New rules on air pollution in the works

China is drafting tailored air pollution control measures for 28 cities in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region as part of a national three-year campaign, the top environmental authority said on Tuesday.

Study sheds light on diet of giant panda

CHENGDU - A study has shed new light on how bamboo, a fibrous plant, provides nutrition for giant pandas, which feed almost exclusively on it.

Apology issued over donkey hides

A center under China's top health authority apologized for publishing an article claiming that a product made from donkey hides, traditionally believed to have medicinal benefits, is not worth buying.

Outbreaks of flu could come again in March

A new wave of flu outbreaks may occur in China in March, but it will be not as serious as the one that hit many parts of the country earlier this winter, an official from the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention said on Tuesday.

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Germany science ties promoted

China and Germany will strengthen cooperation in scientific fields to tackle global issues and help achieve green and sustainable socioeconomic development through innovation, officials from both countries said on Tuesday.

73 telecom fraud suspects repatriated

A total of 73 suspects involved in telecom and online fraud cases have been brought back to China from the Philippines, the Ministry of Public Security said on Tuesday. The suspects have been linked to more than 40 cases, covering several Chinese provinces and involving 20 million yuan ($3.2 million), the ministry said in a statement.

Target for 2020: No child left behind

As China steps up its efforts to eradicate extreme poverty through allocating more educational resources to poverty-stricken areas, the goal is for no child in China to be prevented from attending school because of poverty by 2020, the Ministry of Education said on Tuesday.

County in Xinjiang looks beyond borders

A county on the border with Kazakhstan in the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region is improving its infrastructure and lifting up its poor through cross-border cooperation in agriculture.

Night schools reinforce Party

At 6 pm on a recent evening, Xiao Xinling, 62, took her notebook to attend night school with another 57 villagers in Nanyuan village of Tangyin county, in Henan province.

After-school tutor courses scrutinized

China will establish a blacklist of unsafe or poorly operated after-school training institutions for primary and secondary students by the end of June next year, as part of its oversight of the rapidly expanding industry, the Ministry of Education said on Monday.

Students getting more time for sleep, meals

A move to start classes for primary school students later in the day in Zhejiang and Heilongjiang provinces has received a warm response from parents, teachers and young students.