Chapter 21 Chapter Twenty 1997

1997 was an unusual year for our country.During this year, Hong Kong, which had been occupied by the British for a century, returned to the motherland, and the 15th National Congress of the Communist Party of China was successfully held. Both major events attracted the attention of the world. On June 30, Jiang Zemin ordered the Hong Kong Garrison of the Chinese People's Liberation Army to enter the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China and begin to perform defense duties at midnight on July 1.On the same day, Jiang Zemin led the representatives of the Chinese government to Hong Kong to attend the handover ceremony of the Hong Kong government.This is the first time China's top leader has set foot on Hong Kong soil.From midnight to the early morning of July 1, the Hong Kong handover ceremony between China and Britain was held in Hong Kong. Jiang Zemin solemnly declared that the Chinese government will resume the exercise of sovereignty over Hong Kong.

From September 12 to 18, the Fifteenth National Congress of the Communist Party of China was held in Beijing.On behalf of the 14th Central Committee, Jiang Zemin made a report entitled "Hold High the Great Banner of Deng Xiaoping Theory and Push the Cause of Building Socialism with Chinese Characteristics into the 21st Century".The meeting held that the report's theme of holding high the great banner of Deng Xiaoping Theory and advancing the great cause of building socialism with Chinese characteristics into the 21st century fully complies with the requirements of the times and the wishes of the people.Unanimously agreed to establish Deng Xiaoping Theory as the guiding ideology of our party and clearly write it into the party constitution.Agree with the deployment of the report on the reform and development of my country's economic, political, and cultural fields; agree with the deployment of the report on national defense and military construction; emphasize the need to adhere to the "one country, two systems" policy, and finally realize the complete reunification of the motherland; agree with the report's analysis and proposals on the international situation Various policies for external work.

On July 31, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, the State Council, and the Central Military Commission held a meeting in Beijing to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the founding of the Chinese People's Liberation Army.Jiang Zemin delivered an important speech at the meeting, speaking highly of the immortal achievements made by the Chinese People's Liberation Army over the past 70 years, and highly praised the People's Liberation Army as a mighty, heroic, civilized, and victorious army. At 21:08 on February 19, Deng Xiaoping, the leader respected by the people of the whole country, passed away.The whole country deeply mourns and remembers Comrade Deng Xiaoping. On the 25th, Deng Xiaoping's memorial meeting was held in the Great Hall of the People. Jiang Zemin delivered a eulogy, speaking highly of Deng Xiaoping's glorious fighting life and his great achievements.

On October 28, the Xiaolangdi Water Conservancy Project of the Yellow River realized the closure of a large river, and China's management and development of the Yellow River opened a new page. On November 8, the Three Gorges Water Conservancy Project of the Yangtze River realized the closure of the river.Jiang Zemin and Li Peng attended the closure ceremony and expressed condolences to the builders of the project. This year was a year in which China's relations with the United States and Russia made breakthroughs. From October 26 to November 3, President Jiang Zemin was invited to pay a state visit to the United States. This was the first visit to the United States by a Chinese head of state in 12 years. From November 9th to 11th, Russian President Yeltsin paid a state visit to my country.The two sides issued a joint statement and signed a series of bilateral cooperation agreements.The two heads of state officially announced that the survey work on the eastern section of the Sino-Russian border has been completed.

Xinhua News Agency, January 4th For a period of time, there have been a group of strange "horse herders" in the north and south of Tianshan Mountains in Xinjiang - Jiangnan entrepreneurs from all over the country.They use Xinjiang's vast arable land, pastures, and abundant straw and other crop by-products to fatten cattle and sheep, slaughter livestock, and process feed, meat, and leather.It is estimated that in recent years, hundreds of industrial and commercial enterprises have invested more than 1 billion yuan for this purpose. Xinhua News Agency, January 9: After the large-scale TV documentary "Deng Xiaoping" was broadcast to the Asia-Pacific, Hong Kong and Macau regions yesterday by Hong Kong's Phoenix Satellite Television Chinese Channel, it aroused strong repercussions among overseas Chinese.After the film was aired in Beijing on the 1st, it immediately attracted the attention of overseas Chinese. Overseas Chinese and Hong Kong and Macao compatriots demanded to see the film as soon as possible.After it was screened in other places, many overseas Chinese in Southeast Asia expressed their appreciation for "Deng Xiaoping", believing that the film is helpful to understand Deng Xiaoping's life and China's reform and opening up in detail, and can be used as a history textbook for the next generation and recommended to the world.

Xinhua News Agency, January 9th With the gradual deepening of reform and opening up, people's concept of marriage has also begun to open up.On a marriage advertisement in a newspaper in Nanjing, the brave applicant has attached his own color photo and added an explanatory text, which has greatly increased the "transparency" and is very popular.Compared with the previous advertisements for marriage, not to mention photos, even the contact information has to be through friends or marriage agencies. Now people's minds are much more open. Xinhua News Agency, January 10th 19 "Book Banks" have appeared in Xi'an County, Jiangxi Province, where there are interest rates for depositing books, which are welcomed by rural book lovers.Book lovers can not only deposit their books, but also get interest at 10% discount after one year.

People who have obtained MBA (Master of Business Administration) have become the key targets for companies to compete for talents. The MBA was first created at Harvard in 1908, introduced to China in 1991, and first piloted in 9 key domestic universities including Tsinghua University.Because many companies in China need talents in business management, MBA has been pushed to its peak in just a few years in China.Chinese companies and enterprises compete for MBA talents.Therefore, it has become fashionable to study MBA abroad, and various MBA books appear in domestic bookstores. People's Daily, January 11 (Xinhua News Agency reporter Li Mingfang) A comprehensive test of high-speed trains with a speed of more than 200 kilometers per hour hosted by the Ministry of Railways was recently held in Beijing.The high-speed test train is pulled by the newly developed Shaoshan Type 8 high-power passenger electric locomotive, with a maximum running speed of 212.6 kilometers per hour.

