Doctors encouraged to work second jobs

The top health authority vowed to further facilitate private operators to enter the nation's overloaded healthcare market, particularly at the high end, said Li Bin, head of the National Health and Family Planning Commission.

State funds campaign to halt spread of panda distemper

Authorities stressed on Wednesday the importance of treatment and disease prevention for pandas after two of the animals died of a virus related to human measles.

Guidelines expand inspectors' power to make polluters stop

Environmental protection authorities now have greater powers to stop polluters through measures such as sealing production equipment or transferring the offenders to judicial organs, the top environmental watchdog said on Thursday.

Reporter helped to win justice for a dead man

Few things are as important to journalist Tang Ji as the pursuit of justice.

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Hong Kong consultation hits phase 2

Hong Kong's chief executive and chief secretary urged opposition lawmakers not to deprive the city's 5 million eligible voters of the right to universal suffrage in the 2017 chief executive election, as the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region government launched its second public consultation to refine election procedures.

Airline investigation broadens its scope

Two more executives at China Southern Airlines have been caught up in a corruption scandal, bringing to six the number of senior executives placed under investigation by the top anti-graft watchdog.

Potato upgraded as new staple crop

China is boosting potato cultivation to transform the crop into the country's fourth staple food after rice, wheat and corn, Yu Xinrong, vice-minister of agriculture, said at a seminar on Tuesday.

Blog post renews West Point debate

The question whether the United States Military Academy at West Point paid homage to Lei Feng, a model Chinese soldier from the Mao Zedong era, may remain unsolved.

Academies shift focus to younger scholars

China's top science and engineering bodies aim to select younger academicians and cut administrative interference among scholars in 2015.

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Chu Zhongzhi, Party chief of Dali, a tourism destination in Yunnan province, is facing investigation for "serious violations to Party disciplines", the provincial anti-corruption agency said. Chu, 47, who has a doctor's degree in economics, had worked in land resources departments in the province for nearly 15 years before becoming Dali's Party chief in 2013.

Li continues to learn from past lessons

When Li Keqiang started his second year as premier in March, he said lessons from his past were helping to shape the country's future prosperity.