Young Chinese Musicians Awarded The Int��l Youth Music Competition closed in Bucharest, the Rumanian capital, on May 15. Altogether 140 music elites from 37 countries and regions participated in the contests of violin and flute. Long Qin from the Central Conservatory of Music won the gold of violin juvenile group and Ge Quanrong from the Shanghai Conservatory of Music ranked second in the violin youth group. Photo shows Long Xi performing "Carmen" at the award giving ceremony. |  |
West China Special Police Formed in Chengdu May 16 saw the West China Special Police formed of male police and policewomen has been organized in a mixed formation in Chengdu, Sichuan Province, on the base of the original Chinese Special Policewomen Team. Photo shows sharpshooters under training. |  |
Xinjiang Herdsmen Leading a Stationary LifeMost herdsmen in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, who moved about in search of pasture for generations, have settled down to a stationary life on the grassland. With a 76 percent of them leading such a life as they are now they have come to live with a per-capita income of RMB 1,750yuan from past RMB 380yuan/year. Photo shows a herdswoman selling traditional Kazakh tapestries to tourists. |  |
Sister-City AgreementShanghai Mayor Xu Kuangdi signed a sister-city relationship agreement last night with Lionel Mtshali,governor of South Africa's Kwazulu Natal Province.Kwazula Natal is Shanghai's 48th sister city. |  |
Chinese Vice-President on Training Officials Vice-President Hu Jintao called for Party committees and governments at all levels to strengthen education and training of officials.  |  |
Chinese Vice-Premier Meets Director General of ILO Chinese Vice-Premier Li Lanqing (R) holds talks with Juan Somavia, director-general of the International Labor Office (ILO) at Zhongnanhai Wednesday in Beijing, May 16, 2001. |  |
Li Peng Meets ROK Delegation Li Peng (R), chairman of the Standing Committee of China's National People's Congress (NPC), shakes hands with Kwon Chul-Hyun, chairman of a delegation from the 21st Century Northeast Asia Research Association of the National Assembly of the Republic of Korea at the Great Hall of the People Wednesday in Beijing, May 16, 2001. |  |
CPPCC Chairman Meets Sri Lankan Guest Li Ruihuan, chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), shakes hands with S. B. Dissanayake, general secretary of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party, at the Great Hall of the People Wednesday in Beijing, May 16, 2001. |  |
Hong Kong Central Library Opens Picture dated May 16th shows the exterior of the Hong Kong Central Liberary which opened Wednesday. Hong Kong Central Liberary, which owns the most library facilities among the Hong Kong public libraries system, occupies an area of 9,400 square meters and has a public seating capacity of over 2,000. |  |
APEC Meeting on Human Capacity Building Closes in Beijing Chinese Vice-Premier Qian Qichen (C) delivers a speech at the closing ceremony of APEC High Level Meeting on Human Capacity Building Wednesday in Beijng, May 16, 2001. |  |
APEC Meeting on Human Capacity Building Closes in Beijing Picture shows the closing ceremony of APEC High Level Meeting on Human Capacity Building held Wednesday in Beijng, May 16, 2001. |  |
New Life for Tibetan Women Students take notes at the auditorium of Tibet University in the capital city of Tibetan Autonomous Region May 15, 2001. The proportion of female Tibetan students in this university in 2001 has reached 42%. The Tibetan women were regarded as "tools capable of speaking" before the democratic reform in 1951, however, things have been changed a lot since then. They not only enjoy equal rights as men, but also obtain great achievements for the prosperity and development of Tibet. Many women distinguish themselves with talent and speciality as judges, lawers, experts and businesswomen. |  |
New Life for Tibetan Women Cizhen, a point constable in Lhasa, directs the traffic in the capital city of Tibet Autonomous Region May 15, 2001. Founded in 1999, the pointswoman team of Lhasa is comprised of 10 women with the duty to direct traffic and patrol. The Tibetan women were regarded as "tools capable of speaking" before the democratic reform in 1951, however, things have been changed a lot since then. They not only enjoy equal rights as men, but also obtain great achievements for the prosperity and development of Tibet. Many women distinguish themselves with talent and speciality as judges, lawers, experts and businesswomen. |  |
PLA Show Love for Disabled Children A member from the Nanchang Institute of Army breaks off bananas for blind children at a get-together in the school for the blind in Nanchang, capital of south China's Jiangxi Province May 16, 2001. The army officials and soldiers have kept on such charity activity for 20 years. |  |
Beijing delegates meet Press in Lausanne Liu Jingmin(2nd, left), vice mayor of Beijing and also vice managing chairman of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games Bid Committee, and Wang Wei(2nd, right), secretary-general of the committee, speak at a press confernece held in Lausanne City in Switzerland May 15, 2001. The delegation of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games Bid Committee held the conference as soon as it received the IOC's evaluation report. |  |
Chinese Premier Holds Talks with Maldivian President Visiting Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji on Wednesday held talks with Maldivian President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom in Male at the Male Conference Center. |  |
Green Agriculture Encouraged A view of pearl and aquatic products breeding farm in Datong Town in Tongling County, east China's Anhui Province May 15, 2001. Farmers are encouraged to develop aquaculture by taking advantage of local rich water resources. |  |
3rd Phase Project of Baoshan Iron and Steel Group Passed by State A worker conducts the hoist to ground a block of quality auto meterial at a workshop of the Shanghai Baoshan Iron and Steel Group Co. in Shanghai May 15, 2001. The third phase of the project approved by the state yesterday, can match the international powerful counterparts in terms of productivity, steel varieties and qualities. |  |
All 37 Passengers Killed in Turkish Military Plane CrashRescue teams and soldiers search a hill where a CASA CN-235 military aircraft carrying 37 people crashed May 16, 2001, near the southeast Turkish city of Malatya, killing all on board. CASA planes, light transportation aircrafts, originally from Spain, are manufactured in Turkey. The plane was heading from the southeastern city of Diyarbakir to Ankara, carrying six crew and 31 passengers, largely middle-level military officers. |  |