Xinhua News Agency, January 13th, during the mid-winter season in Dalian, the reporter saw that every night or rest day, the squares in Dalian are very lively. People from all over the world walk, dance, enjoy music, skate, learn foreign languages, etc. There are elderly people, toddlers, calm middle-aged people and lively teenagers and girls.Architects call the square "the living room of the city".There are not only many such "living rooms" in Dalian, but they are also graceful and charming, each with its own characteristics. Xinhua News Agency, January 16th. Nowadays, "crop bosses" go to the city to recruit people from the city to work as agricultural workers, which is becoming a big fashion in Beidu Town, Pingdingshan City, Henan Province.There are more than 1,900 urbanites working here.It is understood that Shuidu Town recruited workers in the city, covering nearly 10 fields such as forestry, water, animal husbandry, and vegetables. Among the hired personnel, there are more than 120 people with a college degree or above, including 15 engineers.

People's Daily, January 27th (Reporter Ji Chen) Aiming at the unavoidable limitations of false alarms and omissions in the existing automatic fire alarm system, Jiangsu Nanjing Fire Protection Group Co., Ltd. has developed the SH9400 distributed intelligent smoke temperature compound automatic fire alarm system.The advent of this system has created a new era in which China's fire alarm system basically has no false alarms. Beijing Evening News, January 30, Zhejiang Special News On the morning of the 27th, medical staff in the pediatric ward of the Zhejiang Provincial People's Hospital appeared in front of the little patient in pink overalls.Patients in the hospital have noticed that the white occupational characteristics of medical staff have quietly changed over the years.The change of medical staff's attire is mainly to adapt to the modern medical mode of overall comprehensive treatment such as patient psychology.

In 1980, there were only 38 TV stations across the country broadcasting cable TV, with an average broadcast time of about 2,000 hours per week; by the end of this year, the number had grown to 923 TV stations nationwide, with an average weekly broadcast time of nearly 60,000 hours.The total number of households with cable TV has reached 70 million. Urban and rural households can watch 8 TV programs on average, and urban residents can watch 15 TV programs on average.Watching TV is no longer a free form of entertainment, and people have gradually accepted paying to watch TV. Since Shandong Painting Society Publishing House printed several copies of "Old Photos" last year, they accidentally became popular. This year, the fourth series has been released, ranking among the top ten best-selling series. Judging from the title selection of the book, "Old Photos" has stepped on two key points: one is a picture book, but nostalgia.With the development of society today, nostalgia has gradually become a trend.In addition to old photos, there are also old records, old houses, old news, old furniture, old movies... It's so hot that every old person must be popular.

gain knock-on effect With the broadcast of the TV series, the phrase "Shoot when it's time to do it, rush to Kyushu in a hurry" has become the most resounding buzzword in society this year.This is a slogan full of high spirits, and it is a kind of inspiration for ordinary people.Encourage people to abandon the negative life attitude of indecision and create a new life.For merchants, it is a kind of mobilization. The play has triggered a huge advertising effect. The price of the follow-up advertisement is 10,000 yuan per second, with a total of about 4 minutes of follow-up advertisement, which means that the advertising revenue per episode reaches 240. After 43 episodes were aired, the income from this item alone exceeded 100 million. Before that, no TV series could raise such an impressive price. In early January, Yu Jianxiang, a farmer from Linxi Village, Sanxing Town, Haimen City, Jiangsu Province, opened Qianghua Company in Belgrade, Yugoslavia.So far, he has founded 6 businesses.Last year, the sales of Yu Jianxiang's overseas enterprises reached 40 million yuan.This has become a myth of entrepreneurship in the local area, and it has become a good story for farmers to set up large companies abroad. People's Daily, Shenyang, February 3rd. Today, the peasants in Guanhai Hepingfang Township, Karaqin Zuoyi Mongolian Autonomous County, Liaoning Province, and ancient towns in the outer suburbs of Shenyang finally saw the colorful CCTV satellite encrypted TV. programme.In order to meet the urgent needs of rural audiences, especially farmers in remote areas, the Ministry of Radio, Film and Television approved the construction of a national rural receiving system for central satellite broadcasting and television. Huaguang Satellite and Cable TV Co., Ltd. was established under the leadership of the Central Satellite Television Relay Center to undertake the construction.Since a year ago, Huaguang Company has built and connected more than 200 units of cable TV networks in the vast rural areas of the country, enabling more than 400,000 rural viewers to see satellite TV programs including four encrypted TV sets of CCTV. Xinhua News Agency, Feb. 5 According to a job description from Heilongjiang Overseas Tourism Company: Since December last year, Harbin people have had a team every week to travel to Hong Kong, Macau, Malaysia, Singapore, and Thailand.And it has maintained an upward trend, which is a new trend during the Chinese New Year. Emperor Yongzheng of the Qing Dynasty was an emperor full of personality.He stood out among the kings in the last years of Kangxi's struggle for succession, and became an emperor who inherited the past and inherited the future in the prosperous age of Kangxi and Qianlong.He worked hard to govern overnight and was