The victims and families affected by the chemical explosion last week in Jiangsu province, have been provided with legal aid as they seek compensation, as well as with psychological counseling for mental recovery, according to the rescue headquarters established after the blast.
Beijing said on Tuesday that "individual countries' insistence on manipulating the Venezuela issue" led to the cancellation of the Inter-American Development Bank's annual meeting, which was scheduled to be held in Chengdu, Sichuan province, starting on Tuesday.
Lu Wei, former head of the Cyberspace Administration of China and former deputy head of the Publicity Department of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, was sentenced to 14 years in prison on Tuesday for bribery by the Ningbo Intermediate People's Court in Zhejiang province.
Mainland courts are pledging to improve cross-Straits judicial exchanges, ensure equal protection for Taiwan litigants and offer them better legal services in hearings of Taiwan-related cases.
As a member of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, the nation's top political advisory body, Thubten Khedrup has presented nearly 200 proposals at both the regional and national level.
Poverty alleviation efforts in the Tibet autonomous region are accelerating. For example, by the end of last year, 25 counties in cities and prefectures such as Shigatse, Lhokha, Chamdo and Ngari were no longer designated as "impoverished", along with 2,100 villages and 181,000 residents, according to a statement from the regional government last month.
It is still early spring in southwestern China's Guizhou province, but the forest in Zhegui village is already filled with vitality: oak trunks covered with orchid-like stalks, with branches swaying in the breeze.
A stink bug, known for eating the flower buds of popular fruits in South China's Lingnan, has recently become an expensive delicacy in Guangdong province - a province long known for its delicious Cantonese fare.
Scientists have identified seven major genetically distinct groups of the critically endangered Chinese giant salamander - the world's largest amphibian - living in the wild in China, with three in Zhangjiajie, in Central China's Hunan province.
Premier Li Keqiang reiterated on Monday China's commitment to treat domestic and foreign companies as equals and better protect the rights of foreign businesses.
The central government has ordered a national inspection to assess potential hazards of chemicals and safety risks at all chemical industry parks across the country, following an explosion on Thursday in Jiangsu province that claimed the lives of at least 78 people.
The season of family reunions during Spring Festival hadn't been able to bring together six siblings from Changchun, Jilin province.
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