IN BRIEF

[2017-04-30 14:26]

Cultural year starts in Greece

[2017-04-29 07:14]

Cultural links between two of the world's most ancient civilizations have been reinforced with the launching of the China-Greece Cultural Exchanges and Cultural Industry Cooperation Year, attended by visiting senior Chinese officials and Greek dignitaries in Athens on Thursday.

Forecast for GDP: 6.6% rise for 2017

[2017-04-29 07:14]

China's GDP growth is expected to reach 6.6 percent this year, dipping 0.1 percentage point year-on-year, and it will stay within a stable and reasonable growth range, according to a forecast released by the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences on Friday in Beijing.

Bamboo slips oldest decimal calculator, Guinness certifies

[2017-04-29 07:14]

Bamboo slips more than 2,300 years old were recognized on Sunday by Guinness World Records as the world's earliest decimal calculation tool.

Setting the scene for movie cooperation

[2017-04-25 07:37]

Many Chinese can still clearly remember the plots of movies made in the former Yugoslavia, such as Walter defends Sarajevo and The Bridge.

A success built on steel and Chinese investment

[2017-04-25 07:37]

For 20 years, Svetlana Radosavljevic has monitored the manufacture of steel and iron from a glass-walled control room in an old production center at Zelezara Smederevo, Serbia's biggest mill.

High school to be mandatory for all children nationwide

[2017-04-25 07:37]

The country is to extend the current nine-year compulsory education to encompass high school students nationwide by 2020, according to a guideline recently released by the Ministry of Education and other three ministries.

Ministries respond to major public concerns

[2017-04-25 07:37]

Departments and ministries under the State Council, China's Cabinet, have responded to a series of public concerns in the past week, including rental housing, social relief and aid, social insurance, industrial heritage lists and teacher information management systems.