determined to innovate, but his actions to benefit the country and the people were obstructed and resisted by the upper class, which made the conflicts between him and his brothers increasingly intensified, and the struggle between the old and new generations and the struggle for imperial power intensified. ...The 44-episode TV series "Yongzheng Dynasty" aroused nationwide ratings frenzy after it was broadcast, and won many awards such as the 17th China TV Golden Eagle Award. Just after the Spring Festival, good news came from the distant Antarctic continent: my country's first expedition to the Antarctic inland ice sheet was successful, which marked that my country's Antarctic scientific research has reached a new level.my country's first expedition to the ice sheet took place after 5 years of preparations, unveiling the veil of global climate change. People's Daily, February 6th (Reporter Liu Bian) China Hualu Electronics Co., Ltd., in cooperation with the patent owner of the American Yilu system, recently launched the Hualu brand SB2000 "dumb video recorder" with Yilu function in China. Beijing Evening News, February 9th: On the first day of the Lunar New Year, Jiang Qi, who works in Shanghai Like Technology Engineering Company, sat in front of the computer at home, carefully selected 3 electronic greeting cards on the screen, and then sent them to Beijing through the computer network. And the United States to send New Year greetings to 3 classmates.At the same time, on the same computer network, a special "Spring Festival tea party" is being held.Now, with the development of the information port project and the popularization of personal computers, the Internet age has accelerated its pace and entered the homes of ordinary people in Shanghai, making it fashionable for Shanghainese to "go online" this year to celebrate the Chinese New Year. Xinhua News Agency, February 9th When everyone is thinking about the New Year's gift, many people in the city have already made the choice to bring life insurance policies to the New Year's greetings. This not only reveals a strong warmth, but also shows taste .News from some big cities in Beijing, Shanghai, and Guangzhou said that life insurance policies have become the new favorite of gift families. In the spring of 1979, Deng Xiaoping drew up a blueprint for reform and opening up in Shenzhen; in 1992, Deng Xiaoping toured the south, opening up a new situation for reform and opening up.Amidst the singing, a picture scroll of reform and opening up is slowly unfolding, and a photo album that has been worn out is slowly turning over... This year, Dong Wenhua reviewed the beginning of reform and the development of Shenzhen with affectionate narrative in the song "Story of Spring" in the Spring Festival Gala. The creation expresses the deep memory of the Chinese people for Comrade Deng Xiaoping.This song is beautiful and high-pitched, full of the atmosphere of the times, and affects the hearts of hundreds of millions of viewers. Wang Qimin, born in 1937, is a professor-level senior engineer.Consciously following the example of the veteran iron man Wang Jinxi, he has presided over and participated in eight major development experimental projects in Daqing Oilfield to achieve stable and high production, participated in and organized more than 40 scientific research projects and Daqing Oilfield's "Seventh Five-Year Plan", "Eighth Five-Year Plan", " He has won the National Science and Technology Progress Award for many times for his work such as the preparation and research of the Ninth Five-Year Development Plan. In January 1997, he was awarded the honorary title of "Iron Man of the New Era" by the Party Leadership Group of China National Petroleum Corporation. People's Daily, February 14th (Reporter Xu Guangming) In Nandaqiao Township, Gushi County, Henan Province, the township party committee and government issued the Little Red Five Stars, which touched the hearts of millions of farmers.There are a group of "starchasers" with spiritual civilization.The standards of "ten-star civilized households" in this township include: getting rich through hard work, emphasizing culture and education, obeying the law, family planning, changing customs, family harmony, and thrifty housekeeping... The "ten good individuals" are divided into: good sons and daughters, good sister-in-law, good Good daughter-in-law, good son-in-law, good sister-in-law, good in-laws, good parents, good students, good militiamen, good young people. The launch of the "Double Ten Reviews" activity has brought about significant changes in Nandaqiao Township. There has emerged a good trend of getting rich first and helping farmers, and party members and cadres helping farmers get rid of poverty and become rich. Beijing Evening News, February 19th, information from all over the country shows that as the number of taxis among urban residents continues to increase, it not only promotes the rapid development of the car rental industry, but also makes the car rental industry quietly rise. Beijing Evening News, March 2, Nanjing Special News (Reporter Hu Xiuping) Since the Spring Festival, the wedding customs of Nanjing people have added a new fashion of making "couple hair pens".Newcomers commented that "elegant and romantic" has been passed down for a long time and has national cultural heritage. Xinhua News Agency, March 9th Put coins in front of the machine, press the button, and instantly, the required goods and the recovered balance will automatically jump to the customer's hands.Recently, my country's first batch of vending machines appeared in Guangzhou, enabling citizens to appreciate the convenience of "unmanned vending". Beijing Evening News, March 16th, Chenguang Kindergarten in Chongwenmen Street, Beijing insisted on characteristic education, and set up kindergarten computer classes with self-raised funds, so that kindergarten children also "play" with computers.Popularizing computer knowledge in kindergartens is welcomed by children and parents. Xinhua News Agency, March 20th Some retired old people in Tai'an County, Liaoning Province are now living a very fulfilling life. They regard writing books and composing poems as a great pleasure in their later years.Already 40 old people in the county have published their books at their own expense. People's Daily, April 2 (Reporter Qiu Lei) The application field of high-resolution large-screen projectors has gradually developed from military command training to production management and other aspects.In terms of large-screen splicing systems, Chenghua is the only company in the same industry in China that uses its own technology. It has completed the multi-projector mosaic project for many users such as the National "Three Gold" Project and Shanghai Public Security Bureau. People's Daily, April 2 (Reporter Gong Jianyang Science) The number of tourists received by Lushan Mountain this spring is the sum of the same period in the past 10 years. The largest number of tourists in one day reached nearly 10,000, of which overseas and coastal areas accounted for 80%.Achieve a full house start. Xinhua News Agency, Hong Kong, April 6th: On April 5th, Ching Ming Festival, more than 140,000 Hong Kong citizens returned to the mainland to visit the graves of their ancestors.At 7:30 yesterday morning, as soon as the gates of Zhuhai Gongbei, Jiuzhou, Wanchai, Doumen and other ports opened, Hong Kong tourists entering the grave-sweeping flooded into the customs verification hall.It is understood that on the day of Ching Ming Festival, the number of Taiwanese tourists transiting the border increased by nearly 50% compared with usual.Gongbei Port has specially opened a "special channel for Taiwan compatriots", so that Taiwan compatriots can pass through the border smoothly in a short period of time.In Macau yesterday, a large number of people went to the old and new Western cemeteries to pay respects to their ancestors. People's Daily, April 10th, since foreign fast food entered the Chinese market, there have been Chinese fast food that have jumped out to compete with foreign fast food. First, there was "Ronghua Chicken", and then there was "Red Sorghum". The result of the competition seems to always be Chinese fast food. Lost to the opponent.The popularity of Chinese fast food food street makes people see a glimmer of hope for the development of Chinese fast food.The food street "combines" many flavors and varieties of Chinese snacks and fast food together, so that customers have sufficient choices, and can maximize their strengths and avoid weaknesses, so that their own advantages can be brought into play.There is an endless stream of customers, regardless of age, who visit the food court of the shopping mall.Chinese fast food relies on this set of "combined punches" played by large shopping malls, coupled with other advantages of Chinese fast food, it has a great effect on Chinese fast food winning a place in the market. People's Daily, April 14th (Reporter Lei Xiaozhou) A peasant woman stopped in front of the magical computer, showing a happy smile from time to time, and even the young child on her back seemed to be fascinated.This is a scene that appeared on March 9th when young volunteers of Jiangxi Copper Industry Company popularized computer knowledge for the public.Computers allow farmers to enter an unprecedented new era. People's Daily, April 17th, "Workshop Director" launched an extremely grand artistic description around the North Heavy Machinery Factory.It completes the vivid portrayal of the worker's image, thus reflecting the author's excellent ability to portray the character, and thus becomes the most typical feature of this book.This work stands at the height of the times, based on the standpoint of laborers, and created in the name of labor.It is a good work on the subject of contemporary industry. The author's portrayal of the image of grassroots workers has moved hundreds of millions of readers. People's Daily, Chongqing, April 19th (Reporter Li Hongwei) The reporter recently strolled on the streets of Chongqing. Although the roads were narrow and the vehicles were crowded, they could not hear the sound of car horns.Zhou Baixing, deputy director of the Municipal Environmental Protection Bureau, said that the municipal government issued a regulation on banning the sound of motor vehicles the year before last, and the environmental protection and public security departments stepped up management efforts to expose or punish violators. .5 dB.Xie Zhenhua, head of the State Environmental Protection Agency who inspected here, said today: "Chongqing has the best banning effect in the country!" People's Daily, April 24th (Reporter Xu Zhilong) A Chinese electronic speaking device, which is mainly used for speech expression of disabled people, was granted a national patent by the Chinese Patent Office not long ago.In this patent invented by Zhang Bo, the voice to be expressed is input through the keys on the keyboard, and the sounding device "speaks" it in the form of voice. People's Daily, April 28th (Reporter Lv Fenglin) In the recent publicity and service activities for urban family planning in Xinzhou City, Shanxi Province, more than 170 units in prefectures, cities and townships have set up nearly 300 publicity and consultation service points to publicize the Party Central Committee's plan The spirit of fertility symposium, family planning policies and regulations, prenatal and postnatal care, reproductive health care, contraceptives and other policies and knowledge. People's Daily, May 5th (Reporter Cai Han Xiangxiang Weiqiang) The business hall of Guangdong Branch of China Construction Bank has recently implemented financial text-based telephone service: the information and data to be queried are displayed on the screen of the telephone, and