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Enjoying the sweet smell of success

The growing interest in Tibetan Buddhism among Han Chinese has presented a unique business opportunity for Dawa Phuntsok, who is the major shareholder in a factory that makes Tibetan incense in Nyingchi, a prefecture-level city in the Tibet autonomous region.

Region banks on benefits of education

Eliminating poverty in the Tibet autonomous region will be a long and arduous task, according to an official with the regional government.

Licenses to help combat pollution

A revamped pollutant discharge policy has been released that requires all stationary sources of pollution in China to be licensed by 2020, to further curb emissions, the Ministry of Environmental Protection said.

Nation handles accident, yuan rate

Ministries have responded to a series of public and media concerns about policy implementation and recent incidents over the past week, including an accident in a power plant in Jiangxi province, the renminbi exchange rate, vocational license regulation, and environmental protection.

Policy digest

Cabinet urges overcapacity cut

Industrial profits up

China's industrial profit growth came in at 9.8 percent year-on-year in October, up from 7.7 percent the previous month, a positive sign for the country's economic restructuring and macroeconomic stabilization.

Construction company to pay compensation

Compensation of 1.2 million yuan ($173,500) will be paid to the families of each of the workers killed when a platform collapsed at a power plant construction site in Yichun, Jiangxi province, the construction company said on Sunday.

Teacher turns panda droppings into paper

A retired teacher in northwestern China has found a novel raw material for making paper - poop from the giant panda.

National civil service exam poses up-to-date questions

The annual civil service exam kicked off on Sunday, and some recent topics - such as college graduates starting their own businesses and the Yutu lunar rover - appeared in the exam questions.

IN BRIEF (Page 4)

No child care means no second child for many

Nearly a year after China stepped into the new second-child policy era, child care has become a prominent issue in family planning, with more than 60 percent of the mothers who don't want a second child saying it's just too hard to find help.