多彩活动庆中欧建交30周年(英文)

To celebrate the 30th anniversary of EU-China diplomatic relations, the European Commission Delegation in Beijing held some special competitions this year. The painting competition with the theme of "EU and Me" was open to students of the 3,000 EU-sponsored primary schools in Gansu Province. The competition was organized by the EU Delegation, together with the Department of Education of Gansu Province and the EU-China Basic Education Project. The 10 winners were invited to Beijing, as guests of the delegation, for three days of fun including Children's Day celebrations. The Gansu Basic Education Project is jointly     

New Law Protects the Health of Mothers and Infants

CHINA celebrates International Children's Day this year with the implementation of a law protecting the health of the country's mothers and infants. The Law of the P.R.C. on the Protection of Mothers and Infants, passed on October 27, 1994, during the 10th Session of the 8th Standing Committee of National People's Congress, was publicly issued on the No.33 Command of the President of the P.R.C. and will go into effect June 1, 1995. This first law specifically concerned with the protection of the health of women and children is expected to play an important role in the overall improvement of the health of the Chinese people, the quality of the population, the advancement of the society, and the overall happiness among families. The law stresses the promotion of maternal and child hygiene     

Postmarks for the Year of the Tiger

This is the year of the tiger, according to the traditional Chinese lunar calendar, which used twelve animals to symbolize each year in The and Telecommunications has issued a set of "tiger Stamps" to commemorate the event, complete with postmarks issued by local post authorities. Shown here are postmarks from one bears the chinese characters “戊寅” (read as "wu yin"), which is how this year is marked on the Chinese lunar Calendar.     

Marrying a National——How to Get Your Marriage Registered in China

Li, a lady who works for a foreign enterprise in Beijing, fell in love with her non-Chinese colleague Paul a year ago. Now they plan to get married in Beijing. What kind of formalities do they need to go through? Stipulations on the Marriage Registration of Chinese Citizens with Foreigners announced by the Ministry of Civil Affairs of the People's Republic of China on August 17th, 1983 provide as follows:     

Preparing for the Fourth World Conference on Women

Wide Support From People THE FWCW is drawing near. The whole country and all walks of life are making preparations for the conference. Ms Wu Wenying, President of the China National Textile Council, arranged a special knowledge contest to greet this conference, and many other kinds of recreational and sports activities to publicize the conference with office     

Let's Talk with Each Other

FROM June 25 to July 3 this year, U.S. President Bill Clinton made a state visit to China. His wife, Hillary Rodham Clinton, accompanied him. One of the main programs on her agenda was to meet and talk with Chinese women from all walks of life. At 10 o'clock of her first day in Beijing, the discussion began. The event, entitled "A Dialogue with the Chinese Women—     

节气

Awakening of Insects The traditional Chinese lunar calendar divides the year into 24 solar terms.Awakening of Insects,the third sola term,is from March 5-20 this year.During this period,you may feel a rise in temperature,and notice the increased rainfall.The name of the solar term-Awake ning of In sects-refers to the fact that animals,which hibernate during winter,are awakened by spring thunder,and that everything on earth is returning,to life.Farmers in most regions of China begin plowing fields during Awakening of Insects.     

Guoqiao Mixian, A Local Flavor in Yunnan

YUNNAN Province, at the southwest border of China, is one of the main rice producing area in China and much of its culture is connected with the planting and consuming of rice. It also has a rich variety of local snacks. The most popular snack is guoqiao mixian (rice noodles that go across the bridge). Local people like to serve this treat to their guests and visitors from faraway lands. Mixian, a fine noodle made of rice flour, is popular in many southern regions like Hunan, Guangxi and Guangdong provinces. It looks quite similar to the common noodle, except     

Spring Bud Project Yields Fruit

The forty-five students of the "Spring Bud" class of Dalangtang Primary School, Miao Autonomous County, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, finished their primary school education and graduated with excellent marks. These Miao and Yao ethnic girls, who had previously dropped out of school, were funded by the "Spring Bud Project" to continue their education several years ago. Seven girls have won the second and third prizes in the Liuzhou prefectural math contest, and three girls have won third and consolation prizes in the essay contest of soliciting of contributions with rewards for the subject of "Spring Bud Project and Me."     

Moon Cakes, A Chinese Favorite

CHINA is a nation with many ethnic groups. Thus, there are many legends to explain the nation's many festivals. The largest and most striking of these festivals are the Spring Festival and Midautumn Festival. Anywhere Chinese people go, they will remember and celebrate these two festivals. The Mid-autumn Festival falls on the fifteenth day of the 8th lunar month. In this festival, Chinese people eat moon cakes, a baked food, with a flour crust around a dense filling. Coming in a great variety of flavors and styles, the moon cake carries a great deal of symbolic significance. The moon cake is round like the moon. "Round" is pronounced "yuan" in Chinese. This character is full of good meanings. When used in reference to a     

Eat Dumpling and Say good-Bye to the Year

Dumplings are the food thatChinese people eat during the SpringFestival,the ceremony to celebrate thecoming of the new year in the Chineselunar calender.Spring Festival startson the eighth day of the twelfth lunarmonth and does not end until the 15thday of the first lunar month of thefollowing year.The most importantactivity of this festival is the waitingin of the new year—that is,people     

China's Women Badminton Players

THE Sudirman Cup and the World Badminton Championships, representing the highest level of world badminton competition, ended in May of this year. The Chinese team left its audience with an impression of youthful optimism.     

