Conference on Afghanistan to Open Photo shows the yacht serving as the news center for the journalists participating in the German conference on the future of Afghanistan in Konigswinter, a town near Bonn November 26, 2001. Over one thousand journalists from all parts of the world gather in the town to cover the conference. |  |
President Jiang Meets Dr. Neal LaneChinese President Jiang Zemin met Monday with Dr. Neal Lane, former assistant to the US president for science and technology policy.  |  |
Chinese Vice President Meets German GuestsChinese Vice President Hu Jintao met Monday with Manfred Stolpe, minister-president of Brandenburg, Germany, and his party, telling his guest that the desire to develop friendly relations between China and Germany is deeply rooted among the two peoples. |  |
Finance Support Program Launched for Hong Kong SMEs The Bank of East Asia (BEA) and the Trade Development Council (TDC) of Hong Kong signed a memorandum of understanding Monday to establish the Small and Medium-sized Enterprise (SME) Finance Support Program. |  |
Afghan Tourism Sees Decline An Afghan knife vendor seeks for potential clients in a downtown street in Peshawar November 25, 2001. The traditional Afghan crafts, used to be one of the tourists' favorite souvenirs, is now encountering a narrowing market due to the stagnant tourism industry of the country. |  |
Shanghai Economy Blooms Herds of people roam over in an unidentified shopping center in downtown Shanghai November 26, 2001. Shanghai's GDP totaled over 400 billion RMB from January to October this year, a 10.3 % soar comparing with that of last year.The total amount of retailing consumption in October rose 6.4% to finish at a record high of 16.865 billion RMB. |  |
Wei Jianxing Meets Models of Professional EthicsWei Jianxing, chairman of the All-China Federation of Trade Unions, met 10 individuals and representatives of 10 units who have been awarded for adhering to professional ethics. |  |
Chinese Vice Premier Meets US Scholar Chinese Vice Premier Li Lanqing here Monday met with renowned US scholar Alvin Toffler. The two sides had talks on the development of information industry and the application of Internet. Toffler is the author of the book entitled "The Third Wave". |  |
Chinese Vice President Meets Cypriot FMChinese Vice President Hu Jintao and visiting Foreign Minister Ioannis Kasoulides of the Republic of Cyprus met Monday to review the overall progress of the long-standing friendship between China and Cyprus. |  |
Chinese Vice Premier Meets Netherlands Guests Chinese Vice Premier Li Lanqing met Monday with the Netherlands Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economic Affairs Annemarie Jorritsma-Lebbink. The two sides exchanged views on further boosting the bilateralrelations, in particular the bilateral economic and trade cooperation. |  |
Premier Zhu Rongji Meets US TelevangelistChinese Premier Zhu Rongji methere Monday with televangelist Pat Robertson, chairman of the Christian Coalition of the United States. They discussed ways to improve Sino-US relations and promote understanding between the two peoples. |  |
Robot Snake Appears in China (2)The nake model of the first Chinese robot snake developed by National Defense Science and Technology University lies still on the floor in Changsha, capital of China's south Hunan Province, November 26, 2001. The robot snake is equipped with video camera as its "eyes", and can crawl like real snake under control. |  |
Robot Snake Appears in China The first Chinese robot snake developed by National Defense Science and Technology University swims in the water in Changsha, capital of China's south Hunan Province, November 26, 2001. The robot snake is equipped with video camera as its "eyes", and can crawl like real snake under control. |  |
Myanmar Witnesses a Soaring Tourism Industry Tourists take photo in Temple of the Reclining Buddha, one of the major tourist attractions in Yangon, capital of Union of Myanmar. The southeast Asia country, boasting a total number of near half hundred hotels and hostels, attracts some 234,000 tourists in the year 2000. |  |
People Concern about Agro-Science Several visitors drink a newly-invented natural beverage by using a special kind of straw during the Second National Agriculture High-tech Research Expo held in Guilin, a tourism attraction in Southwest China's Guangxi Province November 26, 2001. Lots of people from home and abroad attended this Agro-High-Tech Expo since more and more people show great concern on agro-science after China's access to WTO. |  |
Walk for Healing And Peace Held in US (2)A girl from the Kids for Peace Organization collects a signature from a passer-by during the activity "A Walk for Healing And Peace" in Washington November 25, 2001. Some US peace-loving folk organizations and relatives and friends of the victims in the "September 11" terror attack on US, participated in the walking activity that starts from Washington yesterday and arrives in New York December 2. |  |
Walk for Healing And Peace Held in US Several people hold a streamer reading "A Walk for Healing And Peace" across a street in Washington November 25, 2001. Some US peace-loving folk organizations and relatives and friends of the victims in the "September 11" terror attack on US participated in the walking activity that starts from Washington yesterday and arrives in New York December 2. |  |
Booming Tourism in Lijiang A group of ethnic Naxi and yi girls perform for tourists from home and abroad at the foot of the snow-capped Yulong Mountain within the suburbs of ancient City Lijiang in southwest China's Yunnan Province November 26, 2001. Lijiang, designated in the list of the World Cultural Heritage by the UNESCO in 1997, has received nearly 3 million tourists from home and abroad with the tourism revenue of 1.6 billion yuan this year. |  |
Chinese Oil Workers Enter World Market Shi Shuyi(R), manager of the Zhongyuan Oil Field team, and his colleague look at their drilling machine in Qatar November 26, 2001. The team has drilled 22 oil wells for the country since it started on January 1, 2000. |  |
Mubarak Meets Arafat Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak(R) speaks as visiting Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat (L) smiling during a meeting in Cairo November 25, 2001. The two sides discussed the issues of Palestinian situation etc. |  |
