China and Japan Build Ecological VillageThe plan to build an ecological village jointly by China and Japan in order to develop the rural community economy and protect the ecological environment, is successful as demonstrated by Yi Ethnic Village in Simao, Yunnan Province, and this practice will be popularized in a big way.Photo shows villagers Luo Baoshou and his wife pruning fruit trees behind their house. | |
Outsize Open-cut Coal Mine Completed in ShanxiAn'jialing Coal Mine in Pingshuo of Shanxi Province, another Chinese designed and constructed outsize open-cast coal mine with an annual production capacity of 15 million tons, was basically completed and put into production recently. Picture shows the concentrated pond of the newly completed coal-washing plant. | |
Electronic Reading Room Put into Use in LhasaThe electronic reading room of Lhasa Library, equipped with 20 computers, was recently put into use in Lhasa. It attracts many Tibetan and Han ethnic youngsters to read multimedia electronic readings. | |
Porsche From Germany Coming out Firstly in Beijing A customer tries a Boxster at the Beijing Exhibition Hall of Porsche cars from Germany. Opening yesterday, the hall covers an area of 310 square metres and is in the Chan'an Mansion on Chang'an Avenue. The hall displays Porsche's 911 Carrera and Boxster as well as accessories. | |
Pandas Adopted by Zhang Yongzhen Zhang Yongzhen,vice-president of HK Chinese General Chamber of Commerce,adopted the two pandas Zhengui and Zhenbao in the base for panda's breeding on Feb 14th. | |
Russian Bombers Intrusion Into Japanese Airspace DeniedJapan protested to Russia on Wednesday, saying that several Russian bombers twice briefly intruded into its airspace in the first such incident since 1995. | |
8 Killed, 14 Injured When a Bus Plows into Soldiers, CiviliansThe incident took place when the bus plowed into 25 Israeli soldiers and civilians who were waiting at a bus stop near Holon, 20 kilometers south of Tel Aviv, Israeli public radio added. | |
China Beats Thailand 5-1 in King's CupThe Chinese soccer team clinched their first win in the new century as they crushed minnows Thailand 5-1 in the 32nd King's Cup soccer tournament on Wednesday. | |
CPC Holds Central Working Conference The Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) held a central working conference in Beijing on February 12-14.Jiang Zemin, general secretary of the CPC Central Committee, presided over the conference and delivered an important speech. | |
CPC Holds Central Working Conference The Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) held a central working conference in Beijing on February 12-14. The meeting analyzed the current international and domestic situations, and discussed and made arrangements for major tasks the whole Party has to fulfill at the start of the new century. | |
Chinese Scientists Complete 1st Microbial Genome MapAfter efforts of one year or more, Chinese scientists recently determined the complete sequence of a kind of thermophilic bacteria, with the rate of coverage reaching 100 percent, and the rate of accuracy 99.99 percent, thereby obtaining the first microbial genome "map". This marks an important forward step taken by China in its genome studies. | |