Driving his old car along a path, Fu Jianguo started his daily work patrolling the Zhalong National Nature Reserve, where red-crowned cranes were stalking the reeds.
Stubble and straw left over at harvest time was used as fuel for cooking stoves and food for livestock in China's vast countryside for thousands of years. But as living conditions improved, the residue largely became useless and farmers simply started burning it, causing air pollution.
The decision to cut import tariffs from the start of next month is expected to reduce China's overall tariff from 9.8 percent to 7.5 percent, which along with other measures will work to reduce tariffs by nearly 60 billion yuan ($8.7 billion), according to the State Council.
Several ministry-level departments, including the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the National Radio and Television Administration, and the Ministry of Public Security, have responded to issues of public concern.
More than 57 million people in China are now covered by a new insurance program designed to provide care to those who have lost the ability to live alone, the National Healthcare Security Administration said.
CHANGSHA - On a rainy, fall day in Hunan province, Shi Liujin led a team carrying a bridal sedan chair. He couldn't have been happier. He was getting married.
The Communist Youth League of China will adopt more measures to curb bureaucratic excesses at university student unions, China National Radio reported on Sunday.
The top environmental watchdog's efforts to control air pollution continued during the weeklong National Day break, with officers uncovering more than 1,100 violations in the two regions with the worst air quality in the first five days of the holiday.
Police have detained a man accused of killing three people in a violent rampage in which he ran over pedestrians and stabbed passers-by in Zhejiang province.
Studying abroad may appear attractive to many college students, but not all of them are prepared for the stresses it can bring.
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