XICHANG, Feb. 1, 2016 (Xinhua) -- A Long March-3C carrier rocket carrying the 21st satellite for the BeiDou Navigation Satellite System lifts off from Xichang Satellite Launch Center,southwest China's Sichuan Province, Feb. 1, 2016. China launched a new-generation satellite into orbit that will support its global navigation and positioning network at 3:29 p.m. Beijing Time Monday. (Xinhua/Xue Yubin)
HAIKOU, Feb. 1, 2016 (Xinhua) -- Chen Man, a man who was sentenced to death 21 years ago, listens to his sentence at a court in Haikou, capital of south China's Hainan Province, Feb. 1, 2016. Chen Man, who is now 53, was released Monday from Meilan Prison in south China's Haikou City after the Zhejiang Higher People's Court overturned his conviction. Chen was arrested at the end of 1992 on charges of arson and murder. He was sentenced to death with a two-year reprieve by Haikou Intermediate People's Court in November 1994. However, the local procuratorate deemed the sentence "too light" and urged a higher court to adjust it to death and execute Chen, according to Zhejiang court. The procuratorate's request was rejected by Hainan Higher People's Court in 1999, beginning a 16-year appeal ordeal for Chen and his family. The deputy head of Hainan higher court apologized to Chen after the announcement, Yi Yanyou, Chen's attorney, was quoted as saying by news website thepaper.cn. (Xinhua/Huang Yehua)
SHENZHEN, Feb. 1, 2016 (Xinhua) -- Stuff members of Air China and Shenzhen Airlines attend the launch ceremony of Air China's Shenzhen-Beijing-Los Angeles inaugural flight in Shenzhen, south China's Guangdong Province, Feb. 1, 2016. It's Air China's first international flight in Shenzhen, and also the first flight linking Shenzhen Airport and America.(Xinhua/Mao Siqian)
BAOTOU, Feb. 1, 2016 (Xinhua) -- Actors perform on the train Z316, a train heading from Hohhot, capital of north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, to Beijing, capital of China, to celebrate the Xiaonian Festival, Feb. 1, 2016. Feb. 1 is the Xiaonian Festival in China, which marks the start of the countdown to Spring Festival. It falls on the 23rd or 24th day of the 12th month of the Chinese traditional lunar calendar and sets off the beginning of festivities. (Xinhua/Wang Zheng)