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China's first sperm identity card was issued at a Guangzhou hospital in May, stirring controversy in the Guangdong provincial capital.
China will better protect ecosystems and push legislation on genetic resources to preserve biological diversity in 2012, the vice-minister of environmental protection said Tuesday.
The Chinese mainland reported donations of some 1,010 tonnes of blood in the first quarter.
Six people have died and five others were injured after heavy rains hit Southwest China's Guizhou Province.
More than 1 million cataracts patients in China have been cured in the past three years with the help of 872 million yuan ($138 million) in subsidies from the central government.
Chinese museums have attracted more visitors since they began to offer free admission in 2008.
A senior official in Southwest China's Guizhou province pledged on May 22 to lift 5 million people out of poverty.
Saipan Air, scheduled to commence operations on July 1, will initially operate Beijing-Saipan flights four times a week.
The government of Yulin, a northern city in Shaanxi province, seized about 153 luxury cars used by officials.
Chinese home appliance tycoon Huang Guangyu was sentenced to 14 years in prison in May 2010 after being convicted of illegal business dealings, insider trading and corporate bribery.
Research released on Monday by a top Chinese think tank showed that the mainland had more than 446,000 NGOs employing 6.18 million people as of the end of 2010.
Over 100 high school students have fallen ill after eating street food in Central China's Hunan province, and one of them is in a severe condition.
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