More Investment,More Gold Medals

China began to implement Project 119 in 2001. It applies to 119 offshoots of the three main events -track and field, swimming and water sports - that have been designated key training. In order to be a serious contender with the United States and Russia in the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games China must make serious progress within these three big events.     

More People, Greater Power

Tian Guirong recently received the "2005 Person of the Year of Green China" award. The 54-year-old farmer has collected 65 tons of disused batteries since 1999, which cost her more than 200,000 yuan ($24,813). "The land is the most precious thing to me and I fear nothing other than the pollution of the land," Tian said. She began this project from a very simple thought: to reduce the ecologi     

Less Tax, More Kindness?

Many companies are reluctant to donate to charities, largely because of the government's tax policies While there are more than 10 million government-registered companies in China, a recent survey found that fewer than 100,000 of them have any record of making charitable contributions, with many experts citing the country's tax     

More Motorolas

MOTOROLA, best known for its mobile phones, has ventured into the electrical home appliance market. At the end of 2003, the international communications giant launched Chinese marketing campaigns for plasma and liquid crystal televisions as well as DVD players.Although most consumers are familiar with Motorola's communi-     

More Convenient

Beijing is upgrading its public conveniences with the Olympic Games approaching     

More and More “Mixe-Blood” Chinese Movies

CONTEMPORARY urban film Spicy Love Soup, portraying modem love and lifestyles in Beijing,splashed onto Chinese cinema screens in 1997. Made on a budget of just three million yuan (US$350,000) the movie grossed almost 30 million yuan (US $3.5 million) at the Chinese box office, second only to that year‘s blockbuster, Titanic.     

迎奥运,我们准备好了

<正> 奥运就要来了!从1932年,第一位来自中国的运动员刘长春站在第十届洛杉矶奥运会赛场上;从1952年,五星红旗第一次在第十五届赫尔辛基奥运会赛场升起;从1984年,许海峰将中国奥运金牌为" "的耻辱甩进太平洋;从1993年,中国第一次申办夏季奥运会失利;从2001年,中国申办第29届奥林匹克运动会成功……     

Sihou,the Village That's More Like a City

THE differences between most of China's urban and rural areas could hardly be starker. The bright lights of the cities shine down from towering high-rises onto jam-packed roads, whereas the country's villages usually consist of vast planting fields crisscrossed with dusty dirt tracks. But Sihou Village in Hebei Province's Kouzhuang Township looks more like a modernized metropolis than the bumpkins' village it once was. One noticeable similarity is the prevalence of pet dogs in the village …     

迎奥运,我们准备好了

奥运就要来了!从1932年,第一位来自中国的运动员刘长春站在第十届洛杉矶奥运会赛场上;从1952年,五星红旗第一次在第十五届赫尔辛基奥运会赛场升起;从1984年,许海峰将中国奥运金牌为" "的耻辱甩进太平洋;从1993年,中国第一次申办夏季奥运会失利;从2001年,中国申办第29届奥林匹克运动会成功……     

壮哉,2008!

一个民族的腾飞，一个国家的崛起，总会有里程碑意义的年代和事件作为象征。2008年，汶川大地震，北京奥运会，就是这样的里程碑。     

No More Butts

Lighting up in indoor places of work will soon be a thing of the past in Beijing.According to a renewed local regulation in the Chinese capi- tal,from this May,smoking will be banned in hotels,offices,holiday resorts and all indoor areas of medical facilities,in addition to previously restricted schools,sports arenas and movie theaters.All restaurants,bars and Internet cafes are also ordered to designate smoke-free areas.The measure,the most extensive overall indoor smoking ban in the country,is expected to bring to the city a nicer and healthier environment.     

Dry No More

Ningxia is turning its desert areas into arable lands and helping its residents thrive The deserts in the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region have been turned into grasslands and farm-lands on which residents grow vari     

More Work Needed

On World Environment Day, June 5, the Chinese Government issued a white paper, entitled "Environmental Protection in China." This is the country's second white paper on the issue, coming 10 years after the first one. The new document, which systematically elaborates on China's efforts to control pollution, concludes that the environmental situation, in contrast with the fast growing     

Less Is More

Change is a word synonymous with China. Since inaugurating its reform campaign 29 years ago, the nation has seen countless examples of change, from the social, economic, political and cultural perspectives. Many of these changes have been dramatic and have spawned social problems and related disputes. The 21st Century Business Herald, a leading Chinese financial news- paper, recently convened a group of eminent scholars specializing in social sciences to discuss the challenges facing China's further reform and the trend of its social development. Professor Zhou Weimin, Editor in Chief of Study Times, Yang Fengchun, Dean of the E-Government Research Center of Peking University, Professor Mao Shoulong, Faculty Director of the Department of Public Administration of the Renmin University of China, and Professor Zhen Xiaoying at the Central Institute of Socialism, give their opinions in the following excerpts:     

More Earthquake Misery

Less than four months after the devastation of the Wenchuan earthquake on May 12, another quake brings further death and destruction to southwest China on August 30, a 6.1-magnitude earthquake hit southwest China, the border of Sichuan Province and Yunnan Province. Panzhihua City, Huili County in Sichuan and Yuanmou County and Yongren County in Yunnan were worst hit.     

More than History

Wang Zihe is a member of the Chinese Artists Association, a member of the Chinese Calligraphers As-sociation and a First-grade National Artist of Heilongjiang Province. Wang Zihe loves Chinese history and has made intensive study of it, so that most of his paintings are focusing on Chinese historical celeb-     

The More Things Change

A famous French characterization puts it succinctly： ＂The more things change,the more they remain the same.＂ Just as famously, in China that does not seem to be the case. Since the beginning of China＇s reforms 30 years ago, the country has changed dramatically, both in terms of its infrastructure, and more importanly its people.     

More in the Pipeline

With the government's decision to peak carbon emissions before 2030 and achieve carbon neutrality before 2060,the race is on in China to switch to clean fuel.Some of the biggest energy companies in the country have increased investment in the exploration of natural gas.China National Offshore Oil Corp.(CNOOC),the largest producer of offshore crude oil and natural gas in the country,for example,has announced that gas will account for 30 percent of its production by 2025,growing to 50 percent in 2035.     

More Humanistic and Scientific

Most athletes in the national teams were born in the 1980s and 1990s, and their common pursuit is individuality and realization of self-value. This indicates how training methods for the