More than 250 representatives of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies have gathered in Beijing this week for their 9th Asia Pacific Regional Conference to discuss new and innovative approaches toward meeting today's humanitarian challenges.
Chinese anti-corruption work should step into a new stage with upgraded laws that prevent as well as fight graft, judicial experts said, after a landmark meeting of the country's top Party officials concluded on Thursday.
A senior military officer has been expelled from the Communist Party of China, according to a key meeting concluded on Thursday.
"Everyone in society should establish and increase legal awareness, whether they are judges, police or residents.
Improving the judicial system according to the rule of law should include better enforcement of the Constitution, access by lawyers to judge and prosecutor posts, and independent handling of disputes, judicial experts said on Thursday.
Transport associations in Hong Kong say they will seek arrest warrants against protesters on Friday, as they seek to put teeth into a High Court order to clear roads as the protesters continued to defy decrees for a third day.
Zhao Houlin is to become the first Chinese secretary-general of the International Telecommunication Union in its 150-year history.
College student Zhang Haoqian brought electricity to 16 families in rural areas of the Inner Mongolia autonomous region by solving some thorny technical problems.
Liu Jinguo, vice-minister of public security, has been appointed deputy head of the 610 Office, the central government agency responsible for combating cults and handling cult-related issues.
Eight months after a sweeping police crackdown on prostitution in Dongguan, Guangdong province, police raided two karaoke, or KTV, halls and made dozens of arrests.
China is considering introducing a government-backed, long-term insurance program to provide high-quality, sustainable care for elderly people who are prevented from living independently by illness or disability, according to Du Peng, director of the Institute of Gerontology under Renmin University of China.
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