New US Ambassador Visits People's Daily OnlineClark T. Randt, Jr., new US ambassador to China Thursday morning visited People's Daily Online accompanied by Bai Keming, president of People's Daily. |  |
New US Ambassador Visits People's Daily OnlineClark T. Randt, Jr., new US ambassador to China Thursday morning visited People's Daily Online accompanied by Bai Keming, president of People's Daily. |  |
New US Ambassador Visits People's Daily OnlineClark T. Randt, Jr., new US ambassador to China Thursday morning visited People's Daily Online accompanied by Bai Keming, president of People's Daily. |  |
French FM Visits Kenya French Minister for Foreign Affairs Hubert Vedrine smiles on the podium as he and his Kenyan counterpart Chris Obure attend a news conference in Nairobi, Kenya, Wednesday August 1st. Mr.Vedrine and Mr. Obure signed a memorandum of understanding of 4 million French Francs, which will allow the implementation of a Social Fund for Development to enable fight against poverty and to improve the living conditions in Kenya. Mr. Vedrine arrived in Nairobi on the moring of August 1st. |  |
Egyptian President Meets Arafat Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat (L) meets with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak August 1, 2001 at Burg El Arab airport near Alexandria. They are here to discuss the current clashes between Israel and Palestine. |  |
Project of Bibliotheca Alexandria Finished Governor of Alexandria Abdel Salem El Mahgoub(R) and Director of Bibliotheca Alexandria Ismail Serageldin put a book on a shelf during the placing ceremony of the first batch of books in Bibliotheca Alexandria held to celebrate the finishing of the library project in Alexandria Wednesday, August 1, 2001. Scholars, celebrities and employees of the library attended the ceremony. The opening ceremony of the bibliotheca will be held in April 2002. |  |
Hospital for Marine Creatures Founded in Fujian A staff member of a hospital for marine creatures in east China's Fujian province trains two sea lions. The hospital founded in June has cured marine creatures including dolphines and turtles. |  |
Hospital for Marine Creatures Founded in Fujian Staff of a hospital for marine creatures in east China's Fujian province check the health of a dolphine. The hospital founded in June has cured marine creatures including dolphines and turtles. |  |
Summer Activities for Children Children are attracted by a guiding robot developed by Science and Technology Academy of China, which can answer questions in physics, chemistry and mathematics, during their visit to a museum of science and technology in Hefei, Anhui Province, Wednesday, August 1, 2001. Thousands of students attend the activities held by the science academies of children which is sponsored by the local government of Hefei during their summer holiday. |  |
New Expressway Under Construction in Northwest China Workers are busy on the expressway bridge across the Yellow River in northwest China's Gansu Province August 1, 2001. The 77.74-kilometer expressway with a total investment of 2.184 billion yuan(US$ 263 million) is a section of the national road linking Lianyungang City in east China and Horgas City in northwest China. |  |
Traffic Frame Formed in Southwest China A crane hoists a container at the Fangcheng Port with a handling capacity of 11 million tons in the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region August 1, 2001. The authorities has invested over 20 billion yuan (US$ 2.4 billion) over the past 10 years in forming a traffic frame in Southwest China, including a rail, an expressway, three airports and a number of ports. |  |
Traffic Frame Formed in Southwest China A train runs on the railway linking Nanning and Kunming cities in the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region August 1, 2001. The authorities has invested over 20 billion yuan (US$ 2.4 billion) over the past 10 years in forming a traffic frame in Southwest China, including a rail, an expressway, three airports and a number of ports. |  |
Traffic Frame Formed in Southwest China A bird's-eye view of the over 600-kilometer expressway linking Guilin and Beihai cities in the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region August 1, 2001. The authorities has invested over 20 billion yuan (US$ 2.4 billion) over the past 10 years in forming a traffic frame in Southwest China, including a rail, an expressway, three airports and a number of ports. |  |
Water Cellars Built in Northwest ChinaAn Ethnic Dongxiang farmer poses with his pumpkin in the Autonomous County of Ethnic Dongxiang in northwest China's Gansu Province August 1, 2001. With donations from all walks of life, 14,135 water cellars have been built in the drought-hit impoverished mountainous areas in northwest China, alleviating the shortage of drinking water. |  |
New Rail Under Construction in North China A view of the construction site of the electrified dual railroad linking Qinhuangdao and Shenyang cities. The 405-kilometer line on the investment of over 14 billion yuan(US$ 1.7 billion) is scheduled to be open to traffic by the end of 2002. |  |
