The number of microblog accounts verified as managed by government officials or departments on China's four major websites reached 50,561 by the end of 2011, according to a report unveiled.
A senior health official advocated the use of real-name HIV testing, stating that the tests will be beneficial for the prevention and treatment of HIV/AIDS.
Authorities in Northeast China's Heilongjiang province said Wednesday that the forest-rich region is facing a grim challenge in fire prevention due to a lingering drought.
The annual average growth of China's minimum wages should be at least 13 percent in the five years to 2015.
A Chinese banker who allegedly embezzled hundred millions of yuan from a bank has been arrested about a week after he fled, local police reported Wednesday.
Recipients of expensive, but unwanted holiday gifts are turning to "gift-recycling" businesses for help getting rid of the things they don't want.
A knife-wielding man broke into an east China middle school early Tuesday morning, stabbed two students and fled.
Four people died after a coach collided with a truck early Wednesday morning on an expressway in South China's Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, local police said.
Chinese tourists are safe to travel in the Maldives but should stay alert after the country's first democratically elected president resigned on Tuesday.
China's State Council issued a plan to boost employment during the 2011-15 period, which aims to create 45 million jobs and keep the registered urban unemployment rate within 5 percent.
Agencies providing HK maternity services have increased fees following the special administrative region's move to reduce the quota of births by mainland mothers.