New carrier does not mean change to defense policy

The launch on Wednesday of China's first totally home-built aircraft carrier marks a major step forward for its military modernization, and highlights the technical progress the country has made over the past several decades.

IPR protection example

According to the data from a weeklong publicity activity in Shenzhen aimed at promoting intellectual property rights protection, there were 140,000 domestic patent applications in the city in 2016, and the city of South China's Guangdong province accounted for approximately half of China's international patent applications that year.

Live-stream spying on kids at school violates their rights

IT IS REPORTED THAT some schools have installed cameras in classrooms and dormitories and provide the video to live broadcast websites. Beijing News comments:

Providing cheap homes is the key

ACCORDING TO THE LATEST OFFICIAL DATA, so far this year, 50 key cities nationwide have made 764.5 billion yuan ($111 billion) by selling State-owned land in the realty market, which is 53.3 percent higher than that during the same period in 2016. Beijing Youth Daily comments:

Students' priority should be studying not home buying

FIVE PROVINCIAL CAPITALS, Wuhan, Changsha, Chengdu, Hefei and Nanchang, are now allowing students at college to pay into the government housing provident fund on a monthly basis. Thepaper.cn comments:

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Launch of carrier a momentous milestone

China's first carrier, CNS Liaoning, was rebuilt from a former Soviet cruiser. Its first totally home-built aircraft carrier, which was launched on Wednesday, relies on China's own research and technologies and it marks a new milestone in the modernizing of the Chinese navy.

Promoting innovation in space science

China has always known that only through innovation in space science and technology can it become a space power. In the past year, scientists and engineers have made major breakthroughs in the technology needed for space exploration.

China is not in a 'social division' trap

Editors' note: Does China face the challenge of "weak social mobility"? This has become a hot topic of discussion, even though social mobility in China is better than in many other countries. Three experts share their views with China Daily's Wu Zheyu. Excerpts follow:

Falling commodity prices big challenge for poor countries

Almost three years into the sharp drop of global commodity prices, economic conditions have become very difficult for many of the world's 60 poorest countries - a group the International Monetary Fund refers to as "low-income developing countries" (LIDCs).

US welcome to join Belt and Road Initiative

At a forum held in New York on Monday, China's Ambassador to the United States Cui Tiankai invited Washington to join the Beijing-proposed Belt and Road Initiative.

Short pain for long-term gain

The Shanghai Composite Index fell 43.62 points, or 1.37 percent, to close at 3,129.53 on Monday, the sharpest drop in more than four months, amid damped market sentiments following a series of tightened measures by regulators.