Some 338 cities had good air quality on more than 72 percent of days in February, 10 percentage points higher than the same period last year, the Ministry of Environmental Protection said on Thursday.
China is responsible for a far smaller share of global warming than previously thought, according to new evidence published in the science journal Nature on Thursday.
Geothermal energy could be about to play a much larger role in heating the heavily-polluted cities clustered in northern China that have traditionally been major consumers of coal and massive victims of winter smog, an industry insider said.
Binding targets for PM2.5 levels set out in the 13th Five-Year Plan (2016-20) will push local governments to implement stricter policies for coal use and emissions reduction, experts said at a low carbon forum on Thursday.
Archaeologists have unearthed ancient flood-control dams, a series of sophisticated barriers constructed 4,700 to 5,100 years ago that mark the oldest water management system ever found in China.
Beijing's Palace Museum, also known as the Forbidden City, announced on Wednesday that its sales of souvenirs in 2015 surpassed 1 billion yuan ($154 million).
China has widened the scope of its anti-pollution efforts to include soil pollution for the first time.
Yi Jianqiang, a member of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference National Committee and deputy head of the Integrated Information System Research Center at the Chinese Academy of Sciences
Almas Pulat's restaurant in Urumqi offers a rare combination: it is a modern, stylized fast-food outlet that features a traditional Uygur delicacy, a mutton pilaf known as zhuafan.
In the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, Arman is synonymous with halal food.
China is set to achieve its annual economic growth target while pushing forward supply-side reform, Premier Li Keqiang said on Wednesday.
The central government will try its best to solve issues concerning people's livelihoods, such as pension payments and health insurance, Premier Li Keqiang said on Wednesday.
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