Chinese Contestants Won Olympics Math Prize in Bulgaria Six Chinese Olympic Math competitors from Wuhan took part in the 50th Olympic Math Contest held in Bulgaria on May 17 with five of them carrying away the first prize. Picture shows winners at the prize giving ceremony. |  |
Don King Granted "Charity Ambassador" China Charity Federation on May 22 granted Don Kong, world famous boxing promoter and Holyfield and Ruiz, world boxing champions the title of "Charity Ambassador". Picture shows Don Kong is holding the "Century Dragon Cup" granted by the sponsor. |  |
Tibet Gongga Airport to Be Expanded The laying the foundation-stone ceremony for the expansion work was held on May 22 at the Gongga Airport which is 100 kilometers away from Lhasa. This is the first key project during the "10th Five Year Plan" period in Tibet. |  |
Sewage Treatment System at Construction Site of HKDemonstration of a sewage treatment system at a construction site in Hong Kong was conducted on May 22. Pictured here is a truck being cleaned by using the treated sewage water at the very site. |  |
Sino-Japan Tianyuan Go Match Opened in ShanghaiMay 22 saw the 14th Sino-Japan Tianyuan go match held in Shanghai. Picture shows Chang Hao, China's Grade 9 player and Japanese Ryu Shikun, Grade 7 player at the match with the former beating the latter. |  |
Peking Opera Promoted by Taiwan's Peking Opera SingerWei Haimin, Taiwan's Peking Opera performer, followed after Mei Baojiu, China's famous Peking Opera singer and female impersonator, is dedicated to exchange and promotion of the art across the Taiwan Straits. Picture shows Wei Haimin is organizing a performance of the opera. |  |
Tianjin Port Equipped with Largest Container Loading & Unloading Equipment in ChinaThe super-Panama-type container cranes bought from Shanghai has successfully shipped to and installed in Tianjin Port on May 21. Photo shows the crane was safely shipped to the Tianjin Port. |  |
Tarim River Supplied with Regulated WaterThe lower reach of the Tarim River in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region is supplied with water from the Bosteng Lake. Running day and night, the four water pumps at the west pumping station of the Bosteng Lake are conducting water of 9 million cubic meters everyday via Kongque River to reach Daxihaizi to water the lower reaches of the Tarim River. Photo shows the water from the Bosteng Lake flowing into the Tarim Lake in the lower reaches of the river. |  |
"Audi A8" Staged in ChinaThe new century has witnessed a more intense competition in China's auto market. The Audi Company, which has already acquired its status, has lately showed its first-class "Audi A8", rousing much attention in China's auto market. With auto-body all in aluminum and permanent four-wheel driving the Audi A8 is a pioneer and a leading type of deluxe car and equipped with ESP electronic stability-control and high efficient noiseless system with a spacious cabin, the car is surely an eye-catching sight in Chinese deluxe auto market. Photo shows the Audi A8 on display. |  |
Monkey From BrazilA black howler monkey, presented by the CBMM Co. of Brazil, will meet public at Shanghai Zoo with its companion next month. Feeding on vegetable and fruits, the apes, both aged 4, will increase the number of primates at the zoo to 44. |  |
Tibetans Hail Progress in 50 YearsNearly 70 representatives of various ethnic groups from different circles gathered in a local auditorium in Lhasa, the capital of the Tibet Autonomous Region, Tuesday to share their views on the immense changes that have taken place in Tibet over the past five decades.  |  |
Chinese Athelete Snatches Another Gold Medal in Gys Competition Chinese gymnast Dong Fangxiao performs on the vault in the women's artistic gymnastics individual all-round competition at the East Asian Games in Osaka May 22, 2001. Dong captured the gold medal. |  |
Premier Zhu Back in BeijingChinese Premier Zhu Rongji��L�� shakes hands with Vice Premier Qian Qichen at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing May 22, 2001. Zhu returned to Beijing today after concluding his five-nation official visit to Pakistan, Nepal the Maldives, Sri Lanka and Thailand. |  |
Senior CPC Official Meets European Parliament Delegation A senior official of the Communist Party of China (CPC) said that the CPC will make concerted efforts along with all party groups of the European Parliament (EP) for a healthy and steady development of Sino-European relations in the new century. |  |
Care and Respect for AIDS Victims Professor Gui Xi'en from the Infectious Diseases Department of Zhongnan Hospital in Wuhan, capital of central China's Hubei Province, has meals with five AIDS patients at home May 21, 2001. Gui arranged medical check-ups for the five AIDS victims coming from neighboring province's countryside. He also used this opportunity to seek public understanding about AIDS. |  |
Singaporian Volunteers Help Xinjiang School Students from a Singaporian science and technology college mix up cement to build classrooms for a primary school in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region May 21, 2001. 43 volunteers including teachers from the Singaporian college came to Xinjiang to help a local school as part of a plan to develop China's western region. |  |
Singaporian Volunteers Help Xinjiang School Li Xiuzhen(R), a student from a Singaporian science and technology college teaches a pupil to use computer in a primary school in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region May 21, 2001. 43 volunteers including teachers from the Singaporian college came to Xinjiang to help a local school as part of a plan to develop China's western region. |  |
Tibetan Children A group of primary school students have a photo taken in the Potala Palace Square in Lhasa, capital of Tibet Autonomous Region May 22, 2001. Lhasa has popularized the six-year compulsory education, with a total of 71,500 students. |  |
Top Science Academy Opens Graduate School Lu Yongxiang (R), president of the Chinese Academy of Science (CAS), applauds as the board of the CAS graduate school is unveiled in Beijing May 22, 2001. The graduate school backed by 100 CAS institutes nationwide will cultivate high-calibre science personnel. |  |
Harness Sandstorms A man walks on the cover of a water transfer channel in Minqin County in northwest China's Gansu Province May 21, 2001. The channel is the first of its kind built by the country for the irrigation of 8,800 hectares of land. The provincial Hexi Area has also transformed 450 entrance of sandstorms by building over 1,200-kilometer windbreak and dune-fixing forest. |  |
