The number of migrant workers in China more than doubled from 2000 to 2013 - from 121 million to 245 million, and ballooned from 9.6 percent of the country's total population to 18 percent in 2013, 21st Century Business Herald reported on Sunday.
A delegation of Tibetan legislators from the National People's Congress concluded a visit to the United States on Saturday, following meetings with members of the US Congress and local dignitaries.
Local authorities are optimistic that there has been no damage to the environment after an explosion at a chemical plant in Fujian province that forced thousands of residents to evacuate.
Police have decided not to file criminal charges against a Canadian woman who ran into a Chinese woman, who then fell and died, on the Great Wall at Mutianyu on Wednesday.
Archivists in Nanjing are busy preparing for China's first exhibition on a Soviet Union air squadron that volunteered to help China drive out invading Japanese troops during World War II.
Wildlife watchers and hikers are posing a risk to a vital passageway used by giant pandas in China's southwest to find partners during mating season, conservationists have warned.
As a deputy to the National People's Congress, the country's top legislature, Hou Rong, director of the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding in Sichuan province, made the suggestion during the annual session in March to regulate tourists to protect animals.
A report by the State Forestry Administration of China shows high-voltage power lines and roads are putting a strain on panda habitats in the southwest.
In a remote village in the hills of Yongchuan in western Chongqing, a young woman with a sun hat waves a long bamboo stick to keep her herd of goats together.
Five people have lived on Yang Huaiyuan's donated body organs since he was pronounced brain dead on April 3 after an automobile crash.
Twelve central government departments, including the National Health and Family Planning Commission, the Ministry of Civil Affairs and the Ministry of Public Security, will launch a nationwide crackdown this month on illegal surrogacy services, according to a notice.
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