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Premier Zhu Calls for Better Social Security
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| Premier Zhu Rongji said that the government should speed up building a social security network and help with employment and re-employment. Zhu made the remarks during an inspection tour of northeast China's Liaoning Province on July 22-24. |
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Rail-laying Speeds up in Qinghai-Tibet Railway Project
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| Approximately 31 km of rail line had been laid by Wednesday on the Qinghai-Tibet railway, the highest in the world, since its construction began June 29. The 1,118-km railway will extend from Lhasa, capital of the Tibet Autonomous Region, to Golmud of Qinghai Province. |
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Giant Panda Corridor for the Qinling Mountains
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| A new project is to be introduced to protect the giant panda. This will involve forming a corridor in the Qinling Mountains in a bid to link up their fragmented pockets of habitat and expand their living space. The habitat for giant pandas in this area is expected to come under pressure within the next three years. |
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Survey of Yellow River Soil Erosion Completes
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| Chinese experts have completed a remote sensing survey devoted to the water and soil conservation along the Yellow River valley after three years of hard work. |
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Knowledge Knows No Frontiers Between Peking and Oxford Universities
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| Xu Zhihong, president of Peking University has conferred an honorary Ph.D. on Sir Colin Lucas, vice chancellor of Oxford University. Sir Colin spoke of the close fellowship that exists amongst men and women of science and of knowledge having no nationality. Oxford offers financial aid to graduates from Peking University wishing to engage in either masters or doctoral programs in its graduate school. Each year Oxford students come to Peking University to study Chinese language and culture.
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Beijing Prisons First to Pay Prisoners
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| This April was a month to be celebrated by inmates sent down for re-education through labor in Beijing’s municipal prisons. They have been paid for their work in the first quarter of 2002. Even though annual bonus payments have been paid for some time, the new regular remuneration represents a first in Beijing prisons’ history of re-education through labor. The avant-garde move has stimulated quite a response. |
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Premier Zhu Inspects Environmental Protection
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| Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji has praised efforts of local officials and people in the forestation drive in Yan'an of Shaanxi Province, an important place in China's revolutionary history. |
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China Has Third Highest Number of Internet Users
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| By the end of June, China had over 45.8 million Internet users who stay on line for one hour or more everyday, the third largest number in the world, after the United States and Japan. |
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Winning Design Caught in Public Dispute
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| US architectural company Sasaki Associates, winner of the top prize for design of the Olympic Green, is at the center of disputes inside and outside the International Convention Center in Beijing, where its design is on display. |
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Discovery Supports Bird Evolution Theory
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| Chinese scientists announced Monday that they had unearthed the fossil of a previously unknown avian "dinosaur" with the ability to fly. The discovery is shaking up the scientific world by providing new evidence that suggests birds evolved from dinosaurs. |
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Chinese Minister Vows to Keep WTO Promise
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| Shi Guangsheng, minister of foreign trade and economic cooperation (MOFTEC) lashed out last weekend against "untrue" and "malicious" reports on China's implementation of its commitments to the World Trade Organization.
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Thunderstorm Kills 15, Arousing Hot Debate
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| Shocked by Friday's fierce thunderstorm accompanied by hailstones that killed 10 people, upset residents in Zhengzhou, capital of central China's Henan Province, asks how the sudden weather collapse caused such enormous damages. |
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Beijing Passes Law to Protect Religion
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| The Provisions on Religious Affairs of Beijing City was recently passed by the municipal people's congress to protect the practices of religious people and organizations. It will come into force on November 1 this year. |
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China Launches Program to Prevent Birth Defects
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| China has kicked off an eight-year program to lower the prevalence of birth defects and disabilities through nationwide health education campaigns and preventive measures targeting at-risk groups. |
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Missing Chinese Worker in Suicide Bombing Found
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| The Chinese worker reported missing in Wednesday's suicide bombings in Tel Aviv has been found in a local hospital, the Chinese Embassy in Israel said on Friday. |
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National Fixed-asset Investment Increasing
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| Fixed-asset investment in China totaled 1,110.4 billion yuan (US$134.1 billion) in the first six months of this year, a rise of 24.4 percent year on year, according to the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS). |
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World Marks Longest Epic King Gesser
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| The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has designated 2002 and 2003 for marking the millenary of the world's longest epic poem King Gesser. |
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China Sets Ceiling on Farmland
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| China will strive to keep its dwindling supply of basic farmland at the level of 106.6 million ha (263.2 million acres) to secure food production, says Lu Xinshe, vice-minister of Land and Resources. |
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Bamboo Slips Unearthed to 'Revive' the Qin Dynasty
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| About 20,000 bamboo slips dating back to the Qin Dynasty (221BC-206BC) have been recently excavated in Liye ancient town of Longshan County, western Hunan Province. The slips, depicting letters sent to Dongting Lake, multiplication tables and monthly consumption figures for army provisions, vividly "revive" the history of the Qin Dynasty in words. |
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