Beijing may offer hukou to elite immigrants

2011-06-21 21:21:15

Beijing may loosen its restrictions on elite immigrants' ability to get a permanent residency permit.

Party school values training with global vision

2011-06-21 20:15:45

The Party School of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) has always valued the training of officials with broad world views, the school's Vice President Chen Baosheng said on Tuesday.

Scarlet fever kills 2nd child in HK

2011-06-21 20:15:21

Hong Kong closed a kindergarten for a week on Tuesday after initial tests showed that a second child may have died of scarlet fever and experts warned that the epidemic sweeping through Hong Kong, Macao and parts of the Chinese mainland may worsen.

CPC organizations important in private enterprises

2011-06-21 18:08:12

Yang Jianzhong stares a dauntingly high stack of 3,000 applications for Communist Party of China (CPC) membership. As the Communist Party secretary at a private photovoltaic company, it's his job to deal with these applications.

Non-public sectors contribute to Tibet economy

2011-06-21 17:01:10

The non-public sectors have grown into a strong driving force of Tibet's economy since the region's peaceful liberation in 1951, statistics have shown.

Meat, vegetable tracking system on track

2011-06-21 16:59:38

The Ministry of Commerce (MOC) said on Tuesday that China aims to establish a meat and vegetable tracking system in all cities with more than 1 million people by the end of 2015 to boost food safety.

Four dead after floods hit NW China

2011-06-21 16:48:29

Rescuers in Northwest China on Tuesday recovered the bodies of four people who were swept away in their trucks by flash floods amid days of heavy rain that drenched parts of a desert-oasis basin known for its unbearably hot and dry weather.

Magnitude-5.2 quake jolts Yunnan, 6 injured

2011-06-21 16:20:53

Six people were injured after a 5.2-magnitude earthquake jolted mountainous villages in remote Southwest China Monday night, toppling scores of houses and damaging roads, schools and clinics, local officials said Tuesday.

Over 660 reservoirs overflow in E China's Anhui

2011-06-21 16:03:04

Continuous downpours pounding East China's Anhui province have caused more than 660 reservoirs to overflow, an official with the provincial flood-control headquarters said Tuesday.

2 dead, 5 missing in flooded mine in C China

2011-06-21 15:55:54

Two miners were confirmed dead and five others remain missing after a Central China coal mine flood Monday afternoon, local authorities said Tuesday.

Int'l carpet exhibition gathers 4,000 business people

2011-06-21 15:47:12

More than 4,000 business people from home and abroad have gathered in Xining, capital of Northwest China's Qinghai province, to attend the annual Qinghai International Carpet Exhibition.

China's anemic soccer pins hopes on Kungfu

2011-06-21 15:41:59

Some Chinese sport schools are attempting to combine soccer with the traditional Chinese kungfu in Shangdong province which draws support from Chinese soccer officials.