Father of Hybrid Rice
The yield of a hybrid rice breed developed by Yuan Longping, one of China's leading agricultural scientists, has exceeded 900 kg per mu (0.067 hectare), a new world record for rice output
Filial Son
Peng Si, a 22-year-old college student, has moved many Chinese with his filial piety as he saved his sick mother's life by donating 60 percent of his liver to her during an organ transplant surgery
Award-Winning Director
You Xiaogang, famous Chinese director, was given an artistic achievement contribution award by a delegation representing the California Senate and California House of Representatives visiting Beijing

"The UN should truly change the mindset of prioritizing treatment over prevention and the practice of prioritizing peacekeeping over mediation, and should devote energy to early warnings, conflict prevention and peace mediation."

Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi, at the UN Security Council meeting on the maintenance of international peace and security and conflict prevention, in New York on September 22

"The debt crisis in the EU and the United States means those markets will keep shrinking for at least five years, so it will be difficult for China to sustain its export-led growth…I hope people's consumption can be coordinated with the nation's production capability."

Chi Fulin, Director of the China Institute for Reform and Development, at a forum on China's reform and opening up and world economic growth held in Xiamen, Fujian Province, on September 24

"Advanced economies have to establish a clear and credible medium-term adjustment strategy on fiscal stability and economic growth to restore market confidence, and they should also resist trade protectionism."

Zhou Xiaochuan, Governor of the People's Bank of China, at the meeting of the International Monetary and Financial Committee in Washington D.C. on September 24

"China's rich have defied the global financial crisis with another record year of growth."

Rupert Hoogewerf, Publisher of the Hurun Report, a magazine that publishes the annual China Rich List, at a press conference in Beijing on September 22

"What is needed, and what certainly we hope to be able to help generate on the occasion of the annual meetings, is the political leadership."

IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde, calling for political leaders to have a "sense of urgency" on the Euro zone debt crisis and show leadership in resolving the problem, at a press conference in Washington, D.C. on September 22

"I am sure that United Russia will win and Dmitry Anatolyevich Medvedev will be able to build a new, efficient and young team and lead the government so as to continue modernization of all aspects of our lives."

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, saying at the ruling United Russia Party's annual congress in Moscow on September 24 that he would run for president in 2012 and suggesting President Dmitry Medvedev become prime minister after the elections
 
DISEASE FIGHTER Chinese Pharmacologist Tu Youyou is greeted before speaking at the annual Lasker Awards in New York, on September 23. Tu was honored for the discovery of artemisinin, a drug therapy for malaria (REN HAIJUN)
Environmental Standards
China will reevaluate and revise a series of environmental quality standards, including those for air, water, soil and noise, over the next five years
Satellite Schedule
The Chinese Academy of Sciences, China's top scientific research institute, has unveiled a plan to launch five satellites over the next 10 years to explore the mysteries of deep space
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ART OF THE NEEDLE
Zeng Xuejun, a migrant worker in Guangdong Province, spends three years working on a 22-meter-long cross-stitch rendition of an ancient Chinese painting (XINHUA)
ROLE MODELS
Older residents ride bikes to mark China's Car Free Day in Yinchuan, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, on September 22 (PENG ZHAOZHI)
PRICELESS EDUCATION
Children play at a kindergarten in Shenmu County, Shaanxi Province, on September 23, where 15 years of free education from kindergarten to high school has been offered to local students beginning this September (HUANG XIAOBANG)
PARTNERS
Chinese tennis player Li Na, the first Asian to win a grand slam singles title at this year's French Open, and Greg Hawkins, Deputy CEO of the Crown Melbourne Ltd., at a sponsorship event in Beijing on September 23 (JIANG XIAOYING)
 
FLIGHTS TO THE HEARTLAND A cargo flight from China lands at Lambert International Airport in St. Louis, the United States, on September 23. The first cargo flight marked the establishment of a link between China's financial hub and the U.S. heartland (ZHANG BAOPING)
Green Investment
China will invest 2 trillion yuan to promote the low-carbon economy over the next five years
Machinery Industry Up
China's machinery industry experienced expanded growth in both output and sales volumes in the first eight months this year
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Milk Rivalry
Foreign brands are gaining a solid foothold in China's milk powder market, mounting pressure on the local companies
Iron Ore Campaign
China is trying desperately to break its dependence on iron ore imports. Miners across the country are stepping up capacities to boost output
Expanding Globally
As they establish themselves abroad, Chinese firms are stepping onto the world stage in greater numbers
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  • BRAZIL
    Fireworks mark the official opening of Rock in Rio, one of the world's most famous music festivals, in Rio de Janiero on September 23 (XINHUA/AFP)
  • JAPAN
    Japan's H-2A rocket carrying a new information-gathering satellite lifts off from the Tanegashima Space Center in south Japan's Kagoshima Prefecture on September 23 (XINHUA/AFP)
  • THE PHILIPPINES
    A child scavenges the rubble of a residence on September 23 in Paranaque after a big fire, which ruined 100 houses and left more than 300 families homeless (XINHUA)
  • PALESTINE
    A Palestinian protester throws stones at Israeli soldiers on September 23 at a checkpoint near Ramallah (XINHUA)
  • THE UNITED STATES
    Senior diplomats from BRICS nations—Indian Foreign Minister S.M. Krishna, Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, Brazilian Foreign Minister Antonio Patriota and South Africa's UN representative Jerry Matthews Matjila (left to right)—join hands after their meeting in New York City on September 23 (ZHU WEI)
  • KENYA
    A sedated elephant is loaded into a special crate in Narok on September 22 before being relocated to prevent rising human deaths and property destruction caused by elephants (XINHUA/AFP)
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