it takes less than one minute before and after.Now, the line has been installed and used by 15 enterprises.At present, the services provided by this system include inquiries about public deposits, loans, and housing reform provident funds. People's Daily, May 6th (Reporter Cai Yuejin) In recent years, with the acceleration of reform and opening up and the development of economic construction in Suzhou, especially the Suzhou National High-tech Industrial Development Zone, China-Singapore Cooperation Suzhou Industrial Park and other national and provincial The development of the first-level development zone has introduced a large number of foreign senior professional technical and management talents.As of the end of March, the labor department of Suzhou City has handled entry and employment procedures for more than 2,400 senior technical and management personnel from more than 40 countries and regions to work in Suzhou. "Children's Love", recorded by Shanghai TV station, caused another sensation in the country after "Negative Debt". From the perspective of ordinary people, the play vividly displayed the life of ordinary people on the roof of the second-floor attic to the audience.The stories in the TV series are trivial but touching.Through the short stories of the parents in the lives of the people, the audience feels the family affection that love is heavier than mountains and blood is thicker than water.The mother played by Wang Yumei has no violent emotional ups and downs and feats of changing fate, but her every move has made many audiences see the shadow of their own mother.The success of the play is that it is good at interpreting the mellowness of human feelings and the beauty of human nature from trivial daily life. People's Daily, Beijing, May 8th The eighth broadcast gymnastics competition of the 4th Beijing Municipal Games was held today in Fengtai Sports Center. A total of 1,680 athletes from 80 representative teams participated in the competition.In order to implement the notice jointly issued by 10 departments including the National Sports Commission to promote the eighth broadcast gymnastics, the sports meeting organizing committee decided to list the eighth broadcast gymnastics as a competition event, and specially trained more than 300 teachers from each participating unit .At present, the eighth set of radio gymnastics has begun to be popularized and promoted in various institutions in the city.Cadres and employees generally reflect that the eighth set of radio exercises is practical, simple, easy to learn and remember, and easy to promote. It is a regular physical fitness exercise suitable for the characteristics of the organization. People's Daily, Liuzhou, May 8th. The city-wide Puertai Cup Senior Gateball Tournament held by Guangxi Liuzhou Elderly Sports Association and other units lasted 9 days, with 336 matches, and ended on May 8th.A total of 1,300 athletes from 156 senior goal teams from Liujiang County, Liucheng County, the suburbs, factories, mines, and enterprises in the garrison took part in the battle.The Zhongnan Sub-district Office won the championship with a record of 15 victories.The holding of this event has set off a croquet craze everywhere in Liuzhou city and countryside. Beijing Evening News, May 9, Shandong News Today, a special group of "wage workers" has emerged in Xiaoqiao Township, Zaozhuang City, Shandong Province. More than 40 elderly people are employed in their children's factories to work for their children and receive "employment money" on a monthly basis.It is a new thing in the local area that children are "bosses" and parents are "hired workers". Beijing Evening News, May 12 According to a survey, the number of people who often play basketball in Beijing accounts for 9% of the total number of residents, exceeding the 8.6% who often play football. There are even more people who watch the American NBA live broadcast on TV.Considering this background, it is not surprising that the NBA Players Guild Cards on the other side of the ocean have quietly sprung up in the capital, becoming a new group favored by teenagers for collection. Xinhua News Agency, May 16 Recently, Aunt Kong Fanzhen from Yuexiu Road Village, Hexi District, Tianjin led several residents to build 37 green communities by themselves with more than 200,000 yuan earned from running a garment factory.In recent years, as citizens' awareness of environmental protection of greening trees has increased and people enjoy the benefits of greening in an elegant environment, a trend of adopting green spaces has begun to blow in Tianjin. People's Daily, May 22 (Reporter Yang Mingfang) Taicang City, Jiangsu Province took the lead in building a "telephone city" among more than 2,000 counties (cities) in the country.At present, the installation rate of residential households in Taicang townships reaches 65%, and all 22 towns and 331 administrative villages have reached the standard of installing telephones for more than 60% of residential households. Beijing Evening News, May 22, Naval General Hospital recently used robots to perform stereotaxic surgery for the first time in China. It successfully completed the difficult operation of removing tumor fluid and injecting isotopes for a 9-year-old boy.The success of this operation marks that the level of stereotaxic surgery in my country has leapt to a new level. People's Daily, May 25th (Reporter Xiang Wen) China TV's digital stereo audio has recently been officially trial-broadcasted on Beijing TV.It marks that China's TV audio has entered the era of digital stereo broadcasting from traditional analog monophonic broadcasting. Xinhua News Agency, May 26 According to the survey conducted by the State Planning Commission and other departments, the proportion of consumers who are willing to buy private housing in the country is 53.07%, and the proportion of consumers who do not want to buy private housing is 29.27%. 