The world needs as well as expects China to maintain stable growth. And nothing will interrupt China's pursuit of sustained growth. During the just-concluded annual sessions of the country's top legislature and top political advisory body, Chinese leaders reassured the world that China is capable of maintaining a medium-high growth for a long time to come.
Raising the individual income tax threshold is always in the public's interest. But since an indiscriminate increase in the threshold will neither be fair nor serve the purpose of China's tax reforms, the authorities have decided to adopt various exemption standards to ease different income groups' financial burdens.
While some countries blame globalization for their sluggish economies, others remain positive about and ready to explore business opportunities offered by free trade. Saudi Arabia belongs to the second group and is eager to continue reaping the fruits of globalization.
Mobile phone users in China will not have to pay roaming charges while travelling within the Chinese mainland from October and people in European Union member countries will start enjoying the same concession within the union from mid-June.
Traditional views and prejudice are discouraging men from entering the nursing profession. Zhu Lixin reports from Hefei.
Yang Bin, a male nurse in Hefei
A group of male nurses found it so difficult to win the support of their prospective parents-in-law that they resorted to tricks to gain their approval.
For centuries, children in North China wore tiger-head shoes - so named because of the toe cap that resembles the head of a big cat.
Chen Hongxi has been teaching art since 2011. But at the Anxiang Special Education School in Anxiang county, Hunan province, the typical becomes atypical.
More than 40 percent of consumer goods exported to China last year through e-commerce platforms fell short of standards, China's top quality watchdog said on Wednesday, World Consumer Rights Day.
Culture officials in Suzhou, the so-called Venice of the Orient, have drafted regulations aimed at preserving the city's 2,500-year-old walls.
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