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Beloved trees have messy habit

Nanjing, Jiangsu province, has developed an online platform to forecast the amount of annoying dry fruits, or achenes, that will fall off plane trees. The trees are beloved by the city's 8 million people, except from April to June, when they create a mess.

25 Beijing underpasses undergo renovations

Beijing will finish restoring 25 pedestrian underpasses this year along Chang'an Avenue, the capital's central thoroughfare, to upgrade their function and appearance.

Pilot jury program may be extended

A pilot program for jurors in Chinese courtrooms may continue for an additional year.

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Further ecological oversight launched

China launched another round of monthlong environmental inspections in seven provincial regions on Monday to push the provincial and city governments to reduce pollution, according to the nation's top environmental authority.

First geographical mapping survey results to be shared

The Chinese government will actively seek to share, promote and apply its first set of national mapping information data through institutions and companies to better serve the public, Kurex Mexsut, deputy head of the National Administration of Surveying, Mapping and Geoinformation, said on Monday.

Submersible Jiaolong tested for South China Sea deep dive

The Jiaolong, China's manned submersible, completed a practice dive in Sanya, Hainan province, on Saturday to prepare for a deep descent in the South China Sea. The submersible stayed underwater for 18 minutes in Saturday's drill before returning to the Xiangyanghong 09, the mother ship, after the crew-training exercise.

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Sanlitun street feels a crunch

Illegal extensions of buildings ripped down; result is a matter of opinion

Intellectual property cases reach new high

China's courts handled a record 152,072 intellectual property cases last year, with 70 percent of them heard in Guangdong, Zhejiang and Jiangsu provinces, along with Beijing and Shanghai municipalities.

Domestic airliner in final tests

The C919, the much-anticipated first commercial aircraft for passengers to be made in China, has taken another step closer to its maiden flight by completing its fourth high-speed taxiing test on Sunday in Shanghai.