Too-cheap tours spark abuses, watchdog says

Tourists' don't like being forced to shop after going on inexpensive tours, the top tourism watchdog said about the No 1 complaint it received last month.

A host of new measures will aid startups

China has announced nearly 100 measures to help grass-roots entrepreneurs get more loans, pay less tax and even receive free psychological counseling when their startups fail, top officials said on Friday.

China, Europe to send a SMILE into space

A new satellite will soon tell the Earth to "Say 'cheese'!" And the Earth will respond with a SMILE.

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Spread of MERS is low, thanks to disease controls

With tight disease control, the risk of MERS - Middle East respiratory syndrome - being spread in China remains low, although the outbreak in South Korea has been rapidly worsening in the past two weeks, according to the Guangdong provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention.

Opposition lawmakers wooed to keep reform on track; 5 votes needed

Hong Kong's chief executive and constitutional affairs officials have stepped up attempts to gain the support of a handful of opposition lawmakers needed to ensure that the city's constitutional reform process stays on track.

Test centers set stage for smooth gaokao

Measures are being taken across the country to ensure that students taking the national college entrance exam, or gaokao, have an appropriate environment for the test that determines university placement for 9.42 million students across China.

Healthcare heroes on front line in latest fight

A news conference in a meeting room in Huizhou Central Hospital on Thursday afternoon might seem boring and routine for reporters who have been keeping an eye of the first MERS case in China and coming to the hospital daily for updates about the patient's condition.

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The General Administration of Customs said it has confiscated frozen meat with an estimated value of more than 3 billion yuan ($484 million) in a nationwide anti-smuggling operation.

Tank maker seeks to increase exports on land armaments

In an effort to increase sales of its tanks in the face of declining global demand, China North Industries Group Corp, the country's biggest developer and maker of land armaments, is turning to a popular smartphone social networking app.

Expo's Beijing Week closes with bid promotion for 2022 Winter Olympics

Beijing Week at Italy's world exposition, Expo Milano 2015, closed on Wednesday with the promotion of Beijing's candidacy for the 2022 Winter Olympic Games.

Chinese visitors become second-biggest group of foreign spenders on trips to US

The approximately 2.2 million Chinese travelers who visited the United States last year spent more than $23 billion, making China the second-biggest source of foreign-tourist spending within the US, a new report says.