Judges urge bankruptcy trial reform

China's top judicial official urged courts at all levels to improve bankruptcy trials to ensure a fair and just business environment.

Superfast battery can fully charge in seconds

HANGZHOU - Researchers at Zhejiang University have developed a new type of aluminum-graphene battery that can be charged in seconds instead of hours.

Debt division after divorce under study

China's top court is studying how to fix a judicial interpretation of the Marriage Law that forces divorced couples to jointly pay off debts incurred during the marriage.

Cold families get some heat at last

Heating has been supplied to almost 100,000 families that were still shivering in mid-December after falling through the cracks of energy conversion projects, according to the Ministry of Environmental Protection.

3 in flight crew arrested for restaurant brawl

Xiamen Air confirmed on Monday that three of its crew members were investigated by Singapore police after a brawl broke out during a meal.

CPC issues regulation promoting openness

The Communist Party of China Central Committee made public on Monday a regulation to promote transparency in Party affairs. Transparency in Party affairs is "a great measure" to implement the spirit of the 19th National Congress of the CPC, firmly uphold full and strict governance over the Party and improve the Party's ability to govern and lead, the Central Committee said in a statement.

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Noise barrier protects birds from loud trains

Engineers and technicians working on the Shenzhen-Maoming Railway, an important transport link between the two coastal cities in Guangdong province, have finished construction of a fully enclosed noise barrier on a section running through an ecological scenic site.

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.