Large Chinese cities including Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou will roll out more measures to manage the growing urban population and address concerns and challenges like traffic, housing, education and healthcare, the State Council said in its latest guidelines on household reform.
Sun Yuchun spends two hours commuting to work on packed buses and goes through the same ordeal on her way home every day.
Almost three years ago, Yang Weihua successfully bid for the 50-year rights to an uninhabited island in Zhejiang province.
China's development of its uninhabited islands is still in its infancy. While the country is focusing on how to balance sustainable development and attract investment, a number of other countries have been successful in such projects.
Before the Island Protection Law was launched in 2010, some investors had already turned their eyes on uninhabited islands.
Kargu, a resident of the Yushu Tibetan autonomous prefecture in Qinghai province, gave birth to nine children at home.
The rebuilding of Yushu Prefecture Tibetan Medicine Hospital has also renewed interest in traditional Tibetan medicine.
The Red Cross Society of China and its branches have donated a total of 2.6 billion yuan ($422.9 million) to help 94 rebuilding projects in the Yushu Tibetan autonomous prefecture after the earthquake in 2010.
Every day for as long as she can remember, 84-year-old Beijing resident Ma Xiuying has headed to the newsstand near her home in the capital's Chaoyang district at about 8 am.
Beijing Newspapers and Periodicals Co, which leases out newsstand space in Beijing, plans to add more digital features and functions to its business, which has been greatly affected by the development of the Internet.
Chinese handset maker Xiaomi Corp is being investigated in Singapore for breach of privacy, the first major hit for its infant overseas business.
Though chocolate consumption in China is still a far cry from the levels seen in the US and Europe, it has not deterred global confectionery majors like Mars Inc from setting up exclusive megastores to drive growth in the world's second-largest economy.
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