No signs of HIV in immunity booster

Samples of an immunity-boosting blood product that were suspected of being contaminated by HIV have been found to be free of the virus through nucleic acid tests, China's top drug watchdog announced on Thursday.

People's welfare focus of Li's trip

Premier Li Keqiang called for further improvement in people's livelihood, including employment, education, heating and transport, during a two-day inspection tour to Ulaanqab city in the Inner Mongolia autonomous region on Friday and Saturday.

Taiwan residents dream of bridge to offshore islands

For years, Taiwan resident Wu Chia-ying has hoped to see a bridge connecting the bustling mainland to Jinmen, an islet attached to Taiwan but lying off the coast of Xiamen, Fujian province.

2 former vice-chairmen expelled for corruption

Two former vice-ministerial officials have been expelled from the Communist Party of China for serious discipline violations, and their cases have been transferred to prosecuting authorities for graft charges, as the country continues its fight against corruption.

48 officials punished over defective vaccine case

A total of 48 officials have been punished following the discovery of defective vaccines produced by Changchun Changsheng Life Sciences Ltd, said the Communist Party of China Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the National Supervisory Commission in a statement over the weekend.

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Customs officers seize ivory, pangolin scales in sweep

Customs officers from Guangdong province and Hong Kong have seized 2,070 kilograms of ivory and 8,268 kg of pangolin scales after cracking a major smuggling operation in mid January.

Hainan gets prepared for holiday transportation

The painful experience of being stranded for long hours by foggy weather in Hainan last winter may be much less likely to happen this year as efforts have been made to ensure the smooth flow of tourists during the upcoming Spring Festival holiday.

Pandas frolic in man-made snowfall

It was smoggy and overcast in Chengdu, Sichuan province, on Thursday. But visitors to the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding in the northern suburbs of the city had a pleasant surprise to see a panda mother frolicking in the snow with her two cubs.

Lunar New Year puts barber shops under stress

Her hair wrapped in a plastic cap, 64-year-old Yang Shuxian settled into a chair in a bustling hair salon in downtown Beijing to get a perm for the Spring Festival, which falls on Feb 5 this year.

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Dust control to improve air in Xiongan

Starting on Friday, strict control of dust from construction sites will be enforced in Xiongan New Area, Beijing's new extension in Hebei province, through monitoring and warnings designed to remove the worst violators.