Judicial officials, including court presidents, are being encouraged to return to grassroots courts to hear cases - a move that seeks to make trials efficient and legal teams more professional, officials responsible for judicial reform said on Monday.
National People's Congress Chairman Zhang Dejiang supports the work of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region government and the accomplishments of the constitutional reform task force over the past 20 months, Chief Executive Leung Chunying said on Monday.
A heat wave pushed temperatures to above 40 C in some northern and central parts of China on Monday.
Beijing plans to transfer industries and activities that are not related to its role as the nation's capital to its suburbs and neighboring Hebei province and Tianjin, the municipal legislative body has announced.
The oldest giant panda in captivity is set to challenge the world record for the animals' longevity, with her age said to put her on par with a 100-year-old human.
A group suspected of disturbing public order and making profits by illegally hiring protesters in an attempt to influence court decisions has been broken up, the top public security authority said.
More than 3,000 Muslims arrived at Baida Mosque on Friday carrying blankets to kneel on as they chanted passages from the Quran in a service led by an imam.
Cheng Siwei, one of the country's leading economists and a former vice-chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, the country's top legislature, died of illness on July 12. He was 80.
Temperatures in Beijing are at some of their highest levels of the year, with the mercury expected to hit 40C by tomorrow.
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