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'Iron rice bowl' losing some luster

Yang Xingqiao decided to commemorate 10 years of being a public servant in a unique way - quit public service and join an internet giant as director of government affairs.

Ex-govt employees have many choices

In the past decade, the most popular jobs taken by ex-public servants are in the financial sector or with law firms, according to a LinkedIn report.

Service sector expansion reflects restructuring

China's expanded business activity in the service sector in June shows the effect of restructuring as the economy moves away from reliance on manufacturing.

Students monitored for weight problems

Beijing health authorities will spend a year monitoring the overweight and obesity rate in the city's schools as part of an effort to reduce the number of fat children.

Garbage dumping halted at scenic lake

Police in Suzhou, Jiangsu province, intercepted eight vessels from Shanghai that were about to dump garbage on the banks of picturesque Taihu Lake in the Suzhou Taihu National Tourism Vacation Zone.

14 new satellites in orbit will help warn of disasters

China will put another 14 weather satellites into service by 2025, up from the current seven, in a bid to better monitor weather patterns to benefit society.

Hubei residents, facing floods, race against time

By the end of Monday, continuous rainfall from the past two weeks had left at least 34 people dead and 14 others missing in the province, Su Zhou in Beijing and Liu Kun in Wuhan report.

Safety standards set for school tracks, turf

Safe limits of dangerous chemicals emitted by synthetic running tracks, playgrounds and artificial turf - volatile organic compounds and carcinogenic formaldehyde - have been specified for the first time in new standards for schools in Zhejiang province.

Bank for breast milk serves up good health

Six infants have become beneficiaries of Shanghai's first breast milk bank launched recently for premature or sick babies.

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Utilizing underground spaces

The use of urban underground spaces will be expanded to ease the pressure on land, according to a recent regulation.