A 14-year-old student from Shenzhen suggested that the government should step up educational reform when he took part in the annual meeting of the local political advisory body.
Dressed in a tatty makeshift Lionel Messi soccer shirt styled from a plastic bag, a little Afghan fan dreams of becoming a soccer star one day like the Barcelona legend.
I never have much confidence in the marketing people who tout their extraordinary ability to turn some ordinary guys or events into - well - widespread media coverage.
Item from Feb 2, 1988, in China Daily: A worker at New Technology Development Inc in Beijing operates a new type of computer developed by scientists at the Institute of Computing Technology under the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
The China National Tourism Administration is encouraging government departments and companies to give employees half the day off on Fridays this summer to boost domestic spending.
Visiting people and households living in poverty has been an annual routine for Premier Li Keqiang before the Chinese Lunar New Year for the past two years, bringing them greetings as well as learning more about their living conditions.
China is carrying out more targeted measures to lift 70 million people out of poverty by 2020.
Beijing police have busted a major fraud ring accused of using E Rent Treasure, an online financial platform, to illegally collect up to 50 billion yuan ($7.6 billion) in funds, harming 900,000 investors across 31 provinces and regions, according to the Beijing Public Security Bureau.
China has finalized a plan setting tough fuel standards for large ships in an effort to slash marine emissions, the Ministry of Transport said on Monday.
The national environmental authority found severely excessive pollution emissions during inspections of 648 companies in 59 cities in December, and it promised tougher punishment this year under a newly enacted air pollution control law.