Three standing trial for luring foreign prostitutes

Three people stood trial on Friday in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, accused of sheltering and introducing foreign women to prostitution.

18 scientific projects shortlisted for space station experiments

Eighteen project proposals from scientists around the world for space experiments onboard China's future space station - which is expected to begin operations in 2022 - have been shortlisted for further evaluation, and the final selections will be announced in June, China Manned Space Agency said on Thursday.

Jilin strengthens ecological protection

Northeast China's Jilin province has strengthened protection efforts and witnessed improvements in the environment in recent years, which nourished more protected animals in the wild and also attracted more tourists, said Bayinchaolu, the provincial Party chief.

Ex-official sentenced to jail term of 20 years

Zhou Chunyu, a former vice-governor of Anhui province, received a jail term of 20 years and a fine of 361 million yuan ($53.7 million) for graft at a local court on Friday.

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Principals to share meals with students

Beijing education authorities issued new rules to strengthen food safety in school cafeterias, including requiring school headmasters to eat the same food together with students.

Past solution to formalism scrapped as needless burden

Liu Mingli, who was sent to the village of Guhe by the government of Fuyang, Anhui province, in 2014 to work on poverty alleviation, has been unable recently to log into an app that she used to upload photos and summaries of her daily work.

Fujian's young Samaritan will not be charged

Prosecutors have decided not to charge a young man who injured another man while being a good Samaritan by stopping an assault.

'Cliff village' attracts tourists with its rattan ladders

A series of rattan ladders that used to be the only way up and down for 500 villagers living atop a cliff have become a tourist attraction in Liangshan Yi autonomous prefecture in Sichuan province.

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Bay Area plan sparks ambitions

Younger adults in Hong Kong and Macao are seeing a bright future north of the border with the release of the long-awaited development outline for the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area. They believe it will help them pursue their interests on the Chinese mainland - whether that means academic studies, building careers or starting new businesses.

HK, Macao legal workers to be arbitrators in Guangzhou

Legal professionals from Hong Kong and Macao will be allowed to work as arbitrators in Nansha district of Guangzhou as part of an effort by Guangdong province to strengthen cooperation with the two special administrative regions.