China faces a tougher situation in water resources in the future as demand increases amid the country's rapid industrialization and urbanization.
Vice-Foreign Minister Zhai Jun, as a special envoy of the Chinese government, will pay a visit to Syria from February 17 to 18, Foreign Ministry spokesman Liu Weimin announced.
A ban on smoking will be written into the capital's municipal regulations as the city increases its anti-smoking efforts.
China's Foreign Ministry said in a Thursday statement that China is "seriously concerned" about Japan's failure to destroy its abandoned chemical weapons in China on schedule.
Nineteen people were rescued and three people remained missing following a shipwreck off the coast of South China's Guangdong province Wednesday night, local marine authorities said.
An independent labor rights organization from theUnited Stateshas begun to investigate working conditions at Foxconn, Apple's largest supplier.
The Ministry of Civil Affairs has announced that 60 percent of donated funds were given to government-supported organizations in 2010.
China's northeast border province of Heilongjiang's trade with Russia climbed 154 percent year-on-year to $18.99 billion last year, local authorities said Thursday.
Fifteen miners were killed, and three others injured, following a mine-car crash Thursday morning in central China's Hunan province.
China will construct 6,366 kilometers of new railways in 2012, including 3,500 kilometers of high-speed lines, People's Daily reported.
Today, the Forbidden City stirs just as much curiosity - and, at times, controversy.
The highly complementary economies of China and the United States seek more cooperation in the future, said Vice-President Xi Jinping.