Courts target corruption at lower levels

Beijing judges vowed on Wednesday to increase their efforts to clean up corruption by intensifying punishments of officials at lower levels, where misconduct makes up the highest proportion of offenses.

Ex-lottery official probed for graft

Feng Lizhi, former deputy head of the China Welfare Lottery Distribution and Management Center of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, was placed under investigation for alleged graft, according to the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection.

Beijing protests US-Taiwan interaction

Beijing firmly opposes any form of official or military contact between the United States and Taiwan, a Chinese mainland official said on Wednesday in response to two US warships passing through the Taiwan Straits last week.

Job market sees growth in Q1-3 this year

China's job market grew steadily during the first three quarters of the year, as the country's registered unemployment rate fell to 3.82 percent in September, the lowest since 2002, China's top human resources authority said on Wednesday.

Black box found by diver; bus readied for lifting

The black-box recording device from the bus that plunged into the Yangtze River in Chongqing was found on Wednesday and handed over to the local public security bureau.

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Dalian Port sets ambitious agenda for transformation

Yu Bing, 44, started his career as a terminal operator at Dalian Port in Liaoning province. In 1993, few ships visited, and Yu's monthly salary was only 400 yuan ($57).

For champion crane operator, practice led to perfection

In 1995 I started my first job as an operator of the suspension bridge near the dock. It unexpectedly turned out to be the work of my entire life.

No stopping birth decline, expert says

The number of births in China is expected to continue to fall this year, despite its being the third year since the implementation of a national policy designed to encourage couples to have a second child, according to the president of the China Population Association.

Latest advice on HPV: Vaccinate males, too

Despite the growing popularity of HPV vaccines among Chinese women since the drugs became available on the Chinese mainland in 2017, males should also be advised to take the vaccine to prevent transmission of the virus, experts said.

Fungus and factories forge stable incomes and raise living standards

The lives of residents of four areas in western China are improving thanks to targeted measures. Zhang Yi reports from Aksu prefecture, Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, with Cui Jia in Urumqi.

Barbershops head new employment plan for women

This year, the office of the Women's Federation in Wushi, a State-designated poverty-stricken county in the south of the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, started a program to help 46 impoverished women open barbershops in their home villages.