Cargo trains transporting goods from central, southwest and south China across six countries to Europe will run regularly from April 8. The trains will travel along the Chongqing-Xinjiang-Europe railway, a key economic transport corridor that starts at Chongqing and links East and West.
The heavy smog that has shrouded the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei area for several days eased somewhat on Thursday afternoon, but experts said it won't disperse until Saturday.
With Beijing education authorities urging schools to cancel outdoor activities when pollution level alerts hit orange, some international schools in the capital are building facilities to ensure children can exercise in cleaner air.
The electricity grid is being upgraded to help combat smog in major cities.
The number of applicants for civil service jobs has dropped in most places so far this year, according to information released by provincial-level governments.
Premier says reconstruction will be difficult unless people work together
China's botanical gardens and parks are racing to import and exhibit the "Cathay" tulip from the Netherlands, a new species named by first lady Peng Liyuan.
Hebei province is promoting urbanization within its borders with a plan to have some national administrative agencies, institutions and industries move there from Beijing.
Six people were stabbed to death and others were wounded in a knife attack in a rural district of Beijing on Thursday, according to the Beijing Public Security Bureau.
The Cross-Straits Service Trade Agreement was signed on June 21, 2013, in Shanghai by the mainland-based Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits and the Taiwan-based Straits Exchange Foundation.
The Metropark Lido Hotel in Beijing became a place of great sadness when the families of MH370 passengers were told about the crash. Medical staff rushed stretchers into the hotel to carry heartbroken family members.
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