First domestic regional jet delivered

Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China delivered its first regional aircraft - designated the ARJ21-700 - to Chengdu Airlines on Sunday, after the jet took 5,258-hour testing flights over the past seven years.

999 center apologizes for delay in care

A television journalist from Liaoning province has received an apology and an offer of compensation from an emergency medical center in Beijing that he says delayed treatment when he was critically ill.

Smog to linger for another two days

Heavy smog is forecast to remain at severe pollution levels across northern China, including Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei province, for another two days, the Ministry of Environmental Protection said on Sunday.

Expert testimony praised in environmental case

Vegetation ecologist Li Zhengji found himself in the vanguard when the provincial Nanping Intermediate People's Court considered the first public-interest environmental lawsuit filed after China strengthened its environmental protection laws earlier this year.

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Africans face hurdles to get care

"Make sure you are wearing a condom whenever you have sex with him."

Infected man takes safety message to campuses

On a rainy Sunday, 30-year-old engineer Xiao Qiang began a lecture in a university hall packed with more than 300 students:

Program to hire 100 'substitute mothers' for left-behind kids

The China Foundation for Poverty Alleviation has launched a project to hire and train 100 local women as substitute mothers to take care of left-behind children.

New shipping atlas aims to improve integration of country's northern ports

An atlas for shipping in waters off the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region is being drawn up to provide information for navigating and improving efficiency, according to the Tianjin-based Navigation Guarantee Center of North China's Sea under the Ministry of Transport.

Misconceptions about the Belt and Road

A big question people have been asking since China's leaders propounded the concept of Chinese Dream in 2012 is: What is the symbol of the Chinese nation's rejuvenation? Now we can say that the revival of the Silk Road is that symbol, not only for the rejuvenation of the Chinese nation, but also the rejuvenation of European, Asian and African nations, because it integrates the Chinese Dream with the dream of the world.

Not all satellite cities can attain expected prosperity

The construction of high-speed railway is accompanied by the building of new satellite cities around China.

Being unaware of hypocrisy is itself hypocrisy

It came as a huge shock to me to know that many Chinese have nothing but contempt for a Shaolin Temple monk who is rumored to have violated the teachings of the Buddha by keeping a mistress and fathering a son.