A new regulation will deny welfare subsidies to residents who own assets that require a certain level of income to buy, such as vehicles or real estate.
The city's metro saw its second suicide in the past 10 days, stirring public criticism over the metro's perceived inability to prevent such deaths.
China is experiencing a colder winter than usual and temperatures will continue to fall until mid-February.
China is suffering from an increasing number of environmental accidents, mainly triggered by the rapid growth of the chemical industry.
According to a statement from the Chinese Foreign Ministry, the Sudanese side will hand over the missing worker's body to China as soon as possible.
A southern Chinese city on Monday announced a plan to build an alternative drinking water source after a spill of toxic cadmium in a river threatened drinking water supplies for millions. More environmental accidents hit China
Over 200 villagers in the eastern port city of Wenzhou rallied Monday morning to protest compensation issues over the local government's acquisition of their aquaculture mud flats.
China is suffering from an increasing number of environmental accidents, mainly triggered by the rapid growth of the chemical industry in the wake of urbanization, a senior environmental official said.
Beijing municipal government said the construction of the PM2.5 monitoring network is a priority for serving the public in 2012.
A building in downtown of China's capital caught on fire late Monday afternoon, fire fighters said.
A total of 343 suspects were detained for allegedly stealing railway property and cargo over the past two months, said China's railway police here Monday.
China will hold the country's municipal- or provincial-level officials accountable for severe fire-related accidents, according to a State Council circular posted on the government's web portal on Monday.