Chinese lenders are regularly keeping tabs on their capital requirements, and the stock market should not be overly concerned about banks' capital adequacy ratios, a senior official said.

According to official figures, China has around 44 million people living in poverty, and Gansu is home to a tenth of this population.

Nearly nine out of 10 Chinese workers are under growing pressure at work as China leads the world toward economic recovery, a global survey showed.

The sharp rally in B shares in the last two weeks came after the People's Bank of China made a rare change of wording on its exchange rate policy.

Beijing residents are taking a collective deep breath and enjoying the best air the city has had for 11 years. The Chinese capital hit its 2009 target of 260 blue-sky days a staggering 41 days before the end of the year.