Make life convenient while improving living environment

Nearly 27 years have passed, but I clearly remember my first trip to Beijing. It was beautiful, but boring. In Beijing, I met my parents at what then looked like a pretty good hotel in the Liangmaqiao area. To get a taste of Beijing cuisine, however, we had to go to the downtown Dashilan shopping area. But even in Dashilan, where pedestrians were few and traffic light, we couldn't find any decent restaurants serving Beijing food.

Latest judicial guideline is not a letup on drunken driving

The Supreme People's Court issued a pilot guideline on the penalties for drunken driving recently, which stipulates that offenses that cause very little harm to society should not be considered crimes, and thus be exempt from the penalties set out for dangerous driving in the Criminal Law.

Give fintech room to develop

The People's Bank of China, the country's central bank, recently announced it had established a committee to study the impact of financial technology on monetary policy, the financial markets, and payment and clearing mechanisms, saying fintech has injected new vitality into financial services, but also brought new challenges.

First-generation migrant workers deserve better support in old age

SINCE THE OPENING-UP and reform policy was launched in 1978, hundreds of millions of people from rural areas left their hometowns to work in cities. Today most of the first-generation migrant workers are in their 60s or 70s. Beijing Youth Daily comments:

Innovation always makes a difference

EXPATS FROM SOME 20 COUNTRIES along the Belt and Road routes listed high-speed railways, online shopping, Alipay, the mobile payment service of e-commerce giant Alibaba, and bike-sharing, as China's "four great modern inventions", according to a recent survey conducted by Beijing Foreign Studies University. Yanzhao Evening News commented on Tuesday:

It is irresponsible, not in their interest to spoil children

A FEMALE COLLEGE STUDENT angrily kicked the stools being used by two 4-year-olds because she could no longer tolerate the noise they were making in a restaurant in Dalian, Northeast China's Liaoning province. The mother of one kid fought with the student "to protect her child". Beijing News comments:

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Lifting global economic collaboration

The Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation, which concluded in Beijing on Monday, succeeded in dispelling the myth that China aspires to dominate the world, and forging more and stronger multilateral partnerships among economies to boost global growth.

US cyber policy to blame for virus attacks

Editor's note: The massive global cyberattack that began on Friday has once again set off alarm bells for global internet security. The virus called "WannaCry" used the EternalBlue developed by the United States' National Security Agency that was stolen by the hackers. What measures should China take for its cyber security? And what should individuals do for self-protection? Two experts share their views with China Daily's Zhang Zhouxiang on the subject:

On way to achieving targeted growth rate

China's economy remains on a solid footing, according to the National Bureau of Statistics, which released the macroeconomic data for April on Monday. However, some indicators show China may face downward pressure in the second half of this year.

Moon raises hopes of restoring peace on Peninsula

Greater global cooperation required to fight cyber crime

The unprecedented global cyberattack that began on Friday has reportedly infected hundreds of thousands of computers in more than 150 countries and regions, including China, where around 30,000 institutions such as universities and gas stations have fallen victim to the WannaCry ransomware, according to Qihoo 360, a leading Chinese internet security company.