The first batch of 13 overseas Chinese have flown back to Guangzhou, capital of south China's Guangdong Province, from the Solomon Islands to escape the recent riots.
President Hu Sunday instructed the Foreign Ministry as well as Chinese embassies and consulates to Papua New Guinea and other countries to take measures to ensure the safety of Chinese citizens in Solomon Islands.
Mobile phone subscribers are expected to be the major source of internet newcomers, Robin Li, chairman and CEO of Baidu.com, said in Boao Sunday at the ongoing Boao Forum for Asia Annual Conference 2006.