China's expenditure on civil affairs in 2010 reached 223.23 billion yuan ($33.99 billion), 3.1 times as much as that of 2005.
China is considering "raising" the poverty line this year due to the large numbers of Chinese still living in inadequate conditions, a top level official from China's poverty alleviation office told China Daily.
The nation's newest asset management company announced its future investments, China Securities Journal reported Monday. Xie Qihua, the board chairwoman of China Reform Holdings Corp Ltd, said the company will focus on core resources and strategic emerging industries.
On Friday, 2,300 high school students in Chongqing celebrated their adult ceremony and received Constitution of the People’s Republic of China as a gift.
China's rural areas are totally exposed to the danger of disasters such as fires, flooding and earthquakes, and its more than 600 cities are also in urgent need of improving disaster relief capabilities, an official said Saturday.
Resource taxes should not only be expanded to more regions, but also cover more items, said an official with the Ministry of Finance on Saturday.
FIFA will help China cultivate talented youth and provide more professional training to coaches and referees.
The Chinese real estate developers' willingness to open new projects was hit by the government's new round of policies to cool the property market, the Shanghai Securities News reported Friday.
Although ravaged by strong gales almost a year ago, restoration of a mosque beside the largest Muslim tower in Xinjiang - Emin Minaret - is about to start, the China News Service reported on Thursday.
As China faces an aging society, a delegate of Guangzhou People's Congress suggests the government should establish a specialized agency to improve social services for the elderly who live alone.
Facilities for rural education and medical service should be improved in order to attract talents and keep them in the villages.
The trial run of yuan-based cross-border trade settlement is likely to be expanded to all mainland cities by this year, Shanghai Securities News reported Wednesday, citing Hu Xiaolian, vice-governor of the People's Bank of China, the central bank.