SCO political parties agree to cooperate

Representatives from countries in the Shanghai Cooperation Organization have agreed to institutionalize their forum of political parties to facilitate exchanges for better development of the organization.

Freight rail tunnel breaks through early

Workers on Sunday morning completed the digging of a tunnel for the world's longest heavy-freight railway - which will stretch from coal-rich northern China to the country's central provinces - five months ahead of schedule, the project contractor said.

Rural education to get more financial support

China will lend stronger financial support to improve education quality in remote rural areas to improve the country's weak links in education, a senior official said.

Girl's death triggers calls for better crowd funding supervision

Local police in Henan province are looking into accusations that a mother raised money online for her three-year-old daughter with eye cancer but failed to use the money for her treatment.

Airlines rectifying country listings

Eighteen of the 44 foreign airlines that had been required to stop listing the Hong Kong and Macao special administrative regions and Taiwan as though they are independent countries have finished the rectification, the Civil Aviation Administration of China said on Friday.

Ride-hailing apps to be ranked on quality

Ride-hailing apps will be included in China's quality evaluation system for taxi services to help govern the booming market and improve standards, the Ministry of Transport said on Thursday.

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Accuracy of Beidou system is improving

China's third-generation Beidou Navigation Satellite System has begun to take shape and continues to improve its accuracy, a program leader said.

2 plead guilty to charges of corruption

FUZHOU - Wang Yincheng, former president of the People's Insurance Co (Group) of China, was sentenced to prison for 11 years on Thursday for accepting bribes of more than 8.7 million yuan ($1.36 million).

FTZs to play key role in boosting economy

China has unveiled plans to further deepen reform and boost innovation in three coastal pilot free-trade zones to improve the business environment and enhance the country's opening-up, a senior commerce official said on Thursday.

'Sugar daddy' app banned from WeChat

Having soared to become one of the most-downloaded iPhone and Android apps in China within three days, the dating website SeekingArrangement was banned on Thursday from WeChat, the country's most-used social networking platform.

Police work with online service to find lost kids

Nearly 3,000 children were reunited with their families with the help of an online service created to locate lost youngsters, the Ministry of Public Security said on Thursday.