Walking her family's path, she nurtures cranes

Every day, Xu Zhuo opens her diary and writes down the details of the daily work feeding, breeding, inoculating and curing red-crowned cranes - the same work her father and aunt did decades ago.

Floating classes carry Party messages to fishing villages

NANNING - At least once a month they gather on decks or in the red-roofed house in the center of the water, sitting on stools to hear or study the latest theories and policies of the Communist Party of China.

Ethnic minority folk songs bring spirit of CPC Congress to life

CHONGQING - It may not seem like a theme typical of an average folk song, but the spirit of the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China is now being included in the lyrics China's ethnic minority folk music.

Optimism rises over fate of the finless porpoise

The rate of decline in the number of finless porpoises in the Yangtze River may have slowed in the past six years, according to experts in the field.

Development driving mammal's decline

In China, the finless porpoise is only found in the middle and lower stretches of the Yangtze River, its main tributaries and two adjoining lakes.

We can't always take from nature

Yang Tianxi, a 49-year-old porpoise guard

China to test large solid-fuel rocket engine

China will begin testing the world's largest solid-propellant rocket engine in February, according to a senior space scientist interviewed on Sunday.

Country sees surge in postgrad applicants

About 2.38 million Chinese were expected to take the entrance exam for postgraduate studies between Saturday and Monday, up by 370,000 people (18 percent) year-on-year, according to the Ministry of Education.

Online charity for poor kids blames mistake on human error

An online charity program that matches money donors with poor children born on the donors' birthdays blamed human error after pictures of some youngsters appeared in multiple profiles, raising suspicions among netizens.

Employment hits record high, as 10m new jobs are added

China's employment rate in the first three quarters of 2017 hit a record high, with more than 10 million new jobs added to the economy between January and September, according to a report by the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences.

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Key lab to improve air monitoring with innovations

More effective technology and equipment should be developed to monitor air pollution in China, according to experts in the field, and a new key laboratory is being built to make sure that happens.