I surfed across this nice article.....any takers on the trees in the near background.....my vote is a Dawn Redwood....but an expert eye may have an idea that is more than a wishfull guess.... Cheers http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15756374/site/newsweek/from/RS.4/
Probably true firs (Abies), pretty hard to tell. China has many species of these. Not all are generally understood. In a place like Sichuan intact forests will have huge complexes of species unlike we are used to in glaciated areas.
