Tuesday, March 05, 2002

• Jiang Stresses Close Contracts with the Masses and Rural Stability
• Senior Military Leaders Joins NPC Deputies in Group Discussion
• HK Media Highlight Opening of National People's Congress
• US Human Rights Report Interferes China's Internal Affairs
• China Welcomes Upcoming Dialogue Between Iraq, UN
• Annual Session of Top Legislature Opens in Beijing 
• Spring Drought Creeping in China
• British PM Tony Blair Congratulates Tung's Reelection
• Afghanistan Quake Affects Neighboring Chinese Region
• Premier Zhu Reports on Government Work (III)
• Major Points of Premier Zhu's Report on the Work of the Government 
• Premier Zhu Slashes Extravagant Activities
• Premier Reiterates Principle for Cross-Straits Talks
• Premier Zhu Confident of Prospects of HK, Macao
• Premier on China's Foreign Policy for 2002
• Premier on Defense, Stability
• Premier Zhu Calls for Further Government Reform
• Premier Calls for Promoting Spiritual Civilization
• Premier Zhu Reports Government Work (I)
• Premier Zhu Reports Government Work (II)
• Chinese Vice-President Joins CPPCC Members in Discussion
• Senior Party Official Calls for Safeguarding Workers' Rights
• China Needs Anti-Terrorism Law: Lawmaker
• Chinese FM Provides Consular Facilities for Foreign Personnel
• HK's Anti-Narcotics Records Recognized by US Government
• Senior CPC Official Meets Turkmenistan Guests
• Tung Chee Hwa Appointed HKSAR Chief Executive for 2nd Term
• Senior CPC Official Meets CPUSA Delegation

• Premier Calls for Efforts to Maintain Good Growth Momentum
• NPC Session Sends Stock Market Soaring
• Vice-President Stresses Development of Tibet
• Chinese Premier, NPC Deputies Confident of Abilities of Taking up Challenges
• China to Issue 60 Billion Yuan Worth of T-Bonds
• Regional Economists Forecast China to Show Respectable Growth
• Beijing to Promote Software Exports
• China to Become Second Largest Market for PCs By 2006 - Study
• Premier Calls for Efforts to Expand Domestic Demand and Increase Personal Income
• Premier Zhu Calls for Greater Efforts to Regulate Market Order
• Premier Calls for Wider Opening After WTO Entry
• Premier Calls for Greater Efforts to Promote SOE Reform
• Premier Zhu on Sustainable Development Strategy
• Premier Calls for Pushing Forward Economic Restructuring
• Premier Zhu Highlights Rural Work
• China to Issue 150 Billion Yuan of Treasury Bonds This Year: Premier
• Premier Outlines General Requirements for 2002
• China's Economy Keeps Good Development Momentum: Premier
• China Has Become No.1 Mobile Phone Country in the World
• Insurance Law Should Be Fixed to Meet WTO Challenges: NPC Deputy
• Japan to Donate 1.148-billion-Yen Aid to Chinese Program
• Caution Advised in Broadband Access Networks Investment: Expert
• Chinese Real Estate Market Heats up in 2001
• HK Government Announces New Land Sale Program
• 2008 Olympics to Test China's Market Economy: Expert
• China to Hold Symposium on Listing of SMEs
• HSBC Holdings' Net Profit Plunges 18 Percent

• Aim of Arms Inspections Is to Spy on Iraq: Daily
• OPEC Continues Talks With Russia on Oil Exports Curb
• Sri Lankan Government Defends Norwegian Role in Peace
• Commonwealth Leaders Voice Determination to Fight Terrorism
• Chinese Ambassador on Sino-US Relations
• Seven U.S. Soldiers Killed When Choppers Hit
• Australian Airline Ends 66-Year Run
• Gunman Kills Three in Tel Aviv
• Russian, Georgian Presidents Meet
• Kosovo Assembly Elects New President
• EU Approves Policy Document for DPRK
• Israelis Bomb Arafat's Headquarters Compound
• US Government Steps Up Plan to Hire Airport Screeners
• Africa Capable of Forming Its Union: OAU Chief
• Nine Americans Killed in Latest Assault in Afghanistan
• Egyptian President Proposes Sharon-Arafat Summit
• Ministers of Self-Declared President Seize Government Offices in Madagascar
• Israeli F-16 Warplanes Launch Strike on Bethlehem
• Escalating Middle East Violence Urges New Peace Ideas: Annan
• Bush Vows to Continue US Mission in Afghanistan
• Sri Lankan PM Calls for Support to Ceasefire With Tamil Tiger
• 150 Dead in Afghan Earthquake: AIP
• Musharraf's Remarks on Gujarat Amount to Interference: India

• Complicated Feelings of Taiwan Compatriots to be Fully Understood
• People's Daily Hails the Opening of NPC Annual Session

• China Revises Software Copyright Registration Measures
• High-tech Week Set to Stress WTO and Olympic Games
• New College for Chinese Painting
• Premier Zhu Stresses Role of Science, Education in Development
• President Jiang Stresses Sci-tech Progress

• Former Olympic Diving Champion Comes Back as National Coach
• China's Former Olympic Diving Champion Becomes District Official
• China Lead Thailand 3-0 in Federation Cup Asia-Pacific Zone

• Japan to Send Two Ibis Chicks to China, One Dies
• "Middle-Class Mainly Covers Professionals" ¨C Economist
• Art Exhibition Commemorates China's Late Premier Zhou
• Mainland Visitors Become Highest Per Capita Spenders in HK
• "Cuddly" Makeover for Chinese Zoo
• Efforts Urged to Eliminate Garbage Yards Surrounding 200 Cities
• Foreign Block of Emails from China Scales Down
• French Pianists to Give Forty Fingers on One Piano Concert in HK
• Quintuplets Born in Beijing, Eight Weeks Before Due  
• Chinese Still Admire Lei Feng's Spirit
• Three Gorges Tour Needs No Hurry: Tourism Official