Milestones

Milestones: 1995

(China Daily)
Updated: 2009-09-29 16:19

-- China switches to a five-day workweek starting on May 1 to promote work efficiency, tourism and consumption. This change greatly boosts the country's leisure time and cultural and tourism development.

-- Beijing hosts the United Nations' Fourth World Conference on Women.

-- On Nov 16, the Beijing-Kowloon Railway opens to traffic.