Woman Soldiers on Xisha IslandsSince middle of May seven woman soldiers for communication began to station on the Xisha Islands for a sacred mission of construction and protection of the islands, this being the first batch of woman soldiers on the islands. Baffling severe living conditions they have done a very good job there, hence named "Flowers on Xisha". |  |
Central Part of Bridge over Jialing River CompletedAs a key project in Chongqing municipality, the central part of a double line bridge over Jialing River has been joined up July 18. It will open to traffic by the end of December 2001 to greatly ease traffic pressure of Chongqing City. |  |
Chinese FM meets Colin Powell U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell, left, and Chinese Foreign Minister Tang Jiaxuan shake hands prior to their bilateral talks Wednesday, July 25, 2001 in Hanoi.  |  |
Chinese Teenagers Xu Mian Shine in Platform Diving Worlds Final Teenager diver Xu Mian won China's third gold medal in diving competitions by taking the women's platform diving title at the 9th FINA world swimming championships Wednesday in Fukuoka. |  |
Chinese Ambassador on Sino-US Ties in New Century China-US relations could be advanced to "a new high" in the 21st century so long as the two countries adhere to principles enshrined in the three joint communiques and work together "in a constructive and cooperative spirit," Chinese Ambassador Yang Jiechi said. |  |
Seeking Root in China Chinese Vice-Premier Li Lanqing holds the flag of the Root-seeking Summer Camp with two campers during its opening ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing July 25, 2001. The camp, with the theme " Origin-Seeking Travel in 2001", has attracted over 3,000 overseas youths of Chinese descent from over 40 countries and regions. |  |
Three Gorges Water Control Project Completed Last Flap Workers hoist a last flap of the steering bottom radial gates at the dam construction site of the Three Gorges Water Control Project in Yichang City , China's Hubei Province, July 25, 2001 while its set of radial gates have been completely installed recently. The completion is prepared for the project to secondly dam the river in 2002 and for the first group of unit to generate electricity in 2003. |  |
Details of Xiamen Smuggling Case Exposed The file photo taken in Setember, 2000, shows criminal suspects of Xiamen smuggling case standing in the courtroom of the Intermediate People's Court of Xiamen in east China's Fujian Province July 25, 2001. China's official Xinhua News Agency Wednesday issued a long article detailing how China has cracked down on the biggest ever economic crime case, which involves the smuggling of billions of U.S. dollars worth of goods. |  |
Rescued Miners in Sound Conditions A doctor makes a routine physical check on a rescued miner at a hospital in Jiawang District of Xuzhou city, east China's Jiangsu province July 25, 2001. The 13 rescued miners after the explostion occured July 22 in a small coal mine here are in good conditions while the efforts to dig out those still trapped are in full swing at press time. |  |
Typhoon Yutu Hits South China An unidentified woman holds a gale-shattered umbrella at the seaside of Hong Kong when Typhoon Yutu hit the city July 25, 2001. A lot of stores, banks, hospitals and all of the schools in Hong Kong are closed due to the Typhoon Yutu which also hit Guangdong, Hainan and some other Chinese provinces on the eastern coast. |  |
Consensus on Six Items Reached at HK/Guangdong Cooperation Joint Conference Consensus on six items were reached at the fourth meeting of the Hong Kong/Guangdong Cooperation Joint Conference in Hong Kong Wednesday, covering control points management, development of Nansha, cooperation between Hong Kong Airport and Zhuhai Airport, environmental protection, Dongjiang water quality and communications networking. |  |
Agro-Tech Training Course in Rural Areas Song Xueren, head of the agricultural technology station, teaches young farmers at a training course in Heyang County in northwest China's Shanxi Province July 25, 2001. Some 34,000 farmers have been under such training, and 152 among them received certificates of technician. |  |
Inland Doctors Sent to Xinjiang Wang Haijun(C), dermatologist from Shanghai, and a minority nationality medical member see a patient at a hospital in Aksu Prefecture of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region July 25, 2001. Three batches of doctors from the inland's Shanghai, Henan Province etc. have been sent to Aksu for technical aid. |  |