17.66%. Xinhua News Agency, May 26. It is said that Handan people like body art since ancient times. The well-known "Handan toddler" is not learning to walk, but learning to dance. Is the truth.At around 5:30 every day, Handan City is already in full swing. Workers Cinema, Workers Cultural Palace, Hualong Shopping Center, and even some family buildings, as long as there are squares and open spaces, there are people dancing to the music. Xinhua News Agency, May 26th There are 11 toilets in Shanghai that have been rated as one-star and two-star respectively.The criteria for being rated as a star-rated toilet are: there must be automatic sensor flushers, soap dispensers, hand dryers, single rooms for the disabled, ramps for wheelchairs, environmental decorations such as greening and wall hangings in the toilets, and free needlework and emergency medicine and other convenient services, the management personnel wear uniform uniforms and badges, and can serve foreign guests in simple English. People's Daily, Beijing, June 18th (Reporter Ai Xiao) The Second National Rural Doctors Academic Experience Exchange Conference was held in Beijing today.Nearly 300 rural doctors shared their papers at the meeting.The new force active in the front line of rural medical and health care in my country has grown stronger in providing medical, health care and preventive services to more than 800 million farmers.The conference received more than 1,000 papers.According to the information provided at the meeting, due to the regularized and systematic training of rural doctors by local governments over the years, the overall quality of rural doctors in my country has generally improved, and more than half of them in some areas have reached the level of technical secondary schools. Beijing Evening News, June 19, Nanjing News In Nanjing Shanxi Road, Hunan Road and other areas, there have been many laid-off male workers who provoke needlework.They fly needles and thread to sew new and mend the old, and their skills are by no means inferior to women.When it comes to needlework, many people say that they are very embarrassed at first, what does needlework look like for a big man, but they gradually get used to it.Now people are more and more particular about dressing and hats, but once a "famous brand" has a small hole, it is a pity to throw it away, so they aimed at this market and started sewing. Xinhua News Agency, Lanzhou, June 27 (Reporter Shen Zun Ma Weikun) The first batch of domestically produced natural colored cotton knitted garments was successfully trial-produced in Gansu Province recently.According to experts, using colored cotton to make clothing does not require white cotton textile processes such as printing, dyeing, and bleaching, which not only reduces industrial production costs, but also avoids water pollution and fabric dyes that are harmful to human health. People's Daily, Hong Kong, July 1, 1997 From midnight on June 30, 1997 to the early morning of July 1, the New Wing of the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Center was brightly lit, and the handover ceremony of the Hong Kong regime between the Chinese and British governments attracted worldwide attention. held with grandeur.The clock of history refers to the moment at midnight on July 1, 1997, when the audience stood in silence in the Great Hall, and thousands of eyes saluted the bright five-star red flag and the Bauhinia regional flag.This is a moment long awaited by the Chinese nation, and it is a moment that will forever be recorded in the annals of world history.At 00:04, Jiang Zemin, President of the People's Republic of China, solemnly declared: According to the Sino-British Joint Statement on the Hong Kong Issue, the two governments held the handover ceremony of Hong Kong as scheduled, declaring that China will resume the exercise of sovereignty over Hong Kong.The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China was formally established.After a century of vicissitudes, Hong Kong's return to the motherland marks that Hong Kong compatriots have since become the true masters of the motherland, and Hong Kong's development has since entered a new era.This solemn announcement aroused prolonged applause among more than 4,000 Chinese and foreign guests in the Great Hall.This announcement was transmitted to the inside and outside of the Great Wall of the motherland, the north and south of the river, Macau and Taiwan, and to all directions of the world through radio waves.More than 8,000 reporters from more than 700 news media around the world covered this historic scene. The TV series "The Right Way in the World", which won the Feitian Award this year, was hailed as "a soul-stirring reform march and a tear-jerking heroic symphony".In terms of style, "The Right Way in the World" reflects the changes in contemporary China since the 1990s.Based on a medium-sized city, it covers agriculture, industry, and commerce, as well as railway and water conservancy construction, covering a wide range of topics.The famous critic Zeng Zhennan commented: "The ideological insight and artistic skill of realistic works are finally expressed in the degree of artistic crystallization of typical characters." Beijing Evening News, July 20th (Reporter Liang Yingjie) At present, buying construction equipment and participating in various fitness and entertainment activities have become an indispensable life interest of urbanites, and spending money on health has become fashionable.A survey shows that recently, many families are using part of their money for health investment according to their own economic situation. People's Daily, July 22 (Reporter Junling) Recently, a hands-free phone for cars was successfully developed in Beijing Tianhui New Technology Industry and Trade Group.This kind of phone solves the problems that mainly cause traffic accidents, such as answering and