Flu outbreak spurs vaccine R&D effort

Drugs companies are developing a new vaccine to combat the various flu strains that have swept China this winter, a respiratory expert told Guangzhou Daily on Wednesday.

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Vessels will continue to monitor leak

China has sent air and marine surveillance forces to monitor the oil leak caused by the sunken oil tanker Sanchi and will continue to work with other nations in handling this matter, said a Foreign Ministry spokesman.

2,554 websites closed over pirated content

More than 2,000 websites have been shut down for using or distributing pirated content, part of a national campaign against property theft, the top copyright authority said on Tuesday.

Hunt ongoing for train ticket home

With train tickets for Feb 15 - Lunar New Year's Eve - going on sale online on Wednesday, hundreds of millions of Chinese will try every means to buy themselves a seat for the journey home.

Homework burden eases for Chinese students

The amount of time primary and middle school students in China spent on homework fell from 3.03 hours a day in 2016 to 2.87 hours in 2017, but it is still far higher than in other countries, according to a research report.

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Classics get bigger role in schools

China's education authorities released new curriculum standards for high schools on Tuesday that will contain more content about traditional Chinese culture.

Meituan-Dianping releases food handbook

Two years after Michelin debuted its famed restaurant guide on the Chinese mainland, online-to-offline service platform Meituan-Dianping has picked 28 restaurants as "must try once in a lifetime" for its own guide launched on Tuesday in Shanghai.

Dense fog turns Shanghai into ancient art

A dense fog engulfed Shanghai on Tuesday morning, affecting road, water and air traffic while at the same time transforming the city into a heavenly world as depicted in traditional Chinese watercolor paintings.

Suzhou issues guideline in water towns' UNESCO heritage bid

Suzhou has released a water town protection and conservation guideline in support of a joint application by 14 Chinese water towns in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River to become a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Harbin travel guides reined in

Tourism authorities in Heilongjiang province summoned the heads of 31 travel agencies in Harbin this week to encourage them to strengthen their management of tour guides.