China should gradually increase the retirement age as part of a solution to fill a possible future pension fund gap, according to a green book on population and labor released on Wednesday.
Patent infringement may soon lead to fines of up to 5 million yuan ($782,000), under a draft amendment released on Wednesday.
Chaohu Lake has provided a living for generations of fishermen, but now China's fifth-largest freshwater body, in Hefei, capital of Anhui province, is being deserted as a growing number of fishermen take advantage of a wider range of employment options and turn their backs on the traditional occupation.
Chen Yujin, a senior auditor for the People's Liberation Army for the past 28 years, uses his economics expertise and financial savvy on a different kind of battlefield: the project sites where the military spends billions of yuan on construction.
A hardy, fast-growing grass known as lyu xin (green heart) is being hailed as a new addition to the world's arsenal in the fight against climate change.
Who doesn't believe in Santa Claus? At this time of year, a spirit takes possession of much of the globe.
Item from Dec 2, 1996, in China Daily: Workers lower a McDonald's fast-food outlet flag yesterday in front of the restaurant on Wangfujing Street in Beijing.
Many Chinese grandparents take an active role in raising their grandchildren.
Beijing has been suffering this year's most severe smog since Friday, with pollution readings off the charts that have forced schools to close and caused traffic chaos.
Some of the Chinese capital's 22.5 million residents have turned to humor to cope with persistent toxic air that once again soared above hazardous levels on Tuesday.
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