Item from Dec 1, 1987, in China Daily: Renovations at Jiayuguan Pass, the west end of the Great Wall, are underway in Northeast China's Gansu province. The project is expected to be completed in 1990.
The Ministry of Education has called on kindergartens to offer more lessons based on games.
Premier Li Keqiang told leading postdoctoral talents that China needs to give them a bigger role as the country builds an innovation-driven economy.
China is facing fierce competition with powerful rivals such as the United States and Russia in the development of next-generation missile systems, according to a recent report.
Media from BRICS countries should beef up cooperation to help with information sharing among the five emerging nations, a top leader said on Monday.
A total of 930,000 applicants took the national service exam on Sunday, with one out of 33, on average, expected to get a job with the central government this year - the best odds in seven years.
When seeking a variety of government services, residents will no longer be required to produce extraneous documents to prove certain obvious facts or to call for redundant identification.
China is expected to have more than 800,000 lung cancer patients diagnosed annually by 2020, with nearly 700,000 people dying from the disease each year, according to the latest forecast by medical experts.
China will soon publish regulations for civilian unmanned aircraft that will help put an end to irregular flights, according to an industry insider.