China is making progress in battling the smog that can shroud its big cities, but in some areas, especially in northeastern China, water pollution is still severe.
The State Forestry and Grassland Administration is launching a nationwide inspection of China's natural reserves with a view to punishing illegal actions, rectifying problems in the protected areas and preserving them to build a better ecosystem.
A pair of disposable chopsticks, a plastic candy wrapper, a train ticket, orange peel, a ripped plastic bag that held the orange, a sticker tag, an apple pit, tissues...
Yang Junxing has been devoted to protecting rare fish species for 35 years, and his methods for breeding them in captivity as a way to commercialize the preservation of endangered species have proved successful.
Villagers thought Chen Xijin was nuts - in more ways than one - when he felled all his chestnut trees in Liaoning province in 2006.
Nanping, among the poorest places in eastern China's Fujian province, is close to eliminating absolute poverty, local officials said.
A project launched to raise employment levels among poor rural women by teaching them how to make a popular noodle soup has become a surprise hit with ambitious young Chinese educated at universities overseas.
Meng Fanrong once considered jumping into the Pearl River in Guangzhou, Guangdong province, with her baby son in her arms because she was fearful of the future that awaited him.
Things are changing for China's tens of millions of migrant workers, including Wang Xiuqiong, 43, who is finding life far from home much more comfortable than in the past.
Bao Mingwei treats "patients" more than 30 times his own size.
Shan Dongping, 40, sold vegetables in a Shanghai market for years before becoming its deputy manager two years ago.
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