The farmer who shocked China by stealing relics from the Forbidden City was convicted of theft and given a 13-year prison sentence on Monday.
Various types of precursor chemicals, used as raw materials to make synthetic drugs, present a new challenge to the anti-drug campaign.
The central government is encouraging more social participation and public self-governance to develop the country's civil affairs, Premier Wen Jiabao said on Monday.
Cyber attacks on China launched from bases overseas surged in 2011, rising to 8.9 million computers affected from 5 million the previous year.
Beijing police have busted six illegal banks holding assets of about 5 billion yuan ($790 million).
A helicopter and more than 1,000 people have been dispatched to help extinguish a forest fire that continues to rage in southwest China's Yunnan province, local authorities said Monday evening.
A helicopter and more than 1,000 people have been dispatched to help extinguish a forest fire that continues to rage in southwest China's Yunnan province, local authorities said Monday evening.
Six people have died from the wreck of a Taiwanese-registered gravel ship and two are still missing as of 8:30 pm Monday, according to the local officials.
A fire that engulfed mountain forests in Yemin county of Yunnan province Sunday, has spread to the provincial capital Kunming, local authorities said Monday.
China's Ministry of Education (MOE) published a notice Monday reminding Chinese students to Britain to be prepared for the ending of work permit for foreign graduates on April 6.
About 900,000 cases of active tuberculosis (TB) were discovered and treated in 2011.
A fire that engulfed mountain forests in Yimen county of Yunnan province Sunday, has spread to the provincial capital Kunming.