Iron-Handed Official
Wang Lijun, former Director of the Chongqing Municipal Public Security Bureau, was voted in as vice mayor of Chongqing Municipality on May 27
Respectable Surgeon
A meeting on the good deeds of Wu Mengchao, famous hepatobiliary surgeon, moved many of the audience into tears on May 16
Fallen Vice Mayor
Wu Lianqi, former Vice Mayor of the city of Guangyuan in Sichuan Province, has been placed under investigation as he is suspected of "serious violations of discipline"

"We oppose the oil and gas operations conducted by Viet Nam, which have undermined China's interests and jurisdictional rights in the South China Sea and violated the consensus both countries have reached on the issue."

Jiang Yu, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman, on May 28, while responding to a lately report about Viet Nam's oil and gas exploration in the South China Sea

"Nations should work to diversify holdings of currencies to make the global financial market safer and tackle the various crises in terms of the international monetary system."

Fan Gang, former adviser to China's Central Bank, at a forum in Shanghai

"The move will ensure foreign employees in China enjoy the same social insurance benefits as Chinese nationals do."

Xu Yanjun, Deputy Director of Social Security Center with the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security, remarking at a news conference on May 31 on China's planning to include all foreign workers in its social security system starting from July

"It is important to guarantee the funds for nine-year compulsory education in rural areas, increase subsidies for poor students and provide more support for children left behind by parents working in cities."

Chinese State Councilor Liu Yandong, during a recent trip to northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region on May 29

"I can say that the Libyan leader is ready to implement what is in the roadmap by the African Union (AU)."

South African President Jacob Zuma, saying Muammar Gaddafi is ready to carry out an AU roadmap for solving the Libyan crisis at a press conference in Libyan capital Tripoli on May 30
 
GIANT VESSEL Hebei Qinhuangdao, the biggest cargo vessel made in north China's Hebei Province, with a length of 235 meters and a width of 38 meters, goes into service on May 30 (YANG SHIYAO)
Extended Insurance
Foreign employees with work permits will be able to enjoy the same social insurance benefits as Chinese nationals after China's Social Insurance Law takes effect on July 1
Toy Quality
China has no double standards on toy quality and is implementing international standards, said the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine on May 31
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THE PAST YEARS
A photo exhibition on Tibetan women's lives in the past 60 years opened at the Chinese Museum of Women and Children in Beijing on May 25 (HUANG QIUSHUO)
ANCIENT ART
A worker makes a pottery product in Qinzhou city, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region on June 1, 2011. The manufacturing industry of pottery, which has a history of more than 1,000 years, enters the peak production period (DENG LEIYA)
HAPPY HOLIDAY
Celebration of International Children's Day is held at the Chinese Welfare Association Children's Palace in Shanghai on June 1 (LIU YING)
FRIENDLY GESTURE
Visitors at the China-Japan Green Expo 2011, which kicked off in Beijing on June 1 (CHEN XIAOGEN)
 
HANGAR LAUNCHING As a part of the new international airport in Kunming, Yunnan Province, the framework of a hangar is completed on May 30. It will be used for aircraft maintenance and can hold seven Boeing 737 airplanes (QIN QING)
New Pension Program
The State Council said on June 1 a new pension program will be launched in July to benefit unemployed urban residents
Land Trade Check
The Ministry of Land and Resources will check land transactions completed since the beginning of the year to monitor unusual price fluctuations and prevent rebounds in residential land prices
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Painful Loss
A prolonged drought is plaguing five provinces along the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River, causing heavy economic losses
Hiking Power Prices
The National Development and Reform Commission ordered to raise retail electricity prices to cool buoyant demand and boost power generation as the nation battles with a severe power shortfall
Manufacturing Withers
The purchasing managers index, a barometer of manufacturing activities, stood at 52 percent in May, falling from 52.9 percent in April
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  • GERMANY
    German Chancellor Angela Merkel speaks before receiving a report by the Ethics Commission on Safe Energy Supplies in Berlin on May 30. Germany has agreed to end use of nuclear power by 2022 (XINHUA/AFP)
  • SRI LANKA
    Sri Lanka's President Mahinda Rajapaksa reviews troops during Victory Day celebrations in Colombo on May 27, marking the second anniversary of the Sri Lankan Government’s victory over the Tamil Tiger rebels (XINHUA/AFP)
  • ITALY
    China's Vice President Xi Jinping meets Italian President Giorgio Napolitano in Rome on June 1. Xi visited Italy to attend celebrations for the 150th anniversary of the country's unification
  • SOUTH KOREA
    Chairman of China's National Tourism Administration Shao Qiwei, Japanese Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Akihiro Ohata and South Korean Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Choung Byoung Gug (right to left) pose for a photo after signing a joint statement on expanding tourism exchanges in Pyeongchang on May 29 (HE LULU)
  • TURKEY
    A firework and laser light show in Istanbul on May 29 commemorates the 558th anniversary of the conquest of the city by Ottoman Turks (MA YAN)
  • GREECE
    Bank employees protest against the privatization of their company as part of the government's new austerity measures to address Greece's debt crisis in front of the Greek parliament in Athens on May 30 (XINHUA/AFP)
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