An online spat between a best-selling writer and a well-known anti-fraud activist during the Spring Festival holiday entered the legal arena Friday.
The Legislative Affairs Office of the State Council, or China's Cabinet, published a draft regulation on recalling defective vehicles Friday in order to solicit public opinions.
A colliery gas explosion in Southwest China's Sichuan province killed 11 people, injured six and left one person missing Friday, the local government said.
Chinese leaders on Friday urged banks to improve financial services for the country's real economy, especially agriculture and small firms.
A new set of standards for "harmonious families" created by the Beijing Women's Federation and the Beijing Academy of Social Sciences have been criticized for being "irrelevant" to whether the actual lives of families are harmonious or not.
China's premier said Friday that the country does not discriminate against foreign companies in terms of rare earth supplies, stating that policies and quotas for both domestic and foreign companies are the same.
The city government will review the need for an adjustment in the quota and policies regarding pregnant mainland women giving birth there.
The Sudanese government is exerting active efforts to rescue the Chinese workers abducted after a rebel attack on their camp in South Kordofan State, Chinese Embassy in Khartoum said Friday.
China's far western Xinjiang region will send 10,000 unemployed college graduates this year to receive job training in inland provinces and cities, local authorities said Friday.
Chinese sailors rescued 29 people off Papua New Guinea's east coast after a ferry sank on Thursday with about 350 people on board.
Shanghai is planning to raise the subsidy offered for sea burials to help preserve its limited land resources, Jiefang Daily reported.
The list of 11 victims, 1 dead and 10 missing, in a boat accident in Hunan province, was released Friday by local officials from Hubei province where the victims came from.