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Six pandas from National Panda Protection Center in Ya An of Sichuan province, known to "National Day Panda", start to meet with tourists from China and foreign countries in Beijing Zoo on May 1 after one-day rest.

In the first day, these 6 pandas are adapting to the Beijing-based new home where some of them walking besides pond, some of them playing with pole, some of them tasting fresh bamboo at lawn, they are very cute and lively. All the tourists watching them through a glass wall cann't help to shooting such wonderful moment by their camera.

These 6 pandas named as Huaao, Jingyi, Wenyu, Xiangge, Shuilin and Qingfeng were born in 2007 survived in the Sichuan earthquake, who plan to attend one-year exhibition for National Day in Beijing Zoo.

Many residences in Beijing gathered to Beijing Zoo after receiving the news about 6 pandas coming to Beijing. "My daughter likes panda so much, we were greeting and sending off the Olympic pandas last year", Mrs An, a Beijing resident, said to journalist with her daughter.

A lot of preparations has been done for 6 pandas can have a one-year happy journey in Beijing Zoo, where provide them 150 kg fresh bamboo and 12 kg bamboo shoot every day, and other accessories including apple, carrot, milk powder, steamed corn bread and trace elements.

In addition, these 6 pandas are proposed to come back home(Sichuan Ya An National Panda Protection Center) on April 29 next year.

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Recently, an railway travel route was settled from Tumen, Jilin Province of China, to Nanyang, Qingjing and Qibaoshan of North Korea as the first travel train between these two countries, which was released after a signed contract of travel cooperation between Tumen Government and related department of North Korea.

The travel route is proposed to run at the end of May according to the contract, which also make clear of responsibility between two sides, including bodywork of train, railway roadbed, rail maintenance, catering for Chinese tourists, assurance of vehicles safety, and runtime, running district and distance of travel special train. Based on the principle of reciprocity and mutual benefit, both countries have roughly reach a consistence referring to price and time.

Tumen city of Jilin province, located at the downstream of Tumen river, Northeast of China, known as "the first city besides Tumen River", where is surrounding by mountain and river remarked its beautiful scene and sequester nature.

As the port city of border between China and North Korea, Tumen is only city in Jilin province for international transportation of both travellers and goods, joined with North Korean by highway and railway. Tumen port is not only the biggest continental port of commercial with North Korea, but is a very important multi-trade port transferring materials within China, North Korea, Russia and Japan.

In 1985, Tumen was authorized as Class A border city officially and approved as economic developing area by Jilin province 1992. Of 132 thousand population, the Korean Nationality is accounting for 55.7% in Tumen, known as the famous "village of long-drum dance".

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One year countdown clock of 2010 Shanghai World Expo opening ceremony was revealing at Tian'anmen Square, May 1, Beijing, where located the Beijing Olympic Countdown clock before. The Chiarman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress Wu Bangguo presented the startup program.

Shanghai World Expo is not only belong to China, but the world. Chinese government will make great effort to its preparation works for ensuring a successful World Expo in Shanghai, Wu said in the event, also hailed all the friends around the world can come to attend this gala which brings precious opportunity to people undergoing cultural creation, advancement of science and technology, exchanging evolution concept and sharing civilization achievement.

World Expo is held in developing country first time in Shanghai 2010 which also is the first time for China to celebrate world expo referred to the theme of a city, The Party Secretary of Shanghai Yu Zhengming expressed. Recently, all kinds of promotion and preparation is evolving without a hitch, 262 countries and international organizations have confirmed to attend the expo, and the world expo venues' work of construction, exhibition and operation is carrying out in order, he also said.

In addition, the Shanghai World Expo will become a pageant which can sufficiently demonstrate city civilization, exchange the experience of city construction, prevalence the concept of city development, discuss city interactive progress and probe into the superior pattern of living, dwelling and working for human-being.

HongKong famous film star Jackie Chan, assigned as the ambassador of Shanghai World Expo, sung a memorialized song of it "City".

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Taiwan in the name of Chinese Taipei, as the observer, has been invited to attend WHA which will be held in Genevese next month, the administrator of Taiwan Health Department Ye Jinchuan announced yesterday.

Taiwan received the invitation from WHA after a case of crabs in last 12 years, since eased the tension of cross-straits relations from this year. It is also the first time Taiwan received invitation to present at the event under Unit Nation System after his withdrawal from UN for 38 years in 1971, which is considered as breakthrough in diplomacy.

Whether Taiwan can attend the WHA is involved in a tender subject 'One China" with great concern, which is not only related to mutual trust across Straits and the trend of relationship in the future, but make a examination of "Taiwan Official's" diplomacy.

Attending WHA is the first negotiation refering to sovereignty issues caught through between China mainland and Taiwan, which implies that Cross-Strait made the first move of political issues consultation.

"Taiwan can attend the WHA this time smoothly as China mainland Officials dispel goodwill, and another reason is our activated diplomatic policy aimed to improve the relation with mainland ", Ma Yingjiu "President of Taiwan' said.

Ye also mentioned that Taiwan made first stride, and he will attend WHA with 15 officials including 12 health officers.

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Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso started his first official visit to China after being a leader since last year. Premiere Wen Jiabao presented the meeting with Taro yesterday afternoon which held in the Great Hall of People.

Both mentioned their standpoint that two countries need to make close cooperation amid world financial crisis, and make further efforts on mutual strategic relationship.

Meanwhile, Premiere Wen stressed the problem of Yasukuni Shrine which Japanese government should think much of. This visiting's atmosphere has been affected by inconsistency in history as Taro Aso paid tribute to Yasukuni Shrine last week.

Three parts of agreement has been reached through this conference, the Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan said, the achievement by this visiting, called "three backbone" by Japan, is both government admits to support the dialogue and cooperation in economic circles and enterprises; strengthen the collaboration in the field of environmental protection, energy saving and climate change; and make further effort to accelerate come-and-go between youth, students, teachers and travelers of two countries.

As talking of history problems, it is very sensitive and affects the feelings of the Chinese people all the time, Wen said, China hope Japan can honour its promise and cope with it in the best way which can present the attitude of Japanese officials.

However, both countries reached a consistence in several fields in this conference lasting 2 hours beyond history Problems.

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