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More than 30 percent of Tsinghua alumni gave money to their alma mater in the 2010-2011 academic year, higher than the donation rate of any other Chinese university, according to 2012 data from cuaa.net, an independent Chinese website focusing on alumni affairs.
More gauges, such as levels of heavy metal and persistent organic pollutants, will be used to evaluate the quality of major rivers and lakes, an official said on Thursday.
Beijing will introduce new fuel standards on May 31 that municipal officials say are nearly on a par with the European Union's Euro V.
To cope with the its aging population, Guangdong province plans to turn unused buildings into community care centers for the elderly.
The government plans to invest more to improve senior citizen services in rural areas because more elderly people live there than in cities, a senior Ministry of Civil Affairs official said on Thursday.
Ethnic groups in China are on a steady course to balance economic advancement and cultural protection, a top official said on Thursday.
A senior Communist Party of China (CPC) official has called on ethnic minorities to improve solidarity and maintain a "shared mind" with the Party.
Tian'anmen, a variety show with 3-D technologies and displays of Beijing changing over the past 3,000 years, will be on stage in the National Stadium, or the Bird's Nest, until May 18.
A Beijing Symphony Orchestra musician who has been vilified by Web users after footage emerged of him verbally abusing a train passenger issued an apology for his behavior on May 17.
The Chinese government plans to allocate 500 billion yuan ($79 billion) for the prevention and control of water pollution.
Dairy company Fonterra opened a new innovation center in Shanghai on May 17
Beijing will complete energy-saving renovations for 15 million square meters of existing buildings this year.
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