky to view mirage

Some people enjoy the view of a mirage on the horizon in Penglai, a coastal city of east China's Shandong Province, on May 23, 2005. Thousands of people were lucky to view the mirage here on Monday.

China cuts oil price

A driver fuels a vehicle at a gas station in BeiJing, capital of China, May 24, 2005. The retail price of fuel in BeiJing lowered 0.13 yuan per liter from Tuesday. The State Development and Reform Commission (SDRC) of China decided to cut the oil price by 150 yuan (about 18 US dollars) per ton beginning Tuesday due to the price fluctuations in the global oil markets.

China's top legislator meets Australian leaders

Wu Bangguo (R), chairman of the Standing Committee of China's National People's Congress, shakes hands with Australia's Governor-General Michael Jeffery during their meeting in Canberra, capital of Australia, on May 24, 2005. Wu is currently on an official good-will visit to Australia, part of his four-nation Asia-Pacific tour.

Foreign students' painting exhibition

An Australian woman (L) and her daughter view paintings on display at a library of Suzhou City, east China's Jiangsu Province, on May 23, 2005. A painting exhibition was held here on Monday by Singaporean International School in Suzhou to display the works of over 900 children from 25 countries and regions such as Canada and Singapore.

Nearly 1,000 kilometers of the Qinghai-Tibet railway finished

Workers are busy with the track-laying of the Qinghai-Tibet railway project in southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region on May 23, 2005. Nearly 1,000 kilometers railway of the project has been finished so far. Linking Golmud in the northwestern Qinghai Province and Lhasa, capital city of Tibet, the 1,142-kilometer railway is expected to open to traffic in 2007.

Chinese President meets with S.Korean guest

Chinese President Hu Jintao (R) meets with Park Geun-hye, chairperson of the Republic of Korea 's Grand National Party (GNP), at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, on May 24, 2005.