Substandard cables replaced, top railway operator says

China Railway Corp said on Friday that it had replaced all cables provided by a company found to be supplying substandard product that might ignite and release toxic gases.

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Nuclear monitoring stations to triple

China will more than triple the number of stations monitoring atmospheric radiation levels nationwide by 2020 as part of a nuclear energy security plan, a senior official from China's nuclear energy security authority said on Thursday.

Bakery accused of using faulty flour

A former employee of one of Shanghai's most popular bakery chains, Farine, which means flour in French, has accused the chain of using expired flour and of other sanitary issues.

Number of illicit drug users rebounds

The number of registered illicit drug users in China at the end of last year reached 2.5 million, a rise of nearly 7 percent compared with 2015, according to the latest national drug report.

Watchdog to launch inspection of cables

China's quality watchdog requested on Thursday a nationwide inspection of companies producing electric wires and cables, in the wake of reports that substandard cables were found in some metro systems.

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Medical care reform to reduce costs

Patients in Beijing will soon be spending less money on drugs due to a comprehensive medical care reform covering all public hospitals in the capital.

Sorting waste may help save money, prevent pollution

Beijing could save hundreds of millions of yuan a year by introducing policies on sorting household waste and reducing the amount of garbage that is incinerated, new research has found.

Inaccurate stories removed from textbook

Controversial parts of a textbook for primary school students, including a story about Thomas Edison saving his mother, will be removed from a new edition for the autumn semester, according to its publishers.

Primary school students killed in stampede

A stampede at a primary school in Henan province's Puyang county resulted in the deaths of two students, while more than 20 others were injured in the incident on Wednesday morning.

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