More disabled receive govt assistance in 2010
2011-04-07 19:36:32
A total of 14.51 million needy people with disabilities in China received government assistance in 2010.
China to build 56 more airports in five years
2011-04-07 16:30:18
A senior Chinese civil aviation official said here Thursday that China, the world's most populous nation, would build 56 more airports during the next five years to expand transport capacity.
Son of Lu Xun dies at age of 81
2011-04-07 15:16:53
Zhou Haiying, the son of the famous 20th century Chinese writer Lu Xun, died of natural causes Thursday morning at the age of 81 in Beijing.
Scaffolding collapse kills 6, injures 3 in N China
2011-04-07 13:51:16
Six construction workers were killed and three others injured after the scaffolding on a building collapsed in north China's Shanxi Province, local authorities said Thursday.
Shanghai, Beijing 3rd, 4th choices for billionaires
2011-04-07 13:49:41
Shanghai and Beijing could become the third and fourth choices for the world's billionaires in ten years, though New York and London will remain the world's top two cities, a latest survey has found.
Teacher secretly buried toddler that chocked
2011-04-07 13:24:37
A kindergarten teacher secretly buried a two-year-old pupil who died after choking on food, yunnan.cn reported Thursday.
Doctor prescribes new cure for care
2011-04-07 09:17:09
The world may be focusing on the safety of medicines during this year's World Health Day, which falls on Thursday.
Just music, no chat as Dylan hits Beijing
2011-04-07 09:10:58
With his 1979 song Gonna Change My Way of Thinking, American folk and rock musician Bob Dylan opened his first concert on the Chinese mainland on Wednesday night at Beijing Workers' Gymnasium.
'Money talks' comment gets people talking
2011-04-07 08:24:04
People often say that money talks, but when a college professor said so, it was his critics who did the talking.
Shanghai seeks migrant workers to return balance to population
2011-04-07 08:20:51
This Chinese business hub is doing more to attract young migrant workers to replenish a labor pool that has become smaller as the local population gets older and the birth rate remains low, a senior population official has said.
Center to study, diagnose birth defects
2011-04-07 08:07:59
China this year will establish a network meant to prevent birth defects and to ensure the health of infants throughout the country.
Justice takes steps onto blogs
2011-04-07 07:54:55
The justice authority in an East China city has begun to publish documents and notices on a micro blog, the country's first government organization to take such a step.