Instead of preparing for end-of-year exams, Zhao Hongli,
Zhang Yanmin, 27, a ticket seller in Baoji, Shaanxi province, helps rural seniors to purchase train tickets.
"The ticket hall was always filled with people. Passengers often lined up in front of the window and waited as long as 15 hours to get a ticket home," recalled Li Jing, describing the scenes at Taiyuan South railway station during the buildup to the Spring Festival exodus in the past.
Every year in the days leading up to the Spring Festival, China is the scene of the world's largest human migration.
The State Council, China's Cabinet, has decided to promote private educational institutes after approving a guideline on encouraging more social support for the educational system in a move to ensure it plays a bigger role in compensating for what public schools cannot do.
Departments and ministries under the State Council, China's Cabinet, have responded to a series of public concerns in the past week including supervision over infant formula, normal college construction and the judicial examination reform.
In November, when Wu Zhiguo, secretary-general of the Xiushui County Winter Swimming Association in Jiangxi province, and his fellow members discovered that slaughterhouse waste was being dumped in the Xiuhe River, where they usually swim, they reported the matter to the local authorities.
A number of local governments in Zhejiang province, East China, have turned to new-media channels to help river chiefs fulfill their environmental protection duties and facilitate public supervision.
Every day at 4 pm, what-ever the weather, Zhang Haiqing begins patrolling the river near his home in the Jianggan district of Hangzhou, the capital of Zhejiang province in East China. Zhang is unable to speak because he had his larynx removed after being diagnosed with cancer, so he communicates by writing messages on a type of magnetic drawing board usually used by children. He checks the river carefully and uses the board to point out areas of pollution or river cleaners who are not doing their job properly. He also takes photos and reports problems to the local authorities.
It's a chilly winter's day in Northwest China's Shaanxi province and Xie Wanqing is preparing to feed his cattle. But unlike most farmers, Xie does the job with a camera slung around his neck.
China should prioritize the drafting of national standards on pesticides to reduce the amount of residue that is left on agricultural products and prevent damage to the environment, according to a leading researcher.
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