Chinese authorities will cooperate with Indonesia to confiscate more than $500 million of ill-gotten assets illegally transferred to China by corrupt Indonesian banking officials.
China's authorities will initiate a nationwide campaign to prevent corrupt officials from illegally transferring their ill-gotten assets overseas through offshore companies and underground banks, the CPC Central Commission for Discipline Inspection said on Thursday.
The newly released water pollution prevention and control action plan will put tough controls on polluting industries with emission limits and provide stricter supervision from authorities and the public.
China maintained its position as the world leader in annual patent applications for the fourth consecutive year in 2014, with 928,000 invention patent applications filed, a 12.5 percent year-on-year increase, the State Intellectual Property Office of China announced on Thursday.
More than 1,600 officials in Guizhou province have been recalled for malfeasance - most of them temporarily - setting a precedent for the management of government officials across the country.
China's economic growth fell to a six-year low of 7 percent in the first quarter, buffeted by sharp declines in industrial production and real estate construction.
For the first time in four years China has approved nuclear power plant construction using third-generation technology.
Fifty-seven countries from five continents have been finalized as prospective founding members of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, the Finance Ministry said on Wednesday.
Shrinking space on planes is surely uncomfortable, but it might also be dangerous for passengers' health and safety.
Hobbies, it is said, reflect the innermost desires of people and help them fulfill their unmet needs. So it's not strange that golf will often trigger criminal behavior when corrupt officials take to swinging a club.
Item from April 16, 1997, in China Daily: A large oil tanker docks at an oil berth in Ningbo port in Zhejiang province. The oil berth, which recently passed State-level inspection, is the largest of its kind in the country.
Premier Li Keqiang has urged Chinese telcos to increase Internet speeds and reduce charges to help online businesses.
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