Volunteers are crucial for rescue efforts in a disaster but sensible ones, even more so.
Leaders worldwide have expressed their condolences for the victims in the earthquake and voiced their support for the country's disaster relief effort:
Yunnan in Southwest China is one of the country's most earthquake-prone provinces. Here is a list of the major quakes that struck Yunnan in recent years:
The government of the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region announced on Sunday that it will give rewards totaling about 300 million yuan ($48.6 million) to all those who heroically participated in the recent massive manhunt and capture of fugitive suspected terrorists in Moyu county of Hotan prefecture.
One hundred well-equipped police officers pursued fleeing terrorists in Moyu county of Hotan prefecture after hearing an explosion and asking local villagers to evacuate.
Police in the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region said they have targeted a terrorist cell led by Abudulrehman Abudulkerep, who has connections with leaders of the overseas East Turkestan Islamic Movement and jihadist groups in Syria.
Several Chinese cities are merging their various quality watchdogs to better ensure food safety, an issue that has seen several scandals in recent years.
Local authorities in Shanghai have promised a zero-tolerance approach to breaches of food safety laws after six managers from the company at the center of the expired meat scandal were arrested.
Beijing will become the first Chinese city to impose pollution fees on a new group of airborne pollutants - volatile organic compounds - as early as this month.
Beijing has allocated 3.5 billion yuan ($580 million) to improve drainage on 43 major overpasses in areas prone to flooding.
Beijing will issue a new urban planning strategy by the end of this year that will for the first time contain a plan to preserve large and green "air corridors".
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