The national land watchdog is requiring local authorities to establish permanent arable land protection zones with a total area of 104 million hectares to protect China's shrinking arable land and guarantee food security, authorities said.
Beijing's first car license plate lottery took place on Jan 26 under new rules to tackle chronic traffic gridlock and air pollution. Win or lose, entrants happy New rules alter the game for car hire companies
LicenSide effects seen fro dealers
The State Council raised the minimum down payment for second-home buyers to 60 percent from the current 50 percent on Jan 26, and called on local governments to set price targets in the latest move to rein in property prices. Chongqing proposes property tax reforms
The hall was packed with people when I arrived at 9 am on Wednesday at the Beijing Municipal Commission of Transport building where the city's first car license plate lottery was to be staged.
The dry spell has continued for months in the grain production regions in northern China, setting off concerns that it might threaten China's grain output and thus cause food price hikes, a major contributor of the country's inflation in recent months.
Six animation films involving characters of rabbits will be released this year, according to the State Administration of Radio film and Television.
The sales of pet rabbits in Chengdu have nearly doubled compared to the same time last year, the Chengdu-based Tianfu Morning Post reported on Jan 26.
BEIJING - Beijing's transport authority announced the rules for Wednesday's lottery for car license plates, the first since the city decided in December to restrict the number of cars in a bid to ease traffic jams.
Stanley Ho, the ailing 89-year-old tycoon who turned the sleepy backwater of Macao into Asia's gaming capital, accused his huge family on Tuesday of robbery in a dispute over his $3 billion fortune.
China issued new regulations to regulate real estate brokerage practices.
Police captured three ticket scalpers after a tip off from an online whistleblower, Jan 19, 2011.
Many Chinese netizens began complaining on Monday after discovering free download links for their favorite music were suddenly no longer available on a popular online site.