An overhaul of hydroelectric projects is underway in a key nature reserve for giant salamanders in Zhangjiajie, Hunan province, with 34 hydropower plants halted and 10 dams demolished in the past two years, local authorities said recently.
The University of Cambridge confirmed on Monday that it has been using scores from China's national college entrance examination, or gaokao, as part of its admission criteria for Chinese students for several years.
Starting next month, China's massive reduction of value-added tax will take effect, with manufacturing sector VAT dropping by 3 percentage points from the current 16 percent, to lower burdens on enterprises and boost the real economy.
Several ministry-level departments, including healthcare, water resources and education, have responded recently to issues of public concern.
As officials try to unravel the cause of the deadly blast at a chemical industry park in Jiangsu province, help from the public has been pouring in.
With the completion of a 1,000-kilometer urban greenbelt along the iconic Qiantang River, Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, is advancing toward its goal of becoming a green city.
The first tour across the Taiwan Straits by the Kaohsiung mayor, Han Kuo-yu, got off to a good start, as trade deals worth more than NT$3.1 billion ($100.7 million) were signed in the Hong Kong and Macao special administrative regions - the first stops on his journey to boost economic ties.
The cause of a bus fire that killed 26 people and injured 28 others in Hunan province on Friday is still being investigated, according to authorities.
Editor's note: Jiang Jianguo, deputy head of the Publicity Department of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, delivered three speeches in Italy on Wednesday, a day before President Xi Jinping paid a state visit to the country. Following are excerpts from the three speeches:
Italy is one of the first European countries to build trade relations with China. The ancient Silk Road connected the two great civilizations. And some envoys of friendship such as Marco Polo, Matteo Ricci and Giuseppe Castiglione built a bridge of goodwill between the two peoples.
Tragedy is a representation of action or inaction that is worthy of serious attention. That it took nearly 17 hours to put out the fire caused by an explosion at a chemical park in Xiangshui county in Yancheng, Jiangsu province, speaks volumes of the magnitude of the tragedy that claimed 47 lives, and left 90 people seriously injured and at least 500 hospitalized.
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