Editor's Note: Starting Monday, China Daily will publish a series of preview stories focusing on major issues expected to be discussed at the two sessions - the annual gathering of the nation's top legislature and its top body of political advisers. The two sessions will start in early March.
Construction of large infrastructural projects linking major cities in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area has been stepped up after the central government unveiled a development plan for the area.
Twenty-one miners died and 29 were injured after a shuttle lost control on its way down a mine shaft.
President Xi Jinping hailed Saudi Arabia as a good friend and good partner on Friday as he voiced China's strong support for the country's endeavors in safeguarding national sovereignty, security and stability.
The unusually wet winter in Shanghai and other cities in the Yangtze River Delta region has created a seldom seen wardrobe crisis for local residents.
China and the United States are expected to reach a trade deal in the latest talks in Washington, marking the most significant progress toward ending the monthslong trade disputes, experts said.
Politics should not be the motivation for the United States to try to crush Chinese companies including Huawei, as was shown by a poll conducted by CNN, analysts said.
The government will make further efforts to stabilize employment, finance, trade, foreign capital, investment and market expectations this year, according to a key Party meeting on Friday.
The market for previously owned homes in China's first-and second-tier cities showed signs of cooling in January, as sale prices dropped for first time in 45 months, signaling a stable year for housing prices, experts said.
A central-level joint investigative group looking into a high-profile case in which a top court officer claimed he experienced retaliation from his colleagues and that corruption exists in the country's Supreme People's Court concluded on Friday that the allegations were untrue.
Most export-dependent Asian economies posted slower growth in 2018 under the shadow of trade frictions between major economies, and the same frictions are affecting this year's prospects.
Private and foreign investors are being encouraged to enter the scrap motor vehicle business to fuel competition in China's huge market, officials at the Ministry of Commerce said on Friday.
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