A steel plant has been ordered to move out of Shijiazhuang, capital of North China's Hebei province, within the next two years to cut pollution in one of the nation's 10 most-polluted cities.
Restoration of the ecological system in Fujian province needs to be further strengthened in 2016 while maintaining a high GDP growth rate, officials at the provincial People's Congress said on Friday.
Leading experts are working on a revision to a national regulation on the management of laboratory animals, which, if adopted, is expected to greatly improve the management and protection of the animals.
In many developed countries, laws and regulations have been adopted to improve the welfare of lab animals.
Major Chinese airlines were among the first businesses to join the efforts to slow the trade in laboratory animals. Many have acknowledged the turning tide of global public opinion against the use of primates in experiments and now refuse to transport them.
In 2014, the revenue of Beijing Prima Biotech, one of North China's biggest breeding centers for primates used in laboratory tests, reached 14.8 million yuan ($2.2 million), a rise of nearly 30 percent year-on-year.
Couriers Li Junfeng and Zhou Kang have a lot of hopes and resolutions for the upcoming Lunar New Year.
A 25-year-old bank employee who posted a online complaint about his boring marriage has apologized for hurting his wife's feelings.
The Chinese Academy of Sciences, China's national science academy, earned 1.5 trillion yuan ($227 billion) from the high-tech companies it invested in during the 12th Five Year Plan (2011-15).
Sansha, China's southernmost island city that administers vast island groups and their surrounding waters in the South China Sea, will invest heavily in the transportation sector and infrastructure construction.
China plans to land the first probe on the dark side of the moon in 2018, marking another milestone in its ambitious space program, Xinhua News Agency reported.
Voters in Taiwan will go to the polls on Saturday to elect the island's new leader and legislature, but voter sentiment is weighed down by uncertainties surrounding postelection cross-Straits stability.
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