Monday, March 04, 2002

• Top Chinese Leader on Multi-Party Cooperation, Political Consultation
• NPC to Make, Amend Over 20 Laws This Year: Spokesman
• Lawmaker Calls for Organic Food Legislation
• China Overhauls Laws, Regulations to Meet WTO Rules: Spokesman
• Premier Zhu to Deliver Work Report Next Year
• Nearly 740,000 Yunnan People Escape Poverty 
• China's WTO Entry Important for Global Trade Club: Experts
• Premier Zhu to Meet Journalists at NPC Session, Spokesman
• CPPCC Member Calls for Enhanced Feasibility Study of Major Engineering Projects
• Top Legislature to Enact, Revise More laws: Spokesman
• Lawmakers Support Decision on Removing Billboards Far Off Eateries
• President Jiang Visits CPPCC Members
• Preparatory Meeting Elects Presidium of NPC Session
• NPC, CPPCC Agenda for March 4
• Top Chinese Legislator Condoles Over Indian Speaker's Death
• China Protects Legitimate Rights of Religious Believers
• Lawmakers Urge Government to Reduce Intervention
• CPPCC Member Calls for Law to Curb Family Violence 

• "It Will Be Clear for China's Stock Market after Rain Storm": Economist
• China to Raise Prices for Finished Oils
• Qingdao Customs Starts Paperless Clearance
• Cutting down State-owned Shares Indicates Government Has Courage to Admit Mistake
• China's Movie Industry Lacks "Good Stories" ¨C Actress
• European Commission Approves Country Strategy Paper for China 
• Facts & Figures: China's Top 10 Trading Provinces
• China Keen to Hold 2010 World Expo
• China's Private Businesses Becoming Big Exporters

• Iran Comments on Saudi Peace Proposal
• US Troops Attacked by Unidentified Gunmen in Afghanistan: AIP
• Commonwealth Leaders Postpone Decision on Zimbabwe
• New Zealand PM Grants Interview to PD Editor-in-Chief
• News Corp Hopes to Make New 'Friends' in China
• HK-Based Magazine to Send Apology to Thai Parliament: Report
• S.Lankan Govt to Form Parliamentary Committee to Assess Cease-fire
• Australian PM in Interview with PD Editor-in-Chief (Detailed)
• Space Shuttle Captures Hubble
• Speaker of Indian Parliament Dies in 'Copter Crash
• Annan Welcomes Swiss Referendum Result on U.N. Membership
• Powerful Quake Shakes Kabul
• Switzerland Says "Yes" to U.N. Membership
• British MP Castigates Blair's "Double Standards" on Iraq
• Saddam Receives Gift of Gold Sword from UAE
• 23 Afghans, Americans Killed, Wounded in Battle Against Al-Qaeda Members
• Israel, Palestinians Witness More Wave of Violence
• Israeli F-16 Warplanes Strike on Ramallah
• Khatami Calls for National Unity Against US War Threats

• NPC Deputies and CPPCC Members Cheer the 'China Year'

• China to Increase Spending on Antarctic Research
• China to Launch New Earth Resources Satellite
• China Sets Target for Illiteracy Elimination
• China's Illiterates: 50% in the West, Female 70% 
• China Developed Its Own "Core Subway Technology"
• China to Draft Rules on Co-operative Universities

• First Chinese Air Police to Lift off This Summer
• Lawmakers Call for More Care for Low-Income Groups
• CPPCC Members Call for More Charity Organizations
• Exhibition on Costumes of China's Ethnic Minorities Tells of Folklore, History
• Macao Airport Gets Full Score on Safety Tests
• "Those Releasing Pornographic Messages via Mobile Phones Should Feel Ashamed"
• China Vows to Tackle Farming Pollution
• Chinese Citizens Pay Tremendous Sums for Orchids
• China Strives to Help Deaf Kids Recover Hearing
• Homosexuals in China: More Tolerance, Less Prejudice