sending a call, hand-held talking, and dialing with head down, and can avoid the problem of electromagnetic waves radiating to the human brain. People's Daily, July 23 (Reporter Duan Cunzhang) The "First Jinshang Courtyard Cultural Tourism Festival" in Jinzhong, Shanxi was recently held in Qi County, a national historical and cultural city with a cool climate.In the history of Jinzhong, merchants gathered here, leaving houses with unique styles for future generations.The Qiao Family Courtyard in Qixian County was first built in the 20th year of Qianlong in the Qing Dynasty. It covers an area of ​​8,700 square meters and has a total of 313 houses. The appearance is majestic and tall, and the interior is magnificent. Ten years ago, Qi County used the Qiao Family Courtyard to build a folk custom museum, which systematically reflected folk customs in the late Qing Dynasty and early Republic of China. Since its opening, it has received millions of tourists.The Jinzhong area has now formed a tourist landscape characterized by the culture of Shanxi merchants' courtyards in Qixian, Pingyao, Lingshi and other places. Beijing Evening News, July 25, Shanghai News my country's first color-printed satin silk newspaper was born in Huzhou, Zhejiang Province, which is known as the "Silk City" in my country.It has attracted the attention of the national press and publishing circles. Xinhua News Agency, July 26th. Starting from July 20th, college students in Chongqing have opened a special elective course - car driving.Students who obtain a driver’s license will get 3 credits—equivalent to passing the exam of a professional course, and the driving course is the one with the highest “gold content” among more than 100 elective courses in major majors—about 2,000 yuan for half a year of study cost.Despite the high price, students are still very enthusiastic about learning to drive. People's Daily, August 5th (Reporter Li Yun) Dongsheng Paper Machine Factory in Tanghe County, Henan Province recently successfully developed a new type of pollution-free pocket paper machine, and obtained a national patent.The machine is small in size, low in power consumption, and reasonable in structure. It integrates pulping, pulp storage, waterway, papermaking, drying, and packaging into one machine.The unique design of the sealed closed-circuit water circulation system makes it only use 150 kg of water per ton of paper. People's Daily, August 7th (Reporter Xu Zhiqiang) All kinds of rental services are gradually entering the lives of Changsha citizens, becoming a new consumption fashion.In Changsha, renting books, renting cameras, and renting houses are the "old generation" of the leasing industry. In recent years, leasing businesses such as renting cars, renting computers, renting flower baskets, and renting telephones have become more and more "hot".According to the staff of the "Weiming Car Rental" company, the company currently has more than 20 mid-to-high-end vehicles ranging from Jet to Mercedes-Benz. Users only need to pay a deposit of 5,000 yuan and provide a copy of their ID card and driver's license, which costs 420 yuan. You can drive a Santana car in person for a day; rent a Mercedes-Benz car for 2,000 yuan.This car rental company has been in business for three years, and its rental business is quite prosperous, with a monthly income of more than 100,000 yuan.Walking through the streets, colorful flower baskets and bonsai are everywhere.They can be seen at any time during company opening, commodity exhibitions and even calligraphy and painting exhibitions, and the owner of the flower basket is a rented flower shop acting as a "beautician".According to the owner of a flower rental shop on Yingbin Road, there are more and more units and individuals who need to use flower baskets, and there is a market for flower rental business. Xinhua News Agency, August 14th Today is the most exciting day for Zhang Shengli, the first person rescued by China's "Project Hope".With his love for his hometown and great trust for the people, he stood on the podium and taught the first class for five primary school students in Taomu Pieda Primary School.Zhang Shengli became the first person rescued by China's "Hope Project" in October 1989.With the care of the China Youth Foundation and the help of all sectors of society, in September 1995, he was exceptionally admitted to Shanghai First Normal University.After graduating in June this year, he returned to his hometown and planned to teach in his hometown primary school, and now he has finally fulfilled his promise. Xinhua News Agency, August 15th: Today, the first batch of 164 mainland children born to Hong Kong residents with residence permits arrived in Hong Kong.Among them, many brothers and sisters were issued certificates of abode together, which is obviously different from the past when a family went to Hong Kong in batches. Xinhua News Agency, August 19th, from January to the end of July this year, Hangzhou citizens donated blood 2,400 times, an increase of 12% over the same period last year.Blood donation has become a common practice in the city.With the deepening of socialist spiritual civilization and the improvement of the civilized level of citizens, Hangzhou City has exceeded the 10,000 mark since only 3 people donated blood voluntarily in 1985 to last year. Xinhua News Agency, August 19th A self-service bank using modern electronic management technology appeared in Guangzhou recently.It only takes a few minutes for customers to process a batch of deposits here.The specific operation process is: the customer holds the account card, savings card, or credit card of the Guangzhou Branch of China Construction Bank, and swipe lightly on the card reader installed at the door of the bank to enter the bank. After entering, the customer can follow the machine prompts, Handle various financial services. Beijing Evening News, August 22, Nanjing News The construction of suburban communities in Nanjing has advanced by leaps and bounds in recent years, attracting many urbanites to live there. However, due to the inability of the community to connect with public transportation, some developers have imitated public transportation to promote housing sales. Following the practice of the peers, they opened a community-owned car for a fee, which was unexpectedly popular.This move will not only help the sales of houses, but also rely on fees to ensure that they do not lose money, and it is more convenient for residents to travel. 