Father gets death for slaying doctor

A father from Shandong province whose newborn daughter died in a hospital has been sentenced to death for killing the doctor who treated her.

Guangzhou links credit to sorting of garbage

Classify trash for recycling, or else: That's the message Guangzhou, Guangdong province, is sending to property management companies.

Silk Road project lauded by media

Senior editors and reporters from 18 nations who attended a seminar in the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region and Beijing on the Silk Road Economic Belt said they look forward to seeing how the Belt and Road Initiative will help people in their countries.

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'Liquor river' protection hailed

Authorities in southern China say joint efforts and integrated measures have helped protect the ecology and environment along the Chishui River, a major tributary of the Yangtze River.

Cleaning boats rid waterways of trash

Lately, Yangtze River cleaner Liu Bo, 29, has been starting work at 6:30 am on the water and only gets home around 8 pm.

Li calls for safeguarding national, ethnic unity

Premier Li Keqiang has called for patriots from religious circles in the Tibet autonomous region to help safeguard national unification, ethnic unity and social harmony.

Water plant gives Lizhuang cleaner future

People in Lizhuang, a town more than 1,400 years old in Sichuan province, are confident their lives will improve with the construction of the Yangtze River Economic Belt.

Official pleads guilty to bribery

Chen Shulong, former vice-governor of Anhui province, pleaded guilty on Friday to taking a huge amount of bribes and causing State financial losses of 2.91 billion yuan ($425 million).

Vaccine company doctored records

A pharmaceutical company that produced a faulty rabies vaccine had fabricated records to cover up illegal production methods, a special investigation team sent by the State Council discovered.

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Real economy to get stronger govt support

Proactive fiscal policy will be used further to cut taxes and fees, help ease financing difficulties for small and micro businesses and support the real economy, Vice-Minister of Finance Liu Wei said at a media briefing on Thursday.