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Female police officers combine warmth with strictness

The all-female passenger inspection team was founded in 2002 to provide global tourists with a better first impression of the city. For 14 years, the team has always been composed of 15 women. They provide border-checking services with both strictness and warmth.

"Data shows that every passenger spends only 45 seconds going through customs," said Du Hui, vice-head of the team. "We hope to let them experience a warm China in the process."

The customs agents, with an average age of 28, are just as strict as men in the same job. Over the years, they have returned 320 criminals to their home countries for trial and prevented 37 escaped convicts from going abroad, saving the State over 9 million yuan ($1.38 million) in potential losses, officials said.

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Chinese President Xi Jinping (C) walks with pupils after a tree-planting event in Xihongmen Township of Daxing District in Beijing, capital of China, April 5, 2016. Top leaders Xi Jinping, Li Keqiang, Zhang Dejiang, Yu Zhengsheng, Liu Yunshan, Wang Qishan and Zhang Gaoli attended a voluntary tree-planting in Beijing on Tuesday. (Xinhua/Li Xueren)

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Chinese President Xi Jinping (C) plants a sapling with students during a tree-planting event in Xihongmen Township of Daxing District in Beijing, capital of China, April 5, 2016.

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A Long March 2-D rocket carrying the SJ-10 Satellite blasts off at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in Jiuquan, northwest China's Gansu Province, April 6, 2016. China put into space a retrievable scientific research satellite in the early hours of Wednesday in a fresh bid to aid scientists back on Earth in studying microgravity and space life science. (Xinhua/Jin Liwang)

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Photo provided by the Chinese Academy of Sciences, taken on Sept. 8, 2015 shows the SJ-10 Satellite under experiment. (Xinhua/Chinese Academy of Sciences)

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BEIJING, Dec. 21 (Xinhua) -- Former NBA star center Yao Ming said he is honored to be named as a NBA Hall of Fame nominee on Monday.

"I am overwhelmed by this special favor, because the Hall of Fame is the place that so many great players whom I respect have been inducted into," he said.

"I am honored to get involved in basketball, a great sport that so many people love, care and watch. Thanks to tremendous support and sound suggestions from the fans, I can keep a good mentality and hopefully I will continue to make my contribution to the sport," he added.

The 2.29-meter Yao, who had been selected by the Houston Rockets as the No. 1 draft pick in 2002, averaged 19 points, 9.2 rebounds, 1.9 dunks and 1.6 assists for Houston from 2002 to 2011.

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Vietnamese policemen transfer the Chinese suspect Zhou (C) to their Chinese counterparts at the Noi Bai International Airport in Hanoi, Vietnam, on April 5, 2016. The Vietnamese police transferred a Chinese suspect to their Chinese counterpart here on Tuesday at the Noi Bai International Airport. This is the first important achievement of the Joint Operation Two on Capturing Escaped Suspects between China and Vietnam's public security ministries. (Xinhua/Yan Jianhua)

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A Chinese police representative (L, front) and his Vietnamese counterpart (R, front) sign procedures of transfering a Chinese suspect at the Noi Bai International Airport in Hanoi, Vietnam, on April 5, 2016.

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China's transport ministry held a "completion ceremony", marking the start of operations of the 55-metre (180-ft) high lighthouse on Subi Reef, where construction began in October, state news agency Xinhua said late on Tuesday.

BEIJING (Reuters) - China has begun operating a lighthouse on one of its artificial islands in the South China Sea near where a U.S. warship sailed last year to challenge China's territorial claims.

China claims most of the energy-rich waters of the South China Sea, through which about $5 trillion in ship-borne trade passes every year. But neighbors Brunei, Malaysia, the Philippines, Taiwan and Vietnam also have claims.

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SHANGHAI, April 5, 2016 (Xinhua) -- The construction site of a quarry hotel is seen in Songjiang District of Shanghai, east China, April 5, 2016. With an altitude of minus 80 meters, the Shimao quarry hotel is China's first 5-star hotel being built into an abandoned quarry. Estimated to be finished in 2017, the hotel has 370 guest rooms in its 2 underwater storeys, 17 underground storeys and 2 above ground storeys. (Xinhua/Ding Ting)

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