人民日报8月24日讯（记者陈洪锦）一面印有“市民守则”，另一面印有“创建文明城市、争做文明市民”字样的、被称为“文明袋”的手提包装袋，成千上万地流行于温州的大街小巷，形成温州街头的一道别致“风景”。“文明袋”走俏温州使人受到启迪：利用一切可以利用的载体（不只新闻传媒，不只手提包装袋），来宣扬传播文明新风，无疑是加强精神文明建设的有效途径之一。 人民日报9月17日讯（记者关鸿雁）从9月1日开始，北京邮电局推出了报刊上楼投递服务，这是北京邮政部门在“讲文明，树新风”活动中，为市民办好事、办实事的一项重要举措。随着北京市住宅建设步伐的加快，越来越多的市民住进了楼房。有些报刊订户需要把报刊送上楼。为了发挥邮发报刊主渠道的优势，北京邮政对发行的5000多种报刊统一实行有偿投递到用户的住房门口。凡在北京市区各邮电局订阅报刊的个人用户均可申请使用此项业务。 人民日报9月22日讯（记者余跃平朱小军）近日，在江西省樟树市昌傅镇传出新闻，该镇又有10名国家干部自愿放弃“皇粮”，到本镇牧工商公司任职。至此，该镇共有28名国家干部当上了自负盈亏的“养猪郎”。昌傅镇牧工商公司创办于1994年初，是一家以养猪为主的乡镇企业。近两年来，该镇先后有18名国家干部走出机关，主动到公司任职，挑起了创业的重担。由于他们大都是大中专毕业生，有文化、善管理、懂经营，仅用3年时间，公司年总产值就达1451.8万元，年税利106.5万元，一跃成为该市乡镇企业中的一颗“明星”。 新华社10月6月日讯来自上海房地产交易中心的统计数字显示，今年上半年上海私人购房平均每天超过100套。据统计，今年上半年上海共销售商品房190万平方米，其中私人购房150万平方米。较去年同期增加了一倍以上。 新华社10月18日讯世界最难懂的古文字之一的西夏文字被中国学者揭开了奥秘。由我国著名西汉学专家李范文教授编著的西夏文字典——《夏汉字典》已由中国社会科学出版社出版。西夏文字被称作“天书”，研究这种文字及其文献的西夏学被称为“绝学”。《夏汉字典》的出版使我国拥有了第一部西夏文字典。 新华社10月18日讯最近，在广州市最繁华的主干道中山路上出现了一种新款的无轨电车。这是广州电车历史上第二次能够“脱杆运行”的电车投入运营。 人民日报10月28日讯（记者忠辉）最近，由北京三力通产科贸集团等组织开发生产的“九采罗”品牌彩色棉服装近日面世。天然彩色棉是一种棉纤维具有天然色彩的棉花新类型、新品种，不褪色，不需化学印染加工，特别适合制作接触皮肤的衣物。 人民日报10月28日讯（记者刘边）江苏江奎集团近日推出高清晰度、高保真音响DVD影碟机，这是我国第一家使用自己研制的机芯生产的DVD机。DVD是VCD的换代产品。 如果友人对钓鱼台、南沙群岛或台湾自古以来就属于中国领土还不太清楚的话，只要到香港博物馆展出的中国古地图前仔细看一下就会明白。这个名为“河岳藏经”的中国古地图展，由香港临时市政局与北京图书馆联合主办的。这也是香港首个大型中国古地图展览，其中有些作品也是中国第一次公开展出。 新华社小浪底工地10月28日电（记者张宿堂郭献文）今天，小浪底风和日丽，呈现出一片胜券在握的平静和喜庆气氛。一大早，黄河两岸山头上聚集了从四面八方赶来的乡亲，争睹黄河截流的最后冲刺，为中华民族的这一盛事壮威喝彩。经过建设者40多个小时连续奋战，截流开始时宽达106米的龙口已收窄到最后10.59米。当46辆载重汽车从两岸依次把最后一批石料倾入龙口时，北岸山壁上一面巨大的五星红旗迎风展开。中共中央政治局委员、国务院副总理姜春云宣布：“黄河小浪底工程截流成功！”顿时，参加仪式的3000多名中外建设者和周围数万名干部群众欢声雷动，无数彩球伴着震响山河的汽笛声腾空而起。这标志着小浪底工程取得了重要的阶段性成果，也表明了我国在治理黄河的道路上又迈出了可喜的一步。 北京晚报10月31日讯（记者王秀东）商品单一、环境简陋的小卖部在通州区龙旺居村已成为过去，取而代之的是宽敞明亮的、开放售货、使用电子收款机的超市。农村办超市在郊区还是不多见的。 新华社11月5日讯据了解，全国首块公交智能电子站牌在杭州16路公交站设线正式启用，使公交系统配套设施上了一个新的台阶。电子显示站牌上除了通以原有站名、下站开往地点、各站站名、首末班时间等，还可通过16路车装有的卫星接收器，随时接收各种车辆目标位置信息，通过计算机到距离车站最近的车辆位置，并显示在站牌的电子屏上。 顺德龙江一位35岁的私营企业主1000万元保额的人寿保险申请11月已经中保人寿保险公司批准。现在保单已经送到投保人手中，投保生效。投保人值千万金，他只要毁坏一个小指头就将获50万元，损毁中指获赔100万元，损毁大拇指获赔300万元。 人民日报11月16日讯（记者毕全忠）国家教委在1997年度全国教育工作会议上宣布：1996年全国又有26个省、自治区的457个县（市、区）和其他实施义务教育的行政区划单位基本达到了现阶段“普九”和扫盲的各项要求，其覆盖人口为1.9亿，占全国人口总数的16.4％，并公布了这些县和县级单位的名单。 人民日报11月20日讯（记者陈国琦）一种新型的汽车驾驶基础操作智能教练机近日在河北省企投贸易有限公司研制成功并通过了省级技术鉴定。这种教练机具有对错显示、音响效果、行程显示和软件服务等功能。 人民日报11月20日讯（记者王君）“欲知产品真假，拨个电话便知”。由海南腾龙防伪技术有限公司开发建设的中国腾龙电码电话防伪网日前投入试运营。电码防伪采用在每件产品上设置随机密码，通过全国联网的网络系统让人们非常方便有效地通过电话核对贴在产品防伪标识物上的密码来查询真伪，因此可从根本上杜绝批量生产假冒伪劣产品。 北京晚报11月23日长春专讯在长春百货楼专门摄影的电脑前，一位短头发、稍有点胖的姑娘正拿着一幅自己头梳发髻、身材优美的彩照满意的端详着。这种电脑摄影可以通过各种软件按照顾客的要求处理成顾客满意的照片，所以在长春也日渐走俏起来。 今年，被称为中国电视的“现场直播年”，以重大新闻的电视直播为标志，中国电视传播越发显得大气磅礴，波澜壮阔；这一年72小时的香港回归的超长式现场直播，成为全体中华民族的视觉盛宴。长达14个小时的三峡工程大江截流的“水陆空”现场立体报道，高峡平湖，江山多娇。中央电视台还对海尔？波普彗星与日全食同现苍穹的宇宙奇观进行了实况转播。天文地理，山河歌颂，人间盛景，一切宏大的仪式和壮观的景象尽数收入电视镜头之中。 新华社11月24日讯目前，我国已有2.75万多名博士，这是记者从国务院学位委员会办公室了解到的。据介绍，我国的学位制度建立于1981年，经过16年的改革与发展，我国的学位研究生教育取得了突出的成绩。 人民日报11月24日讯（记者徐曙）一种新型的袖珍手写电子翻译机被中国科学院计算机语言信息工程研究中心与华团集团公司日前联合研制成功。该机是目前国际上唯一集机器翻译、手写输入、语音合成等多项计算机语言信息处理高新技术于一身的袖珍电子产品。这种翻译机可以接受用户手写随意输入的原文信息，对其进行实时翻译，并以清晰的语音读出。 新华社11月26日讯有“无字气候史书”之称的银杉，新近在贵州通真县大沙河材区有大量发现。这使银衫数量由1990年前的700多株，增加到1050株。专家门认为，这是我国迄今为止发现的天然分布最多最好的银杉群落。 新华社11月26日讯最近一项考古发现，将中国北方最大的沿海城市——天津有人类活动的历史从6000年提前到7000年。这是天津市考古工作队，对不久前在天津北部蓟县翠屏山乡青池村发现的一些陶器、骨器、石器等而得出的结论。 新华社11月28日讯只要填上姓名、性别、年龄、民族、职业、身高、体重以及身体的不适证，只需1分钟，就可以通过电脑获得一张最适合一日三餐的食谱，并能得到利用饮食治疗身体疾病的一套药方。这就是“小南京健康饮食导向系统”的主要功能，被称为“电脑导餐”的这一系统日前在武汉通过国家鉴定。 新华社11月28日讯广州上班、外地安家，现已成为广州小康人们的热门选择。围绕广州边缘的南海市、番禺市、右德市的房地产商们，纷纷把市场目标瞄准广州市小康一族。南海市黄岐镇目前工发的4个地盘中，销售对象90%以上是广州人。 北京晚报11月30日讯（记者杨滨）消费者如今对居室着装的选购也开始讲究了。一批质量好、款式新的棉睡衣、棉拖鞋，一上市就开始畅销。有关人士认为，居室着装越来越受到人们的重视说明人们的消费观念发生了变化，即使不是穿给外人看，着装也尽量不凑合。 新华社上海12月3日电（记者季进成）上海继第一个液化气供应站建成后，第一辆用液化气为能源的出租车日前已投入营运。这是上海开展治理汽车尾气、保护大气环境的又一举措。近几年来，上海市将治理汽车尾气作为大气环境保护的主要工作，并从今年12月1日起不再供应含铅汽油，推广无铅汽油。为推广具有良好环保效益的液化气为汽车能源，上海市主管部门成立了“上海市发展液化气汽车推进协调小组”。 新华社12月5日讯“您好，欢乘坐沪州出租汽车。”记者最近在四川省沪州“打的”汽车语音器首先传来的温馨问候。下车时则听见“请带好自己的行李，注意安全，再见！”这甜甜的道别声。这种出租车的亲切问候让人感到一股清新的文明之风。 人民日报12月9日讯记者王娜梅从有关部门获悉：北京市认真抓好禁止青少年吸烟工作，家庭、学校、社会密切配合，使青少年吸烟率明显下降，基本消灭了学生在校内吸烟的现象，在校外吸烟也得到控制。全市3000多所中小学校中，已有1000所成为“无烟学校”。 新华社12月12日讯一名村姑把未婚夫给她买的金戒指、金项链、金耳环的钱去买了一台家用电脑。，这件事在湖南耒阳市黄市镇传为美谈，原来该村的村姑是为了尽快加强科技知识学习，以便适应自己所在工作单位的发展而毅然决定用嫁妆换回电脑的。 人民日报12月15日讯（记者尹韵秋）第10万辆“北京牌”四轮农用运输车于12月6日在北汽福田车辆股份有限公司缓缓驶下总装生产线。这是该公司实行跨地区资产优化重组并入北京汽车摩托车联合制造公司后4年来的新成果。该公司的前身是山东省诸城车辆厂，1993年仅产2000台农用车。1994年1月以576万元自有资产有偿划并到北京汽车摩托车联合制造公司，实行资产重组。改制后通过技改，上规模、上档次，加强管理、提高工作效率和产品质量，生产的农用运输车实现低成本、高效益、跳跃式健康发展，从而成为本行业的排头兵。 晋升甲B的深圳金鹏足球俱乐部本月宣布成立“深圳金鹏足球俱乐有限公司”，注册资本2000万元，3年内实际投资超过6000万元。这是我国目前第一家专业化的“足球公司”。 人民日报12月23日讯（记者天沛）北京、江苏、湖北等地15所小学开设了电影课程，按照精心编排的教学计划，每周组织学生观看两部中外经典电影，包括《大闹天宫》、《小美人鱼》、《白比姆黑耳朵》等。这是全国教育科学“九五”规划课题“电化教育促进小学生由应试教育转向素质教育实验研究”所属的一个重点课题。课题执行组长雷祯孝介绍说，他们从30多个国家的1万余部影片中筛选出500部，推荐给实验小学。影片实验带由北京“三辰影库”提供。 人民日报12月23日讯（记者艾笑）全国人大常委会副委员长布赫、国务委员彭珮云以及有关部门负责人，12月20日在京与500余位预防医学界人士共庆中华预防医学会成立10周年。据该学会会长何界生介绍，学会10年来发展很快，现已拥有卫生防疫、妇幼保健、国境检疫等34个专业委员会或专科学会，会员达8万余人，发挥了我国政府在预防医学事业上的助手和纽带作用。1987—1997年间，成功地组织了500余次学术活动，参加人数达10多万人。还出版了专业期刊36种。 在电视剧纷纷热衷于从远古的年代寻找高贵的英雄、探寻民族自信的源泉的时候，一部视觉独特的电视剧《难忘岁月——红旗渠故事》给了人们别样的启迪。红旗渠是一部史诗，是中国人民和大自然搏斗，改变命运的最真实的精神写照。在那段难忘的岁月里，林县人民奋战在百里太行山上，昔日的英雄们一镐一锄、车推肩扛，开通了人类的奇迹。该电视剧以真实的画面再现了那段难忘的岁月。 人民日报12月28日讯（记者杜若原王云鹤）截至今年11月底，我国局用电话交换机总容量突破1亿门，成为世界第二大电话网。目前，全国县以上城市全部实现通信程控化，光缆总长度达到82万公里。移动电话发展更为迅速，已拥有1000万用户。 北京晚报12月28日山东讯互联网通信息、花农生产出效益。随着山东省鲜花业的迅速发展，一些开明的花农在互联网上卖起鲜花，使山东的花卉盛开在信息高速公路上。 人民日报12月30日讯（记者冉永平）从1998年1月1日起，国际长途电话（不包括港澳台地区）将实行分时段计费。但公用电话、移动电话及国际漫游、200卡、300卡、IC卡、磁卡、投币等电话的国际长途收费不在此列。 新华社12月31日讯今天，冶金部宣布，1996年我国钢产量突破一亿吨，跃居世界第一位。这是我国钢铁工业发展中一个新的里程碑。