The Beijing News‘ cover features a picture of Li Ao arriving in Beijing.
1. The DPRK vowed that it would return to the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) after the United States provides it with light water reactors (LWRs) for generating power, in the second phase of the fourth-round six-party talks ended in Beijing;
2. New version of temporary ID card to be effective from Oct 1;
3. Fireworks are limited to sell (within 500,000 boxes) in Beijing during Spring Festival;
4. A stone statue of Ming dynasty was unearthed in Fragrant Mountain;
5. Most traffic facilities in Beijing to be finished within this year.