Industrial companies face slower growth

A sudden deceleration in profit growth in August for China's industrial companies will hamper entrepreneurs' investment plans without more government-led growth stabilization projects, economists said.

New rules set out for prosecutors

Prosecutors who neglect their duties or conduct malpractice that results in miscarriage of justice or major case defects will face severe punishment, even beyond their time in office, amid a deepening judicial reform designed to ensure justice, the Supreme People's Procuratorate said on Monday.

Plan in pipeline to save groundwater

China is set to carry out a new plan to protect groundwater resources as the authorities try to cope with a mounting challenge of excessive use in most provincial areas, a government official said on Monday.

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Study cultural context of Xi Dada video

What would people say if a US reporter rounded up a dozen international students on a US college campus and queried them on their impressions of the US president in the lead-up to his state visit to China? And what if they were to give their answers in Chinese?

This Day, That Year

Item from Sept 28, 1998, in China Daily: Shanghai resident Qu Liefeng shows a mobile phone he obtained free from the Shanghai Long-Distance Telecommunications Bureau for being the city's millionth cellphone user. Almost one out of 10 local residents has a mobile phone, the highest rate among Chinese cities.

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Forbidden City visitor cap to stay during holiday

The Forbidden City, also known as the Palace Museum, will not lift the cap on the number of daily visitors allowed entry during "Golden Week" - the National Day holiday that lasts seven days.

Airport to add off-site check-in stations

Tianjin airport will build another six off-site departure stations by the end of this year in Tianjin, Beijing and Hebei province, as well as one in Dezhou, Shandong province, a city included in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei integration blueprint, local authorities said.

China, Russia vow to jointly safeguard order

An international seminar titled "70-Year Common Victory" was co-organized by the Communist Party of China and the Communist Party of Russia in Khabarovsk, Russia, on Saturday to mark the 70th anniversary of victory in World War II.