Action to promote better treatment of farm animals in China started about five years ago, according to Sun Zhongchao, who has researched the subject for eight years and was the first Chinese expert to gain a doctorate in animal welfare studies.
US home-sharing platform Airbnb has suspended a plan to provide lodging on the Badaling Great Wall in Beijing amid concerns that it could damage the ancient structure.
Disciplinary authorities in Central China's Henan province are looking into possible fraud in grading students' answer sheets in the national college entrance examination, or gaokao.
China Coast Guard officers have detained 3,587 people on suspicion of smuggling refined oil and cracked more than 800 such cases since last year, according to the Coast Guard on Tuesday.
A case in which six people were jailed for helping dozens of students cheat on China's national exam for graduate schools shows that such operations are becoming more organized and sophisticated, according to a Beijing judge.
Water quality in the country's offshore areas is deteriorating, even though the amount of wastewater discharged into the sea dropped last year, a report has found.
With large numbers of older people using WeChat, experts warn that a growing risk of online payment fraud could follow, since seniors are more vulnerable and more easily influenced.
Ninety-six percent of government websites have been successful in providing useful information and services to the public in a timely manner, according to the results of a spot check released recently by the State Council.
A point system for regulating pet dogs has reduced complaints about dogs biting or otherwise disturbing people by 65 percent in 2017 from the previous year in Jinan, Shandong province, according to the social security branch of the Jinan police.
Beijing has issued the first guideline in the nation requiring that toilets in the restaurant industry receive daily inspections.
Manager Sun Guanghao sighed when asked about the summer output of his sea cucumber farm - known as Yushengyuan - in Dalian, Liaoning province.
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