The Ministry of Finance has allocated 8.84 billion yuan ($1.45 billion) in special funds to support the protection of cultural heritage this year.
Photo: Shi Liliang, a Shaolin monk, displays his unique ability to walk on water on Sunday at a reservoir in Quanzhou, Fujian province. Using only thin wooden planks as support, he used his extraordinary balance and speed to walk 118 meters on the water, breaking his former record of 100 meters.
China will upgrade anti-corruption legislation as it continues a campaign to build a clean government and practice austerity.
The fourth plenary session of the 18th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, held in Beijing last week, adopted decisions on "major issues concerning comprehensively advancing the rule of law." Here is a look at some of the decisions:
The country needs to explore a new model of overseas investment in Afghanistan to protect Chinese entrepreneurs in the war-torn country, experts said, as an uncertain security and political future has held back investors.
Vice-President Li Yuanchao called for Tokyo to offer "sincerity and action" to improve relations with Beijing, while emphasizing China's commitment to improving Sino-Japanese relations.
A former top political adviser in Liaoning province was placed under investigation on graft charges, China's top anti-corruption watchdog said on Tuesday.
Organizers of an exhibition of ancient instruments of torture in Huai'an, Jiangsu province, have suggested that children, heart disease patients and people with high blood pressure stay away because of the vivid depictions of shocking cruelty.
Thousands of visitors flocked over the weekend to Fragrant Hills, a popular scenic spot famous for tree leaves that turn red in autumn, Beijing News reported on Monday. Beijing Public Transportation Group had to send workers to disperse the crowd at 7 pm Sunday because thousands of visitors were still there, the report said.
Some of the apps have defects. Their inventors or operators only care how to attract cellphone users and rarely supervise the content of these products, which has had adverse effects on the public."
More than 68 percent of urban residents in China never use services provided by government websites, according to researchers at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore.
Photo: Xia Meiling, a 5-year-old preschool student, cleans a street in Shaoyang, Hunan province. Her 64-year-old grandmother is a sanitation worker in the community.
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