16th CPC National Congress Opens on Friday

Jonathan Kolatch (left), a reporter with the US-based magazine The Atlantic Monthly, conducts an exclusive interview Tuesday with Xia Baolong, a delegate to the on-going 16th National Congress of the Communist Party of China. During the interview, Xia, also the executive vice-mayor of Tianjin in North China, responds to questions on the future influence on China of Jiang Zemin's important Three Represents theory. [newsphoto.com.cn]	Ma De (R), Ye Xiuying (L), Lu Xiaofeng (C), all Party Congress delegates from Xinjiang, exchange views on Jiang's report on November 12, 2002. [Xinhua]	A customer samples a book on Jiang's "Three Represents" theory in Xidan Book Store on November 12, 2002. The store has set up a "16th National Congress of CPC Publications" show. [Xinhua]
16th CPC National Congress Opens on Friday	Zhu Rongji commends the report by CPC General Secretary Jiang Zemin to the 16th CPC National Congress while joining a group discussion of Party delegates from northwest China's Shaanxi Province. [xinhua]	Zeng Peiyan (L), minister of the State Development Planning Commission and Li Rongrong, minister of the State Economic and Trade Commission make an introduction about China's economic and social development during a news conference for the ongoing 16th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) on November 10, 2002.[newsphoto.com.cn]
Jiang Delivers Report as Party Congress Convenes	Hu Jintao applauds the report by CPC General Secretary Jiang Zemin to the 16th CPC National Congress at a discussion attended by delegates from Tibet. [xinhua]	Some 30 students of Donghua University in Shanghai take an oath in front of the Party flag to become new members of the Communist Party of China on November 10, 2002. [Xinhua]
2,114 delegates attend the 16th National Congress of CPC Friday mormig in Beijing.	Li Lanqing hails the report by CPC General Secretary Jiang Zemin to the 16th CPC National Congress during discussions with the Shandong delegation in Beijing on November 8. [xinhua]	Wei Jianxing joins delegates from Zhejiang Province in discussing Jiang Zemin's report to the 16th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) on November 10, 2002. [xinhua]
A foreign journalist asks a question at the first news conference of the 16th CPC National Congress	Delegation of the Departments of the Central Governments examine the report by CPC General Secretary Jiang Zemin to the 16th CPC National Congress in Beijing on November 8, 2002. [xinhua]	Zheng Lizhong, Communist Party secretary of Xiamen, opposite of Taiwan, is surrounded by press corps from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan, who showered him with questions concerning cross Taiwan Straits relations. President Jiang Zemin said in his report to the Party's 16th National Congress on Friday that Beijing is ready to resume talks and conduct direct trade, mail and flight with the island. [newsphoto.com.cn]