A mix of strong environmental protection efforts across the country over the past five years has helped China reduce air and water pollution below the country's targeted goals.
China retained its position as the world's largest trading nation in 2016, despite not hitting its target of 6 percent growth in foreign trade last year due to sluggish global demand and dropping commodity prices, the commerce minister said.
In a bid to improve the protection of human rights, Chinese courts have been asked to make the hearing of cases a priority and increase efforts to avoid wrongful verdicts, an official of the top court said.
Lawyer Wang Wanqiong said that she was very surprised and moved to receive a WeChat message during the Lunar New Year from her client, Chen Man, who had been wrongfully imprisoned for 23 years.
China will gradually raise its statutory retirement age over the coming years in a bid to combat the effects of an aging population.
An estimated 1.8 million employees in the iron and coal industry will be laid off in the process of reducing excess industrial capacity in China, according to Yin Weimin, minister of human resources and social security.
The police in the capital have banned low-flying aviation activities related to sports, entertainment and advertising in the city from March 1 to 16.
China and the United States launched the US-China Tourism Year 2016 at a ceremony in Beijing on Monday.
Tourism insiders in Los Angeles are optimistic that the Chinese market will continue to grow in the next few years despite recent economic challenges, such as the strength of the dollar against the yuan and the volatile stock market in China.
After four years of decline, there was a huge increase in the number of Russian tourists visiting China in January, new figures show.
Chemical hazards are the top concern for food safety in China - primarily the abuse of additives and excessive residues of agricultural chemicals and veterinary drugs - but the administration lacks the capacity for efficient management and supervision, according to Bi Jingquan, head of the Food and Drug Administration.
A man killed himself after stabbing 10 primary school students outside their school in South China's Hainan province on Monday morning.
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