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Guangzhou master plan highlights new airport

The location of a second international airport in Guangzhou, Guangdong province, was identified over the weekend as the city published its long-awaited development plan through 2035.

Glass entrepreneur happy to be home

For Pei Shiyou, this year's Lunar New Year's Eve was among the few he has spent with his extended family.

Protected bear to share living quarters with giant pandas

After a month of careful nursing, an Asian black bear that was rescued by wild animal protection volunteers and police in Tieli, Heilongjiang province, is recovering well at the Heilongjiang Endangered Wildlife Rescue and Rehabilitation Center and will be sent to the Yabuli giant panda habitat at Yabuli Ski Resort in the province next week.

Vehicle testing centers face tests

Beijing's vehicle testing centers have been warned that they could lose their licenses if they fail a new annual inspection, part of an improved supervisory system to be rolled out on Thursday.

New round of disciplinary checks starts across country

Fifteen inspection teams tasked with enforcing Party discipline have been sent to examine 30 provincial-level regions, ministry-level agencies and State-owned enterprises, China's top anti-graft watchdog announced over the weekend.

2 more bodies retrieved after Taiwan quake

The bodies of a couple from the Chinese mainland killed in a magnitude 6.5 earthquake in Taiwan's Hualien county earlier this month were removed from a collapsed building around 2 pm on Sunday, Taiwan media reported.

Charities and donors can be rewarded or penalized

Charities and donors will receive rewards or disciplinary action from up to 40 government departments based on their credit scores, according to a senior official from the Ministry of Civil Affairs.

Officials punished over 'irregularities' at nature reserves

More than 1,100 officials have been held accountable for environmental irregularities in China's nature reserves after a six-month environmental protection inspection that lasted until the end of last year, the Ministry of Environmental Protection said in a statement on Saturday.

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Gears meshing for 2022 Winter Games

All infrastructure in progress, Beijing organizing committee announces

Tourism gives struggling Hunan community a path out of poverty

Goulanyao village in Hunan province is being hailed as a prime example of successful poverty reduction achieved by developing rural tourism.