China has improved its disaster response by building an emergency supplies network, but disaster relief efforts by the government still struggle to meet people's diverse needs, said a senior official from the country's top disaster relief department.
A national disaster relief material storage base in Chengdu, Sichuan province, is ready to respond to disasters as they happen, said Jiang Bo, the facility head. The base, which was completed in 2011, is one of 17 throughout China.
China is considering setting up a yuan clearing bank in Thailand to meet demand for currency settlement between the two countries, Premier Li Keqiang said on Friday.
Chinese people had never paid more attention to the annual Nobel literature award - which on Thursday went to Canadian writer Alice Munro - than they did last year when Mo Yan became China's first winner of the prize.
Zhang Ji usually plays badminton with his colleagues on Saturdays at the Beijing University of Technology stadium.
Premier Li Keqiang called on Southeast and East Asia to improve the regional financial firewall on Thursday by better using a regional foreign exchange fund, among other measures.
Largest deal outside Asia is big step toward yuan internationalization
Premier Li Keqiang on Wednesday mapped out the blueprint for what he called a "diamond decade" of relations between China and ASEAN by upgrading political and economic ties.
Hunger and cold linger as traffic, telecoms cut off
President Xi Jinping on Tuesday called for improved connectivity under the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation mechanism as part of efforts to promote economic integration.
China needs to shake up the way its emergency services handle calls, as too much time is being spent on non-emergencies, rescue officials said.
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