China's leading scientific institute will invest 20 million yuan ($2.9 million) over the next 18 months in projects that tackle heavy metal pollution in soil, as part of efforts to safeguard food and water security, the Chinese Academy of Sciences said on Wednesday.
The former police chief of Tianjin pleaded guilty to corruption-related charges on Wednesday, a court statement said.
China has detected a gold mine with estimated reserves of 550 metric tons in the eastern province of Shandong, a major gold producer has announced.
The government in Huizhou, Guangdong province, has vowed to improve water quality of 15 rivers in the following few years to create a green and modern city.
More than 2 million children of migrant workers are unable to enroll in public primary or junior schools in the cities where their parents live, according to a report.
The Tibet autonomous region plans to spend 30 billion yuan ($4.3 billion) improving people's livelihoods this year, according to the region's financial department.
LHASA - A top government official of the Tibet autonomous region on Monday said Tibet is "full of vigor" and its people are confident that they are on par with others in the nation to achieve a "moderately prosperous society".
An investigation has found that a hospital in Sichuan province neglected its duty when it failed to inform a pregnant woman she had tested positive for HIV and syphilis.
China's targets for elderly care services in the nation's top development plan show how determined the government is to tackle the challenges of an aging population, according to officials.
The average life expectancy in Shanghai reached more than 83 years in 2016, far higher than the national average of 76.3 in 2015 and close to the world's highest of 83.7 in Japan and 83.4 in Switzerland.
A Shanghai court has jailed two women who "rented" village children as young as 7 years old and forced them to steal.
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