Premier Li Keqiang called at a meeting on Tuesday for boosting the nation's economic transformation and pace of growth by promoting technological innovation, emerging industries and effective investment and consumption.
China's economy got off to a strong start in the first quarter, with GDP expanding at a higher-than-expected 6.9 percent year-on-year. The result, analysts said, has laid a solid foundation for the country to achieve its growth target of at least 6.5 percent this year.
Beijing has urged "an immediate halt" to deployment of the US Terminal High Altitude Area Defense anti-missile system in the Republic of Korea after Washington and Seoul agreed on its early deployment.
China's largest and heaviest spacecraft, the Tianzhou 1, which also is its first cargo spaceship, was moved into place atop the new-generation Long March 7 rocket on Monday at the Wenchang Space Launch Center in Hainan province in preparation for its mission.
Foreign permanent residents in China will have their "green cards" upgraded starting in July, which may make their daily life and work easier in the country, according to a reform plan issued by the Ministry of Public Security on Monday.
Chinese scientists have identified the chemical mechanism of celastrol, which they call one of the most potent natural weight-loss agents, marking another step toward its possible future development into a major weight-loss drug.
It may be a well-worn cliche, but first impressions do matter, as much for places as they do for people.
Item from April 18, 1997, in China Daily: The booming tourism trade has turned China into the world's fifth most popular destination. ...
China and Vietnam on Monday vowed to push forward with the Belt and Road Initiative and maintain stability at sea.
CRRC Qiqihar Rolling Stock Co, China's biggest freight train manufacturer by production volume, received 7,900 freight car orders from home and abroad in the first quarter, gaining new growth momentum after two years of declining market conditions, its officials said on Monday.