Opening-up has brought prosperity to township in Guangdong

The situation in Changan township had become serious, with young people having left while the aged lived in panic after the farmlands had been abandoned.

Designated smoke areas harm efforts at reduction

The recent move by the tobacco industry to build more designated smoking zones in public places in many Chinese cities could seriously dampen China's tobacco control efforts, experts warned on Friday.

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Ministry vows tough line on crime gangs

Chinese police have cracked 1.18 million cases of theft, robbery and fraud since the beginning of the year and retrieved property worth 6.56 billion yuan ($951 million) for members of the public, the Ministry of Public Security announced on Thursday.

Planned water conservation projects encouraged to go ahead

Efforts will be made to ensure that all water conservation projects proposed several years ago are launched by 2020, the Ministry of Water Resources said on Thursday.

Dinosaur footprints found at mine

A large area of fossilized dinosaur footprints has been found at a copper mine in Sichuan province.

Screening can dramatically lower incidence of gastrointestinal cancer

Medical experts are suggesting that high-risk groups over the age of 40 get annual screenings for gastric cancer, which is the second most common cancer in China.

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Chinese airlines seek to end pilot shortage

Major airlines in China have lowered recruitment thresholds and increased training budgets to lure more college students and graduates into their cockpits as a pilot shortage spreads across the country's booming aviation industry.

Vocational education brews up big dreams

Xing Junjie, a second-year student at Guangzhou Vocational School of Tourism and Business, earned a spot in this month's national finals of a coffee-making competition by placing second in a southern region preliminary in Guangzhou last month.

Ex-porter's company provides jobs

His lanky frame and poor eyesight probably made Liu Xiaoxiao, 55, the worst bangbang in Chongqing, but now he's known as the "general of the bangbang army".

Prosecutors: Students stalked before killing

A man accused of hacking two schoolboys to death in Shanghai in June appeared in court on Thursday on charges of intentional killing.