Bai Chunyue Won Gold Medal at 25th International Gymnast GamesThe curtain of the 25th international Gymnast has just fallen in Cottbus, Germany. Chinese gymnasts won two gold medals in balancing beam and men's vaulting horse respectively in the five final events. Pictured here is Bai Chunyue, champion of the balancing beam. |  |
Busy with Picking TealeavesMarch in spring, the Balifan Township, a tea-plantation in central China sees its 16,000-mu of tea bushes in verdancy. The township has been built into a geological tea plantation of over 10,000-mu, the largest in China. Picture here shows a girl happy with picking tealeaves. |  |
Foreign Stewards on China's AirplaneTo improve its services, the Hainan Airlines took the lead in employing 11 foreign stewardesses and stewards to better serve its passengers. Pictured here is a Canadian steward. |  |
ARATS Reiterates "Three Direct Links"The mainland-based ARATS has always been dedicated to promoting the "three direct links", and the dialogue may work as another showcase of its effort in this regard, Sun (Right) said.  |  |
Hi-tech Industry, a Leading Force in Booming Guilin's EconomyA worker mans an assembly line at an electronic factory in Guilin in the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region.A booming high-tech industry has become a leading force for the city's economy. |  |
Dragon Vs Tiger, CBA All-star CompetitionApril 1 saw an all-star CBA competition staged in Changchun, the capital of Jilin Province. The two head-coaches of the Dragon and Tiger Teams are respectively Wang Fei from Bayi Rocket known as "Grim-faced Young Commander" and Li Qiuping from Shanghai Shark nicknamed as "Little Zhuge Liang". Because Wang Zhizhi had left for the US to join the NBA, So the Dragon has lost one of its mainstays before the combat was started. |  |
Missing Spot of Chinese Pilot Near HainanA US EP-3 surveillance plane bumped into and damaged a Chinese F8 military jet over the South China Sea on April 1, 2001. China is now searching for the pilot on board the Chinese military jet and has made proper arrangements for all the 24 crew members on board the US plane. |  |
China Protests Against US Over Military Plane Issue A US EP-3 surveillance plane bumped into and damaged a Chinese F8 military jet over the South China Sea on April 1, 2001. China is now searching for the pilot on board the Chinese military jet and has made proper arrangements for all the 24 crew members on board the US plane.The photo shows a Chinese military patrol plane. |  |
Premier Zhu Holds Talks with Qatar Prime MinisterPremier Zhu Rongji said Monday afternoon that China is willing to work with Qatar to further bilateral cooperation and develop the long-term stable, friendly relations between the two countries on the basis of mutual respect, equality, and benefit. |  |
China Gives Facelift to World Highest Buddha Statue Workers measure the right foot of a 1,280-year-old world highest Buddha statue in Leshan, southwest China's Sichuan province April 2, 2001. A large-scale facelift is given to the statue to restore its original looks. |  |
Special Agriculture Booms in Dai Nationality Han Sha (R), ethnic-Dai peasant living in the Eluo Village in the Dai-Jingpo Autonomous Prefecture of Dehong, Yunnan Province, picks false jujubes. This kind of trees, introduced from Taiwan, can yield over 2,000 kg. of jujubes per mu, and will be sold for15,000 yuan (RMB) .In recent years, the local government has reduced the growing areas of grain and sugarcane as well as other traditional industrial crops, and introduced more than 30 subtropical crops such as Arabian coffee, lemon and shaddock from Thailand, Malaysia and other regions to be planted on the mountain areas, so as to raise the peasants' income. |  |
Hong Kong Promotes Tourism Spotlights illuminate Hong Kong's Victoria harbour April 1, 2001 to mark the beginning of a two-year "City of Life: Hong Kong is It" campaign, in a HK$240 million (US$31 million) bid to attract tourists. |  |
New Type of Dust and Sandstorm Monitor Put into Use The dust transport flux counter, a new type of dust and sandstorm monitor, which was researched and designed by the Cold and Arid Region Environmental Engineering Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, has been put into use recently. Photo shows research fellow Qu Jianjun (L) installing the dust transport flux counter in the Mahuangtai Township in Gulang County, Gansu Province. |  |
Outside School Education in Shanghai School children read books at the Youngsters Activity Center in Linfen Community in Shanghai April 2, 2001. The Shanghai Municipality has set up such centers at all levels to offer children places to entertain themselves after class or in holidays. |  |
China Gives Facelift to World Highest Buddha Statue Photo shows the 1,280-year-old world highest Buddha statue with scaffold covering its face in Leshan, southwest China's Sichuan province April 2, 2001. A large-scale facelift is given to the statue to restore its original looks. |  |
