New screening method finds cancer through breath test

A Shanghai hospital is collaborating with a biotechnology company from the United Kingdom to start clinical trials of a method to screen for cancer through breathing tests - which it said has great potential to become an easy, noninvasive and less expensive way for early diagnosis of various cancers.

Endangered alligators sleep as humans take measures to save them

As critically endangered Chinese alligators lie asleep, dreaming whatever alligators dream during hibernation, the government of Anhui province is taking action to protect the species.

Jiangxi stabber subdued by people in market after injuring 11, police say

A man who stabbed 11 people with a knife in Ji'an, Jiangxi province, on Thursday was under police control, according to the local government.

State Council focuses on key poor regions

China aims to lift more than 10 million people above the poverty line this year, and 300 counties will be removed from the poverty list, a high-ranking official said on Wednesday.

Sewage exits along Yangtze River to be mapped

The Ministry of Ecology and Environment, China's top environmental watchdog, has launched a campaign to comb the banks of the Yangtze River to map all sewage outlets and identify any that are unregistered.

Polluters of waterway to face harsher punishments

China will hand down more severe punishments to those who commit environmental crimes in the Yangtze River Economic Belt, according to a document issued by five central departments on Wednesday specifying offenses and punishment standards.

Nation's logging capital goes green

Yichun native Liu Yangshun is one of the more than 70,000 veteran forestry workers laid off in 2013 when his hometown in Heilongjiang province, known as the forest capital of China, decided to go for "green development" and banned any form of commercial logging.

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Beijing promises to improve air quality

Beijing's environmental watchdog has vowed to further improve air quality in the capital this year.

Guideline to enhance security on campuses

Shanghai will establish a 200-meter safe zone around schools, according to a guideline designed to enhance campus security that was released by the municipal government on Wednesday, as students started their first day in the city's public schools.

100 poached harbor seals found; rules suggested

Experts called for further protection of harbor seals, after a poaching case came to light involving 100 wild seal cubs in northern China's Liaodong Bay last week.

Private kindergartens won't go away; they'll be supported, official says

Private kindergartens will continue to play an important role in China's preschool education system, and the government will continue to provide active support for the sector, an education official said recently.