Excellent Young Peking Opera Performers Awarded in BeijingA batch of famous young Peking Opera performers received honorary prizes at the award-giving meeting held in Beijing on January 9 following the performing show for the National Outstanding Young Peking Opera Performer Appraisal. Zhao Qun, the first prize winner from Shanghai Peking Opera Theater, was performing in the award-giving evening party. |  |
Privately Owned Supermarkets Pop up in LhasaAt the turn of the New Year, individually owned "supermarkets" in Lhasa offered an affluent supply of commodities for farmers and herdsmen in the Tibet Autonomous Region. Following the opening of the first supermarket in Lhasa three years ago, more and more businessmen from inland have been flocking to Lhasa for it and over ten individually owned supermarkets have so far popped up in this ancient city of Lhasa. The photo shows the Fulong (meaning rich and prosperous) Supermarket, a chain shopping mall managed by Tang Zhilong, a Zhejiang businessman. |  |
Shanghai Vice Mayor's Taiwan VisitShanghai Vice Mayor Feng Guoqin arrived in Taipei via Hong Kong yesterday for a 10-day unofficial visit of Taiwan, city officials said.  |  |
China's top legislator Li Peng Meets Governor of MaharashtraChairman Li Peng of the National People's Congress (NPC) Standing Committee, who arrived here on a week-long official goodwill visit, met with P.C. Alexander, governor of Maharashtra on January 9. |  |
Japanese PM Stresses Africa's Role in World EconomyVisiting Japanese Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori said on Tuesday, January 9, that the world would not prosper if African countries remained alienated and their problems neglected. Mori, speaking at a lunch in the town of Midrand near Johannesburg, outlined Japan' s policy toward Africa, saying Japan 's basic philosophy toward Africa is that poverty, conflict, refugees, disease and environmental destruction threatened human existence itself. |  |
Production Value of Luoyang Petrochemical Complex Exceed Ten Billion YuanThe annual production value of the Luoyang Petrochemical Complex first reached RMB 11.14 billion yuan in 2000, of which the sales value came to 10.69 billion yuan, a respective increase of 102 percent and 93.5 percent as against that of the year before last. The photo shows a corner of the refinery in the Luoyang Petrochemical Complex. |  |
First Landing Bridge on the Sea to Be Completed The railway bridge for crossing the Qiongzhou Strait, Hai'an, China's first one across the sea will be completed at the beginning of 2001. The Guangdong-Hainan Railway is one of the key projects of railroad construction in the Ninth Five-year Plan period. The whole project consists of three sections, the stretch between Zhanjiang-Han'an, Qiongzhou Strait ferry, and the section in Hainan province. The bridge, stretching 96.15 meters long and 14 meters wide, is the extending part of Zhanjiang-Han'an railway on the sea. The floating bridge can automatically go up and down with the tides at a maximum of 2.6 meters. The photo shows the 1361m-long, 30m-wide embankment of protection for the ferry. |  |
Moon Total Eclipse Firstly Coming Out in New Century Moon total eclipse firstly came out on Jan 10th,2001,which can be seen in the most districts of the world.And it will take more than 3h to go on in the whole course.Now it is conglobate moon in Bei jing on the evening of Jan 9th,2001 before Moon total eclipse appearing. |  |
Beijing Police Strengthen Efforts for Spring Festival Transport Period A group of criminals are sentenced in public at the Beijing Western Railway Station, Beijing, Jaunary 9, 2001. To ensure a smooth traffic flow at the annual Spring Season Transport period, the peak time occuring before and after Spring Festival(Chinese Lunar New Year), the Beijing police have strengthened security efforts recently. |  |
Ancient Capital of Guo State in Zhou Dynasty Discovered in HenanShangyang Town, capital of Guo State in China's ancient Zhou Dynasty (1,000 B.C.- 771 B.C.), returned to the spotlight after being buried into oblivion for more than 2,600 years, according to archaeologists' announcement Monday, January 8. |  |
Ancient Capital of Guo State in Zhou Dyansty Discovered in Henan Two archaeologists excavates remains of well-developed water supply of Shangyang Town, the capital of Guo State in China's ancient Zhou Dynasty (1000 B.C.-- 771 B.C.), in Sanmenxia City in central China's Henan Province. Chinese archaeologists spent almost 50 years in locating the ancient capital of Guo State, an importan vassal state in Zhou dynasty dating back 3000 years ago. A collection of cultural artifacts recently found here made the discovery very significant in China's archaeological history. |  |
Ancient Capital of Guo State in Zhou Dyansty Discovered in Henan The picture shows some pottery receptacles excavated from remains of Shangyang Town, the capital of Guo State in China's ancient Zhou Dynasty (1000 B.C.-- 771 B.C.), in Sanmenxia City in central China's Henan Province. Chinese archaeologists spent almost 50 years in locating the ancient capital of Guo State, an importan vassal state in Zhou dynasty dating back 3000 years ago. The discovery unearthed very sophisticated architecture with remains of copper refineries, pottery workshops and grain depots. |  |
Cross-Border Highway Bridge OpensA highway bridge connecting the Hekou Yao Autonomous County in southwest China's Yunnan Province with Lao Cai in Vietnam opened to traffic Monday, January 8. |  |
China's Spring Season Transport Period Starts Passengers huddle at the Guangzhou Railway Station on January 9, 2001. China's Spring Season Transport period, the peak time occuring before and after Spring Festival, started nationwide today. |  |
Chinese Premier on China's Tourism Industry China has a great potential and broad prospect in developing its tourism industry and tourism industry is playing an increasingly bigger part in the country's economy and in improving people's living standards. |  |
Lazio Beat China 6-3, Eriksson QuitsItalian champions Lazio beat China 6-3 on Tuesday in a friendly match several hours later when Sven Goran Eriksson quit as Lazio coach to become manager of England. |  |
China's Contemporary Calligraphy and Paintings Displayed in Paris Paris, Jaunary 9(Xinhua)--Zhao Jichang, left, a representative of the Ministry of Culture of China, presents a calligraphy with a UN official at the exhibition of China's contemporary calligraphy and paintings held at the headquaters of the UNESCO in Paris, January 9, 2001. As part of the Paris Chinese cultural season activities, the exhibition displayed more than 120 pieces of works by over 40 artists. |  |
