Some progress was made as Washington and Pyongyang wrapped up their first talks since the death of DPRK leader Kim Jong-il.
China successfully launched a satellite into space at 12:12 am Beijing Time Saturday, the 11th one of its indigenous global navigation and positioning network known as Beidou system.
Archaeologists in East China's Jiangsu province said they have excavated a bronze chime and several other artifacts from a tomb dating back to the Warring States Period (475-221 BC).
Beijing will usher in a stricter vehicle emission regulation this year amid public discontent over air pollution, the city's economic planning agency said.
Luxury carmaker Porsche (China) will recall 20,826 vehicles on the Chinese mainland starting from March 23, China's consumer quality watchdog said Friday.
A Foreign Ministry spokesman said Friday that the Chinese Embassy in Buenos Aires will "closely follow the developments" in a recent train crash in Argentina that claimed the lives of dozens of people, including one Chinese national.
Southwest China's Sichuan province announced on Friday that it is wrapping up its restoration and reconstruction work after the 2008 magnitude-9 Wenchuan earthquake.
China has clarified its residence policies to facilitate domestic migrants' settling in small and medium-size cities as permanent residents.
China's central government offices have been urged to take a lead in the country's overall waste sorting and recycling efforts.
A spokesman of Guangzhou's population and family planning bureau said the city will not adopt compulsory pre-marital physical check-up.
On Feb 15, 2012, a signing ceremony for the settlement of Fortune 500 and other international renowned enterprises was held in Chengdu, the provincial capital of Sichuan province. Fortune 500 enterprises DuPont, Adecco, Evonik Degussa and the world renowned enterprise Sunmach signed the investment agreement with Jinjiang district, declaring their official settlement in Chengdu.
An explosion caused a chemical plant to catch fire in Southwest China's Chongqing municipality early on Friday morning, local authorities have said.