China called on Malaysia on Thursday to fulfill its obligation to compensate families of Flight MH370 passengers and continue to search for the plane, after Malaysia declared the disappearance an accident.
The Chinese aviation authority will continue following the investigation of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370, whose disappearance has been declared an accident, an official from the Civil Aviation Administration of China said on Thursday.
A Chinese legal team is prepared to discuss compensation with Malaysia Airlines after Malaysia's Department of Civil Aviation officially declared the disappearance of Malaysia Air-lines Flight MH370 to be an accident on Thursday.
"This is a difficult moment for the unfortunate families and for all of us. The Chinese government shares the deepest sorrow and our deep sympathy goes to the next of kin."
00:41: Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 takes off from Kuala Lumpur with 227 passengers (including 154Chinese citizens) and 12 crew members aboard the Boeing 777, and is scheduled to arrive in Beijing just under six hours later.
On March 8, 2014, a Malaysia Airlines jet flying from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing lost contact with air traffic control over the South China Sea. The aircraft was carrying 239 people, including 154 Chinese passengers. Search operations, in the Indian Ocean area southwest of Perth, Australia, found no trace of the aircraft.
The top anti-graft watchdog issued a regulation on Wednesday prohibiting the secretaries of Party officials from accompanying them to training programs and schools, and writing speeches or articles on officials' behalf.
A former energy official who concealed more than 200 million yuan ($32.2 million) in cash at his home will face charges of accepting huge bribes and owning large amounts of property from unknown sources, the Supreme People's Procuratorate said on Wednesday.
Forty proposals submitted by members of the Shandong Provincial Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference have been revoked amid suspicions of plagiarism, Guo Ailing, vice-chairman of the Shandong CPPCC, said on Monday in a Work Report.
President Xi Jinping told government officials to quit positions in art groups, including calligraphy and painting associations, according to the website of People's Daily.
China's top court set up its first circuit court in Shenzhen, Guangdong province, on Wednesday in an effort to push forward the country's judicial reforms.
The Beijing Center for Disease Prevention and Control confirmed a measles outbreak involving 23 cases in a residential building in Chaoyang district. The patients were quarantined for observation. Another 3,462 people in the building have been vaccinated against the disease to avert further infections. So far, 68 cases in Beijing have been reported since Jan 1, up 143 percent over the same period last year.
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