Pei Yuanshun:Age,Caution

PEI Yuanshun,now 70,taught in a vocational secondary school in Kaifeng,Henan Province before she retired in 1996. Two years later her husband Wu Yingfan retired too.As their grandson was enrolled in an elite high school in Beijing's suburb and far from his downtown home,the couple bought a home close to his campus and moved to Beijing in 2001 to house him while he studied.Two years ago,the boy continued his education abroad and the old couple became empty-nesters.     

Hu Jintao Marks the 90th Anniversary of the Communist Party of China

ON July 1,Hu Jintao,general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee,delivered a keynote speech at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing,marking the 90th anniversary of the CPC. Hu traced,illustrated,and expounded on the CPC’s accumulated experience,its current challenges and coping strategies,and its     

Back to School,Back on Their Feet

THE violent earthquake that ripped through Wenchuan three years ago caught school children amid their lessons in packed classrooms. Falling ceilings and collapsing     

Legend of Pingyao

THE ancient town of Pingyao sits in Shanxi Province in North China, about 100 kilometers from the provincial capital of Taiyuan. This famous town with a history stretching more than 2,700 years is one of the best preserved ancient sites in China and was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1997.     

Enjoying Acrobatics in an Ancient City

AT a distance of 280 km from Beijing, Shijiazhuang, the capital of Hebei Province, is the nearest provincial capital to the seat of the national government. The region around Shijiazhuang has a long history of developed civilization. Archeological discoveries show that human activities had already begun in this area between 6,000 and 7,000 years ago.     

China-ASEAN： Phenomenal Growth in Trade and Investment

THE Fifth Pan-Beibu Gulf （PBG） Economic Cooperation Forum opened on August 12 this year in Nanning, capital of southwestern China＇s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. More than 400 politicians, scholars and entrepreneurs from China, Vietnam, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, Philippines and Brunei participated.     

Energy Transformation on a Roll

ACCORDING to the National Statistics Bureau, China＇s gross energy consumption in 2009 mounted to 3.1 billion tons of standard coal, confirming China＇s image as a real powerhouse of global energy consumption. Although its per capita consumption is still low - the equivalent of 2.33 tons of standard coal in 2009 as compared to 10.37 tons in the United States, unfortunately China＇s energy composition is dominated by coal, whose utilization is currently inefficient. Then there are its other drawbacks - the scars and stresses sustained by environments during mining and burning. Hence,     

A Fight That Cannot Be Lost

A rare droughtplagued southwestern China for thefirst half of this year. In Yunnan and Guizhou provinces and Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region rainfall was merely half the average level for that time of year, leading to a record-low drawdown in local rivers. More than 16 million people and 11 million heads of livestock were craving water, and 43.48 million hectares of farmland were affected All told, the direct economic losses inflicted have reached RMB 19 billion. Wenshan Zhuang and Miao Autonomous Prefecture in southeastern Yunnan was among the worst hit areas： 1.13 million of its 3.4 million population face water shortages.     

Saunter ThrouqhTengchong

TENGCHONG is a frontier town on the western edge of Yunnan Province. Long overshadowed by neighboring Lijiang and Dali, famous for their snow mountains,crystal clear rivers and fascinating ethnic cultures,Tengchong has remained relatively obscure owing to under-     

Hands-on Celebrity Charity Supporters

POP diva Faye Wong and her husband,actor Li Yapeng,won top honors last May 19 at the China Charity Celebrity Gala in Beijing.Kung Fu star Jet Li came a close second,with superstar actor and director Jackie Chan bringing up the rear in third place.Rather than donations,the awards acknowledged these big names’ proactive dedication to good causes and use of their celebrity status to polarize public attention.Gala organizers remarked that the magnitude of everyday people these individuals draw into and acquaint with charitable culture outweighs by far the value of their personal donations. Although celebrity charity is relatively new to China it has already moved on from stars acting as mere figureheads.They now take concrete measures towards sustainable charity development.Examples include Faye