Little kids write down their best wishes for their mothers on a banner in Hangzhou, capital of east China's Zhejiang Province, May 13, 2006. More than 100 college students from a local university launched this signatuer campaign to celebrate the Mother's Day, which falls on the second Sunday of each May.

Two college students present the T-shirts they painted to express their love, gratitude, and best wishes for their mothers in Zhengzhou, capital of north China's Henan Province, May 13, 2006. Up to 100 college students from across the province participated in the T-shirt-painting campaign in celebration of the Mother's Day, which falls on the second Sunday of each May.

A department store employee (R1) presents a bouquet of carnations to an elderly lady (C) in Beijing, May 13, 2006. Quite a few stores in the city provide special services for mothers with the coming of the Mother's Day, which falls on the second Sunday of each May.

Chen Liyun (L) listens while her daughter Zhou Yuwei reads a mother's day school assignment prose praising the significance of motherhood in Yichang, the construction site of the Three Gorges Project in central China's Hubei province May 13, 2006. The Mother's Day falls on the second Sunday of each May.

(Xinhua News Agency May 15, 2006)