What they say

"Health serves as the foundation of personal happiness and the cornerstone of social progress. Economic and social development can only be sustainable when it regards the promotion of people's health as its core. Healthy China 2030, in its essence, represents the health of 1.3 billion Chinese people."

Astrophysics And Aesthetics

Astrophysicist Zhang Shuangnan likes traditional Chinese deep-fried dough sticks and Western coffee for breakfast before he gets down to work, studying why black holes get "angry."

Space food: Pie in the sky or a taste of the future?

In the science fiction movie The Martian, the astronaut stranded on the Red Planet lives for more than 500 days on potatoes he has grown while awaiting rescue.

Plan boosts poverty alleviation efforts

The government has decided to further target poverty alleviation by developing appropriate and suitable industries to boost economic growth and raise income in the least-developed areas.

State targets issue of missing children

Departments and ministries under the State Council have responded to a number of public concerns in the past week, including setting up a missing children information platform, protection of consumers' rights, execution of judicial judgments, non-payment of migrant workers' wages, public recruitment in impoverished and remote areas and rural toilet renovation.

Policy digest

Cabinet passes three key decisions

Climate conference to spur new actions

The Marrakech Climate Conference marked a new start for the global community to turn the Paris Agreement on climate change into action, but negotiations on climate financing will continue as progress on this issue remains slow, the head of the Chinese delegation said on Saturday.

China shivers as snow arrives early

Beijing will see heavy snow at the beginning of the season's coldest week so far, starting on Monday, meteorological authorities said.

Corporate spat over movie goes public

A corporate feud between two of China's biggest names in the film industry has bubbled to the surface as director Feng Xiaogang posted an open letter to Wang Jianlin, chairman of Wanda Group, on Friday.

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Conference to tout healthy lifestyles

People at home and abroad can expect some bold and exciting outcomes from the 9th Global Conference on Health Promotion in Shanghai, according to Bernhard Schwartlander, World Health Organization representative in China, who is also the conference spokesman.

Shanghai welcomes new smoking ban

The World Health Organization and some members of the public said they welcome the extended smoking ban in Shanghai, which is aimed at shielding residents from secondhand smoke.