People who find money or lost property would have to be rewarded when they handed it in if proposals by the city government are adopted.
China plans to send three astronauts into space sometime between June and August this year to further test technology to be used in rendezvous and docking missions.
A Beijing court began hearing on Friday the case of a man suspected of stealing more than 1 million yuan ($158,800) in artifacts from the Palace Museum in the Forbidden City.
Eye doctors in the capital are expressing confidence in laser eye surgery, or LASIK, despite the safety concerns that a Taiwan specialist raised this week.
Vice-Premier Li Keqiang reiterated the urgency of extending Shanghai's pilot value-added tax reform across the nation.
Vice-President Xi Jinping surprised his hosts on Thursday when he suddenly climbed into the cab of a tractor on an Iowa farm.
China opposes armed intervention or forcing a so-called regime change in Syria, China's deputy permanent representative to the UN Wang Min said.
China's position on Syria issue
Several people attending a concert by popular singer Faye Wong on Friday evening in Chongqing were injured when their seating caved in.
China-US economic and trade relations can be further enhanced if trade barriers are removed, said Vice-President Xi Jinping at the China-US Economics and Trade Cooperation Forum.
A lawyer for technology firm Proview Shenzhen denied Friday media reports that Proview is seeking a huge amount of compensation from Apple Inc. following a legal battle over the use of the trademark "iPad."
Chinese Vice-President Xi Jinping, who is on a five-day official visit to the United States, toured a family farm in the central state of Iowa on Thursday.
China's biggest egg producer said it will cooperate with a major US meat supplier to establish a bio-fuel company in the US with a total investment of $1.8 billion.