Fun in Ornithology

The earth, with its diversity andvariety, is a total ecology that has givenlift to and sustains the lives of all ofhumanity. Protecting that ecology hasbecome a major concern for peoplearound the world. With an eye towardsenvironmental protection, the Chinesegovernment and tourism agencieslaunched Ecotour China '99. Thetheme of this year of environmentaltourism is "Walking Towards Natureand Protecting the Environment." To match this theme, we havepublished here a story introducing twonuture preservation zones for birdhabitats in China and with publishmore stories of this sort in the futurealso. We believe that these stories Willlend our readers majestic scrolls ofimagery as well as pass on a commonfeeling of humility towards nature.     

Desert Warrior

NEWS that Wang Guoxiang was going to the United Nations spread quickly. As if an extraordinary matter, fellow villagers came one after another to help her pack and prepare for her journey. To change the poverty and desertification of the local area, Wang Guoxiang, 43, director of the Inner Mongolian Dalad County Desert Reclamation Association and deputy head of Shulinzhao Township, has been working year in, year out on the desert. She has not even been to Huhehot, capital of the Inner Mongolian Autonomous Region. But this time, she would go abroad.     

编者寄语(英文)

Chinese women's grand festival, the Ninth National Women's Congress, will convene in Beijing in August. The congress is held every five years, in accordance with the All-China Women's Federation's (ACWF) regulations. The congress this year willfocus on uniting and mobilizing women nationwide in the struggle to realize comfortable living standards.     

Chinese Women 50 Years On (Part Ⅱ)

IN accordance with thegovernment's shift in focustoward the realization of thenation's modernization in 1978,the year when China adopted itspolicy of reform, the All-ChinaWomen's Federation mobilizedwomen to take an active part inthe new economic construction. Itplaced this work as its own focusfor the new era.     

From Ocean Floor to Restaurant Table

SHANDONG Province harbors one of the ten maior families of dishes in China—the Lu-stvle of foed Located next to the Bohai Sea. Shandong Province is filled with many tasty sea treats. There are two branches of Lu-style food, The dishes popnlar in inner Shandong contain mostly poultry. meat and internat organs of animals. The other branch of Lu-style food, popular in the coastal area features seafood Restaurants along coastal cities and villages offer dishes cooked with fresh seafood, crops, fruits and vegetables. Cooked in their own juices, they feature an originat flavor. People in the coastal villages along the Bohai and Huanghai seas lire on fishing with men going to sea while women take care of the household chores and wodk in the fields. Hard-boiled snakeheaded fish's eggs and sea urchin soup are frequently served in the morning before men set out to sea According to folk legend, these dishes are believde to stop storms and give men courage to overcome difficulties The intervals men don't go to sea     

Women Farmers Live in New Houses

MOVING into the tidy, cozy and newly designed homes, women farmers in Hancunhe Village in the southwest suburb of Beijing feel their lives have really changed. They know the majority of people living in cities do not have such houses. The villa-style houses with large courtyards have water, gas and telephones. They go to work at regular hours instead of getting up to     

读书(英文)

Your Chinese Horoscope 2006: What the Year of the Dog Holds in Store for You 《2006狗年运势》 Author. Neil Somerville Publisher: Harper Element The year 2006 is the Year of the Dog on the Chinese zodiac. What does this mean for you? The ancient art of Chinese Astrology, which predates the Western zodiac, is a detailed system of divination that has been used in the Orient for thousands of years. The depths of its wisdom and the accuracy of its character analysis and predictions have caught the imagination of the West in recent years, and have resulted in the rapid rise of its popularity. Your Chinese Horoscope 2006 is a popular and enlightening guide, which contains all the predictions you will need to take you into the year ahead-a year that offers great hope, advancement and opportunity. This complete astrological guide, now in its 19th year, includes an introduction to the 12 signs of the Chinese zodiac; an explanation of the Five Elements, including which one governs your sign; and what the Year of the Dog has in store for you, your family, your loved ones and friends.     

编者寄语(英文)

China has more than 60 million disabled people-nearly five percent of the country's total population. That means that in every six families, there is a family with a disabled member. The Chinese Government is devoting great effort to improving the lives of disabled people and is taking various measures to solve the difficulties faced by them, in education and employment for example. However, protecting disabled people from poverty and discrimination still calls for long-term mechanisms to be in place, a sound social welfare system and awareness of the general public to disability issues. On May 15, 1991, China's Law on the Protection of the Disabled Person came into effect, stipulating the third Sunday of May every year as the National Day for Helping the Disabled, which calls on the public to show their concern. Many kind-hearted people have reached out to help the disabled. Yang Jinhua, Director of Huanggang Social Welfare House in Hubei Province is one such person. She has been honored this year as on