Displaced child taken home by government

2011-05-04 08:08:08

A displaced native child of the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region in Northwest China went back to the region's capital Urumqi on Monday evening as the first person to return home following the regional government's pledge in late April to bring back local children who are wandering in other parts of the country.

China to cut dependence on excuted prisoners for transplants

2011-05-04 07:28:09

The Ministry of Health is set to approve new organ-transplant hospitals under a one-year pilot project, on condition they only use donated organs from the country's voluntary organ donation system run by the ministry and the Red Cross Society of China.

Contract to give catering employees higher wages

2011-05-04 07:26:20

Hundreds of thousands of catering industry employees in Wuhan, capital of Hubei province, may soon receive more pay because of a contract recently signed by members of a local labor union and their employers.

One fifth of women sexually harassed

2011-05-04 07:22:31

One in five female respondents have experienced sexual harassment at work and most victims choose to stay silent about their ordeals or leave their jobs, according to a recent survey.

'High-speed rail network development set to slow'

2011-05-04 07:18:51

China may cut its investment in railway infrastructure this year by more than 200 billion yuan ($31 billion) following an earlier decision to slow down the operating speed of its high-speed trains.

1 killed, thousands evacuated for storms in SW China

2011-05-04 06:48:18

Torrential downpours accompanied by hailstones that pelted Southwest China's Guizhou province had left one dead and forced the evacuation of 3,195 people.

May Day holiday: Women have fun in Shanghai

2011-05-03 21:44:54

A group of women from the southwest Chinese province of Guizhou, dressed in traditional costumes, play a game as they visit the Bund along the Huangpu River in Shanghai May 3, 2011.

People's Daily holds discussions on being young

2011-05-03 20:23:13

People's Daily

Sandstorm brought severe air pollution in Shanghai

2011-05-03 20:15:09

As a strong sandstorm hits parts of China's northwest, Shanghai experienced its worst air quality in more than four years. The sandstorm significantly increased the level of respirable particles in the air and pushed Shanghai's air pollution level to "severe", according to the Shanghai Environmental Monitoring Center

Reborn through rubbles, Qingchuan looks better

2011-05-03 18:03:35

The ruthless earthquake killed more than 4,600 people's lives in Qingchuan and injured more than 15,000. All of its 250,000 residents were affected and a lot were left homeless.

Scrap iron becomes gold at auto expo

2011-05-03 17:23:42

Nanjing International Auto Expo saw a unique view as some works of art, transformed from waste auto parts and scrap iron, were attracting many visiots.

Quake-hit Guangyuan takes steps toward better life

2011-05-03 17:12:18

After three years' of reconstruction, Guangyuan, a southwestern city devastated by the May 12 Earthquake in 2008, has not only stood up to the test of recovery but its people have succeeded in using the rebuild as a stepping stone to an even better future.