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The Hanwang Forum was held in Beijing and Deyang, Sichuan province, from May 9 to 13 with the theme of global disaster prevention, relief and sustainable development.
A stray dog that bit 30 residents in Beijing over the weekend has been sent to the municipal agricultural administration for further tests after it was captured, a police officer said on Monday.
Couples who want to be married on May 20, a day known for its homophone with "I love you" in Chinese, are likely to be upset because it falls on Sunday this year, a day-off for Shanghai marriage registration officials.
It may seem impossible for an aged man suffering from terminal cancer to fulfill a dream of touring the world, but a young granddaughter made it happen within a few days through micro-blogging.
Italian automaker Ferrari has issued an apology for performing car stunts on an ancient city wall.
Huang Hong, who ranked at the top on the Qinghai bureau of China Insurance Regulatory Commission's civil service test, was eliminated because of her introverted personality.
A 61-year-old man from Hangzhou is attempting to trade his two mastiff dogs for a BMW car, which he says he needs to transport his sick wife.
A local newspaper dedicated two pages to naming and shaming 192 civil servants and public institutions' staff members who they claim are still being paid or whose posts are reserved without pay despite not working in their posts for some time, Beijing News reported Thursday.
More than 700 dogs have been put down in Jiajiang county, Sichuan province, in the wake of a rabies case that resulted in the death of a woman.
In the hour-long performance marking her 18th birthday, Ding, who was accompanied by her mother, finished 10 famous Chinese and foreign pieces.
A laid-off worker in Wuhan successfully tested his homemade submarine on Tuesday, hoping it could attract attention from the local aquatic product breeding industry.
More than 200 citizens living in one small community has called on the local authorities to fell poplar trees because the cotton like fluff, which comes from bursting seed pods, is causing a nuisance.
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