To his colleagues and students, Nurmemet Tuniyaz is no longer just "the Xinjiang guy", but a respected teacher of English who's known for his strong work ethic and athletic physique.
When we met, Asanjan Memet was negotiating with a tourist operator, trying to persuade the company in Sichuan province to invest in his community on the outskirts of Beijing.
Simply text a few commands on your smartphone, and a top-of-the-range car arrives within minutes to take you to your destination. But the services provided by private car drivers through car-hailing apps are facing a clampdown after large-scale taxi strikes across the country.
"When I hailed taxis, the drivers often refused to take me because I live far from the downtown area. I decided to develop an app for calling cars after I had the experience of being refused by 10 taxis."
China's top drug authority has licensed a new domestically grown vaccine to protect children from polio, and it will be introduced into the country's vaccination schedule this year, according to the China Food and Drug Administration.
A woman dragged her 91-year-old mother in a handcart for 12,000 km to fulfill a dream of seeing other parts of the country away from their hometown.
A brother and sister who developed the kidney disorder uremia are being given a new lease on life by their parents.
Days after Beijing submitted its 2022 Winter Olympic Games bid to the International Olympic Committee, President Xi Jinping highlighted on Wednesday the importance of holding the event and involving more Chinese in winter sports.
China will set up a 40 billion yuan ($6.45 billion) investment fund to support startups in emerging industries, part of government efforts to nurture new growth engines amid the slowest economic expansion in almost 25 years.
The central government unveiled its long-awaited plans for pension reform on Wednesday for the country's 40 million government and public institution staff members in a move to further ensure social equality and cope with its aging population.
Beijing will stop charging a taxi fuel surcharge following a drop in oil prices, the municipal commission of development and reform said on Wednesday.
China's anti-graft authorities will conduct inspections of all major State-owned enterprises this year, according to a statement from the Fifth Plenary Session of the 18th CPC Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, which closed on Wednesday morning.
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