Black box found by diver; bus readied for lifting

The black-box recording device from the bus that plunged into the Yangtze River in Chongqing was found on Wednesday and handed over to the local public security bureau.

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Dalian Port sets ambitious agenda for transformation

Yu Bing, 44, started his career as a terminal operator at Dalian Port in Liaoning province. In 1993, few ships visited, and Yu's monthly salary was only 400 yuan ($57).

For champion crane operator, practice led to perfection

In 1995 I started my first job as an operator of the suspension bridge near the dock. It unexpectedly turned out to be the work of my entire life.

No stopping birth decline, expert says

The number of births in China is expected to continue to fall this year, despite its being the third year since the implementation of a national policy designed to encourage couples to have a second child, according to the president of the China Population Association.

Latest advice on HPV: Vaccinate males, too

Despite the growing popularity of HPV vaccines among Chinese women since the drugs became available on the Chinese mainland in 2017, males should also be advised to take the vaccine to prevent transmission of the virus, experts said.

Fungus and factories forge stable incomes and raise living standards

The lives of residents of four areas in western China are improving thanks to targeted measures. Zhang Yi reports from Aksu prefecture, Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, with Cui Jia in Urumqi.

Barbershops head new employment plan for women

This year, the office of the Women's Federation in Wushi, a State-designated poverty-stricken county in the south of the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, started a program to help 46 impoverished women open barbershops in their home villages.

Bikes and buildings see former herdsmen leading better lives

Roz Saddik is a Uygur herdsman in the mountainous area of Wushi county, Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, which shares a 137-kilometer border with Kyrgyzstan on its northwestern side.

Nine confirmed dead in bus plunge

A rescue team found nine people dead after a bus broke through a guardrail and plunged into the Yangtze River with an estimated 15 passengers on board in Chongqing on Sunday morning.

Sino-Russian expedition provides Arctic data

A recently concluded China-Russia joint Arctic expedition has yielded a more comprehensive and systematic understanding of the Arctic Ocean that will provide scientific support for the development of a Polar Silk Road, scientists from the two countries said on Tuesday.

Ex-official gets 12 years for graft; 2 others arrested

Lu Enguang, a former senior official of the Ministry of Justice, was sentenced to 12 years in prison by a court in Henan province on Tuesday after being convicted of offering bribes amounting to more than 20 million yuan ($2.87 million).