Vast Land of Guangdong Overflows with Beauties of SpringtimeRural areas across Guangdong Province seize the spring plowing season to actively start agricultural production. Pictured here are farmers of Conghua County of Guangdong working in the fields. |  |
First International Color Sand Carving Competition Held in YunnanThe top three winners came out in the First International Color Sand Carving Competition held in Luliang County, Yunnan Province. Li Jian from Yunnan Art Academy won the first-class prize of the domestic group. Photo shows tourists appreciating the giant sand carving the "Fruit Sea, Mirage, the Dream of Yunnan". The work was created by Ni Wei from the Shanghai team, which won the second-class prize of the domestic group. |  |
Vietnam Holds Exhibition on 15-year Machinery, Power and Electron AchievementsVietnamese Prime Minister Pan Van Khai on March 9 visited the Exhibition on Vietnamese 15-year Machinery, Power and Electron Achievements held in Hanoi. About 50 enterprises from Vietnam, China, and Russia participated in this exhibition. |  |
First Macao-Originated Dance Drama Performed in Public"Macao's Bride", the first full-length dance drama originated in Macao, premiered at the opening ceremony of Macao's 12th Art Gala on March 10. Photo shows a segment of the dance drama's first act --- "Heyday of Macao". |  |
New Soccer Season Heats up The first round of the Chinese Football League featured tough competition, despite the fact that no relegations are being imposed on the 14 clubs this season. Liaoning Fushun crushed Chongqing Lifan 1-0.  |  |
Enactment of Law on Administrative Coerced Implementation ProposedWei Meifen, an official with the Nanning Customs Office in Guangxi, said that administrative departments undertake to implement more than 80 percent of national laws and local regulations, as well as all administrative regulations and rules. |  |
Yao Ming Sparks Sharks to Down RocketsTowering center Yao Ming (Center) scored had 32 points and 21 rebounds and sparked the Shanghai Sharks to beat five-time defending champion the Bayi Rockets 116- 105 on Sunday in their first game of the best-of-five finals of the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA) league. |  |
Exhibition of Terracotta Warriors Closed in Taibei Visitors watch terracotta warriors and horses exhibited at the History Museum in Taibei, Taiwan, Sunday March 11, 2001. The show was part of the exhibition on the culture of Qin Dynasty (221-206 B.C.), which was closed after about 90 days' display in the city. |  |
Palace under Leifeng Pagoda Disclosed in Hangzhou Archaeologists discover an iron box in the disclosed underground palace inside the Leifeng Pagoda in Hangzhou, capital of East China's Zhejiang Province, Sunday March 11, 2001. Up to now, a total of eight cultural relics have been unearthed from the palace that had been sealed for the past 1,000 years. |  |
Palace under Leifeng Pagoda disclosed in Hangzhou Archaeologists remove the grand stone that covered the entrance to an underground palace inside the Leifeng Pagoda in Hangzhou, capital of East China's Zhejiang Province, Sunday March 11, 2001. Up to now, a total of eight cultural relics have been unearthed from the palace that had been sealed for the past 1,000 years. |  |
Campaign Staged to Protect Consumers' Rights in Nanning Citizens are shown how to tell qualified batting from false ones during a "consumer rights" publicity campaign held in Nanning, capital of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region Sunday March 11, 2001. Services such as legal consultation and goods differentiation were provided in the campaign which was held to mark International Consumer Rights' Day which falls on March 15. |  |
Ice Run Passes Sanshenggong Water Gate The first batch of ice run in the Yellow River passes the Sanshenggong water gate smoothly in Inner Mongolia Sunday March 11, 2001. Ice run is a yearly occurrence in the Yellow River in spring. |  |
President on Population Control, Resources and Environmental ProtectionPopulation control, resources and environmental protection will be three crucial issues in China's march toward becoming a great power in the new century, President Jiang Zemin told a seminar held by the Communist Party of China Central Committee Sunday. |  |
Standing Committee of CPPCC National Committee Holds Plenary Meeting The 13th plenary meeting of the Standing Committee of the Ninth National Committee of Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) is convened in Beijing Sunday March 11, 2001. |  |
Exhibition on Hi-Tech Achievements of Non-State Enterprises Held in Beijing Visitors are fascinated by the multi-functional "Lanying AD-200" light plane manufactured by Beijing Keyuan Light Plane Comapny at the Exhibition on Hi-Tech Achievements of Non-State Enterprises in Beijing Sunday March 11, 2001. About 300 non-state enterprises took part in the exhibition with their hi-tech products. |  |
