China posted a trade deficit of $4.25 billion in the first two months of the year, the General Administration of Customs said Saturday.
South China's city of Sanya, Hainan province, has once again taken the spotlight, as senior officials from the island province vowed to crack down on the price-gouging.
The three geologists who went missing on a field trip to the remote Kekexili nature reserve three weeks ago were still unfound.
China plans to increase taxes on mid- and low-end cigarettes in a bid to curb expanding tobacco consumption in the country.
While most people know that tea originated in China, few associate coffee with the country.
Free "canteens" have been set up for wild elephants to reduce the friction with villagers caused by their return to the improved environment of Pu'er in Southwest China's Yunnan province.
President Hu Jintao stressed maintaining national integrity, ethnic unity and social stability in Tibet. Stability key to Tibetans' well-being
China will continue boosting agricultural production to prevent increasing food prices from driving up the country's inflation rate and putting downward pressure on economic growth.
China is mapping out a plan for developing tourism on the Xisha Islands, an official said on Friday.
Property prices in China will go down slightly this year amid persistent government curbs on the property market.
China is gearing up to channel more foreign reserves toward overseas acquisitions, a top banker has said.
Guangdong provincial authorities will allow more social organizations to be established to encourage the public to become more involved in managing social affairs.