Beijing is joining with Langfang and Baoding in Hebei province a three-year project to control air pollution, with funding of 460 million yuan ($74 million) for this year, the municipal environmental authority said.
The Chinese environmental authority is to propose an action plan for prevention and treatment of soil pollution.
More than 33 percent of urban residents nationwide are dissatisfied with government efforts to curb vehicle exhaust emissions in recent years, a survey has found.
The site of an ancient Buddhist garden dating back more than 1,200 years has been discovered in downtown Chengdu, capital of southwest China's Sichuan province, a local excavation team said on Monday.
Beijing voiced "strong dissatisfaction and firm opposition" on Monday after Washington arranged for a senior official to contact the secessionist Dalai Lama.
China has set up the world's largest cancer registry through its 308 leading hospitals, covering more than 300 million people, said registry director Chen Wanqing.
The Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region has set ambitious goals for improving its integrated transportation network, with plans to extend high-speed railways and build more highways to aid regional growth.
Beijing and Zhangjiakou are planning a joint project to use wind power for heating as a step toward controlling air pollution.
China's food safety watchdog has called for local authorities to be on the lookout for smuggled frozen meat after a large amount, some of which had been frozen for four to five years, was seized by customs.
China called on Friday for combined efforts with Uzbekistan to develop a plan for building the Silk Road Economic Belt and promote greater cooperation in energy, agriculture and production capacity.
Pakistan's and India's expected memberships in the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation will see the body represent "nearly half of the world's population", Pakistan's Ambassador to China Masood Khalid told China Daily.
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