School starts

Pupils salute during the national flag raising ceremony for the begining of a new term at the Xingxian Elemantary School in the Yucheng District of Ya'an City in the quake-hit Sichuan Province, southwest China, Sept. 1, 2008. Middle schools and primary schools started the new semester in China on Monday.

Children play on the ground at a kindergarten in Harbin, capital of northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, Sept. 1, 2008. Middle schools and primary schools started the new semester in China on Monday.