Chinese Vice Premier Hui Liangyu Friday stressed the need to ensure the safety of fire-fighters after nine people died when trying to put out a forest fire in southwest China's Yunnan Province.
More than 2,800 exhibitors from 46 countries and regions are taking part in the five-day-show beginning Friday, according to the organizers.
China dispatched four Il-76 MD transport aircrafts on Feb 28 to rattled Libya to bring its nationals home.
The Tibetans celebrate the New Year according to the Tibetan calendar.
Insiders said a local entrepreneur wanted to give his mother an extravagant funeral so he hired nine Lincoln limousines, a drum corps of thousands of people, a 16 gun salute, and a photography team at a cost of around three million yuan ($460,000).
China plans to raise its defense budget by 12.7 percent to 601 billion yuan (US$91.5 billion) in 2011.
Special: 2011 NPC and CPPCC sessions
China Marine Surveillance No 50, the most advanced maritime administration ship in China, was launched in Wuhan, Hubei province, on March 2, 2011.
Muammar Gadhafi's forces struck at rebel control of oil export hubs in Libya's east for a second day as Arab states weighed a plan to end the turmoil.
China helps 1,100 foreigners to evacuate
The Fourth Session of the 11th National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) opened at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing March 3, 2011.
Snapshots: The world in 24 hours Mar 2, 2011.
World's largest Buddhism college starts entrance exams.
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