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This Day, That Year

[2017-07-17 07:28]

Item from July 17, 1987, in China Daily: Beijing is facing a serious water shortage and needs an additional 1 billion cubic meters of water every year. By 1990, the capital will lack 270 million cu m of water for domestic use and 670 million cu m for industrial use.

Financial conference resets course

[2017-07-17 07:28]

Better coordination among regulators to guard against systemic financial risks and more policies improving the financial sector's efficiency to serve the real economy can be expected after a top financial meeting of Chinese policymakers, analysts said on Sunday.

New CPC procedure fine-tunes oversight

[2017-07-17 07:28]

The Communist Party of China has issued a revised regulation on inspection in a renewed effort to improve supervision and governance of its more than 89 million members.

Bodies ID'd as sisters missing in Japan

[2017-07-17 07:28]

Japanese police have confirmed that two bodies dumped in the mountain woods in Hadano, Kanagawa prefecture, are the Chinese sisters who disappeared in Yokohama on July 6, the Chinese embassy in Tokyo has said.

Arson suspect held after blaze kills 22

[2017-07-17 07:28]

Police in Jiangsu province said they have arrested an arson suspect after a fire that engulfed a house claimed 22 lives on Sunday morning.

Chen Min'er appointed Party chief of Chongqing

[2017-07-17 07:28]

Sun Zhengcai will no longer concurrently hold the position of secretary of the Chongqing Municipal Committee of the Communist Party of China, according to a decision of the CPC Central Committee.

June fiscal revenue up sharply

[2017-07-15 07:03]

China's fiscal revenue recorded faster year-on-year growth in June, adding to signs of structural improvement of the world's second-largest economy.

4 HK lawmakers disqualified over oaths

[2017-07-15 07:03]

Hong Kong's High Court has thrown out four lawmakers of the Legislative Council for violating the legal requirements of oath-taking when being sworn in.

Powerful drone ready for global market

[2017-07-15 07:03]

China is ready to mass-produce the CH-5 reconnaissance/combat drone, the nation's latest offering to the international military drone market.

30% rise in 'last chance' pregnancies expected

[2017-07-15 07:03]

The number of pregnant women older than 35 in China is expected to exceed 3 million each year between 2017 and 2020, an increase of 30 percent compared with the average level in the past several years, a senior health official said.

Elephant 'canteen' easing tensions

[2017-07-15 07:03]

A "canteen" for wildlife in Southwest China's Yunnan province will be expanded to reduce friction between villagers and wild elephants that eat crops due to a food shortage.

Looking ahead

[2017-07-15 07:03]

Events and stories coming up in the next few days

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