National Teachers' Day

A school boy writes his schoolwork in the Yuhai Primary School in the rural area of Yongning County, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region Sept. 9, 2004. Nine teachers are expected to enroll in this school so that the pupils here may get the compulsory education from professionals. Chinese people will celebrate the 20th National Teachers' Day on Sept. 10.

Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao is visiting an 83-year-old retired primary school teacher Sunday, Sept. 5, in Beijing. As the 20th National Teachers' Day approaches, Wen visited teachers in Beijing and sent greetings to more than 10 million teachers and educational workers country-wide.

The students show the "V" gestures as they get the news that a teacher is to join them soon in the Yuhai Primary School in the rural area of Yongning County, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, Sept. 9, 2004. Nine teachers are expected to enroll in this school so that the pupils here may get the compulsory education from professionals. Chinese people will celebrate the 20th National Teachers' Day on Sept. 10.

Some pupils from farmers' families try their new clothes bought by their teachers at the Xusheng Elementary School in Harbin, capital of northeast China's Heilongjiang Province Sept. 9, 2004. As the 20th National Teachers' Day is to come on Sept. 10, the teachers here celebrate the event by presenting autumn garments with the donated money for 15 pupils from poor families.

Some pupils from farmers¡¯ families try their new clothes bought by their teachers at the Xusheng Elementary School in Harbin, capital of northeast China's Heilongjiang Province Sept. 9, 2004. As the 20th National Teachers' Day is to come on Sept. 10, the teachers here celebrate the event by presenting autumn garments with the donated money for 15 pupils from poor families.