Food delivery company ID's driver seen beating girl with a broomstick

A driver for Meituan, the food delivery app, is being investigated along with his wife for alleged child abuse after they were filmed beating their daughter on multiple occasions.

Shanghai guideline raises alert over complaints by phony fraud-fighters

Seven regulatory departments in Shanghai have jointly put forward a guideline to prevent purported fights against fraud that are themselves fraudulent.

Ofo customers still wait for refunds

The top transport authority has urged Beijing-based Ofo, the cash-strapped bike-sharing platform, to refund customer deposits smoothly and quickly, but also called for the public to have more tolerance for the new industry.

Banker gets suspended death penalty for graft

A former official who worked for banks in the Inner Mongolia autonomous region for more than two decades was sentenced to a suspended death on Friday for corruption, embezzlement and accepting bribes of more than 600 million yuan ($87 million).

Nine jailed for dumping garbage in Yangtze River

Nine people were sentenced to up to six and a half years in prison in Changshu, Jiangsu province, on Friday for dumping more than 40,000 metric tons of trash into the Yangtze River and the cities it runs through.

'Hardwork' chosen as 'hot' word of the year

Fen, the Chinese word for "hardwork", was chosen as the hottest character related to domestic topics in 2018, while the hottest character related to international topics is tui, meaning "withdraw", according to a news release from the Ministry of Education on Friday.

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Fraud against elderly targeted

The Ministry of Public Security said on Thursday that it will focus on preventing healthcare fraud against elderly people by beefing up its criminal investigations and creating long-term mechanisms to crack down on such crimes.

Validity to be reviewed before regulations take effect

A new mechanism will be established to review the legal validity of government regulatory documents before their implementation, high-ranking officials said.

Nation's 1st private rocket factory begins operation

The first privately owned carrier rocket factory in China, and the largest of its kind in Asia, recently began operations and is set to build what is expected to be the country's biggest privately designed rocket.

Visitors at panda base review its path from nursing to 'sexercise'

Xiao Li has visited the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding in Sichuan province nine times this year, showing around relatives and friends who have come from outside the province.

Ethics standards developed for research on humans

Medical experts and authorities in South China will compile a list of ethics regulations for human biomedical studies, a move that comes on the heels of strong condemnation of a Chinese researcher who claimed to have made the world's first genetically edited babies.