A woman happily hangs the Chinese national flag in front of her shop in Guangzhou, south China's Guangdong Province, Nov. 5, 2002 to greet the 16th National Congress of the Communist Party of China due to open in Beijing on Nov. 8. Xinhua Photo

China's national flag flies over on Tiananmen Square, Beijing, Nov. 4, 2002. The whole China is in a festive mood to greet the upcoming 16th National Congress of the Communist Party of China. Xinhua photo

Two large-sized lighting boxes are set up at Tian'anmen Square in Beijing, capital of China, Nov. 3, 2002, greeting the upcoming 16th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC). Xinhua Photo

Women from a community school perform a drum dance at the Jing'an Park of Shanghai, Nov. 3, 2002. Local residents held various kinds of activities to greet the 16th National Congress of the Communist Party of China to be opened Nov. 8. Xinhua Photo

Pan Wanhua (front), 81, sings a song in English in praise of great changes taken place in China, with her classmates of the spoken English class of Jing'ansi community school at Jing'an Park of Shanghai Nov. 3, 2002. Local residents held vavious kinds of activities to greet the 16th National Congress of the Communist Party of China to be convened Nov. 8. Xinhua Photo

A colorful performance is given for the upcoming 16th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC), at a square in Hangzhou, capital of east China's Zhejiang Province, Nov. 3, 2002. Xinhua photo