Electricity Boss
Li Xiaolin, Board Chairwoman and CEO of Hong Kong-based China Power International Development Ltd., features on a Fortune magazine's list of the 25 most influential business leaders in Asia released in April
Oil Tycoon
Wang Yilin, Vice President of China National Petroleum Corp. (CNPC), China's largest oil and gas producer and supplier, was appointed board chairman of China National Offshore Oil Corp. (CNOOC) on April 8
Snooker Star
Chinese professional snooker player Ding Junhui, ranked fourth in the 2011 World Snooker Championship held in Sheffield, England

"The rapidly growing aging population is presently one of China's major challenges."

Li Jianguo, Vice Chairman of the Standing Committee of China's National People's Congress, at a meeting in Beijing on May 4 on launching national inspections to ensure the interests and rights of the senior people are protected properly in accordance with the law

"Although there are different views on many issues between the two sides, improved cross-Straits ties in the past three years have made people in Taiwan more willing and confident about deepening cooperation across the Taiwan Straits."

Taiwan leader Ma Ying-jeou, commenting on May 3 as he met honorary Kuomintang (KMT) chairman Wu Poh-hsiung and others who are to attend the annual forum between the KMT and the Communist Party of China in Chengdu, Sichuan Province

"After China surpassed Japan in terms of nominal GDP, China will engage more in South-South cooperation."

Haruhiko Kuroda, President of Asian Development Bank (ADB), at a press conference of the 44th annual meeting of the Board of Governors of the ADB in Hanoi, Viet Nam on May 3

"After the killing of Osama Bin Laden, there is no excuse for the U.S. presence in the region."

Iranian Foreign Minister Ali-Akbar Salehi, on a TV program on May 3 after Washington's confirmation that Al Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden had been killed

"We chose this theme because we feel it is very relevant to the events that are taking place on this continent, and the opportunity for growth and investment international and African communities are seeing."

Katherine Tweedie, head of Africa for the World Economic Forum in Cape Town, South Africa, commenting on the theme of the forum—From Vision to Action, Africa's Next Chapter—on April 30

 
TOURISM BOOM Sightseers crowd an ancient street in Fuzhou City, Fujian Province, on May 2. The southeastern province recorded more than 3.56 million tourist visits during the May Day holiday (WEI PEIQUAN)
Food Safety
A total of 53 officials who were responsible for recent scandals involving the sale of melamine-tainted milk have been punished
Internet Management
The Chinese Government announced on May 4 the setting up of the State Internet Information Office
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SMOKE FREE
Clerks post a no-smoking sign in a bank in Jiujiang, Jiangxi Province, on April 30. Smoking is banned in enclosed public locations in China (HU GUOLIN)
IN MIST
Shanghai is covered by sand and dust on May 3, the second day a sandstorm from north China affected the city (NIU YIXIN)
COLORFUL NIGHT
Buildings and landscapes at the International Horticultural Expo Park in Xi'an, Shaanxi Province, are illuminated at night (LIU XIAO)
FLOWER SEA
A resident in Bozhou City, Anhui Province, famous for being China's "capital of peony flowers," poses for a picture in a blossoming field (ZHANG YANLIN)
 
RECORD TAX INCOME Thanks to a robust recovery coming out of the economic meltdown, Hong Kong rakes in HK$209 billion ($26.89 billion) in the last fiscal year ending March 31, a 17-percent increase compared to the 2009-10 fiscal year (LU XIAOWEI)
Balanced Trade
China's foreign trade is moving in a more balanced and coordinated way, and the proportion of trade surplus in the country's GDP will continue to decline
Deepwater Channels
China will allocate 18 billion yuan from 2011 to 2015 to build deepwater channels on the lower reaches of the Yangtze River
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Manufacturing Slackens
The purchasing managers index, a barometer of manufacturing activities, reached 52.9 percent in April, falling from 53.4 percent in March
Bank Profits Up
China's "big four" state-owned commercial banks are getting into full swing as their interest income continues expanding
Steelmakers' Woes
Chinese steelmakers are facing some serious headwinds as skyrocketing iron ore prices eat into their profits
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  • ESTONIA
    Participants of a European Students' Union (ESU) international conference take part in a rally in Tallinn on May 2. The ESU urged all European governments to increase funding for college education (XINHUA)
  • CANADA
    New Democratic Party leader Jack Layton speaks to supporters in Toronto on May 2 after the party won 102 seats in the parliamentary election and became the official opposition for the first time in its history (ZOU ZHENG)
  • LIBYA
    People stand around an exploded car in downtown Benghazi on May 3. A car explosion occurred during a rally against Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi (LI YUAN)
  • SPAIN
    A man leaves an Elche court on May 3, after being convicted of setting fire to Chinese businesspeople's warehouses in the city in 2004 together with other 27 defendants (CHEN HAITONG)
  • UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
    Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi (right) co-chairs the second round of the China-Gulf Cooperation Council Strategic Dialogue with the United Arab Emirates' Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed al Nahyan in Abu Dhabi on May 2 (AN JIANG)
  • BRITAIN
    Britain's Prince William kisses wife Kate on the balcony of the Buckingham Palace in London after their wedding on April 29 (XINHUA/AFP)
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