By-lingual Teaching System Formed in TibetAfter years' probation and practice, teaching staffs in Tibet Autonomous Region have primarily completed Tibetan-Chinese teaching system. They have fulfilled the compilation of curriculums and teaching outlines of 16 Tibetan subjects from primary school to senior middle school; translating and editing eight kinds of Chinese-Tibetan dictionaries of technical terms; collecting, arranging and publishing a large number of Tibetan teaching software, literary masterpieces and Buddhist sutras. Currently, most schools in the region have adopted Tibetan as the mother tongue. The photo shows a Lama is selecting Tibetan books in a bookstore in Lhasa. |  |
Tibet Furnishes 900 Million Yuan on Environmental ProtectionRecent years has seen Tibet Autonomous Region invest over 900 million yuan on key environmental protection projects including soil and water conservation, desertification prevention and control, geological disaster prevention and control, grassland cultivation, natural forest protection, and returning the reclaimed land to grassland and forestry. The annual afforestation and conservation areas reach 14,000 and 27,000 hectares respectively in Tibet. The photo shows residents in Lhasa are planting flowers in front of their houses. |  |
Tibet Furnishes 900 Million Yuan on Environmental ProtectionRecent years has seen Tibet Autonomous Region invest over 900 million yuan on key environmental protection projects including soil and water conservation, desertification prevention and control, geological disaster prevention and control, grassland cultivation, natural forest protection, and returning the reclaimed land to grassland and forestry. The annual afforestation and conservation areas reach 14,000 and 27,000 hectares respectively in Tibet. The photo shows the flowers on a resident's balcony in Xigaze. |  |
A Photo of Zhou Enlai with Teacher and Classmates in NankaiZhou Enlai (sitting at front ) with Nankai teacher Kang Nairu (second from left, front) and his classmates.  |  |
Large Exhibition of Books Opened in HarbinThe picture shows a general view of the large exhibition of books opened in Harbin, capital city of Heilongjiang Province Saturday, January 6, 2001. More than 80,000 kinds of new books and audio-video products in 22 categories are shown in the exhibition which is one of the important events in Harbin Ice and Snow Festival. |  |
Promotion for Charity donations Held in Shanghai Senior citizens of Shanghai took to the streets to promote for charity donations with thousands of local residents Sunday, January 7, 2001. |  |
Amusement on the Snow Boys and girls raise their hands for joy after they finish making snowmen in a yard in Beijing Sunday, January 7, 2001. The first snow in the new century covers many regions in north China and brings happiness to the people. |  |
Guangxi Science and Technology Week Held in Nanning Several visitors pay great attention to the soilless culture shown in an exhibition of the 10th Guangxi Science and Technology Week held in Nanning, capital city of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region Sunday, January 7, 2001. Colourful activities such as fair of new technology and new production, exhibition of modern agriculture and media services of science and technology etc. start an upsurge of technology in the autonomous region. |  |
Aoshen Defeats Hongyuan to Snap Losing StreakThe trouble-bounded Vanguard Aoshen snapped their five-game losing streak by defeating the Guangdong Hongyuan 109-95 on Sunday at home in the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA) first division league. |  |
Clinton Sees Chinese Pandas at Washington National Zoo"They're beautiful and they're different and I think they're fascinating," Clinton said. |  |
Promotion for Charity Donations held in Shanghai Two little girls put money into a box with the help of their mothers for charity donattion during a charity donation promotion in Huangpu District in Shanghai Sunday January 7, 2001. Thousands of Shanghainese took to the streets to promote for charity donations Sunday. |  |
