Lawmaker calls for end to issue of left-behind children

GUIYANG - When rape flowers begin to blossom in the rugged fields of Southwest China, people know it is time to depart. Young mothers and fathers leave home to find jobs, with toddlers and teenagers being left in the hands of elderly grandparents.

Better career opportunities back in china trigger a wave of overseas returnees

Several decades ago, the returning Chinese students from overseas studies were mostly out of patriotism to revive the homeland, now they are back for opportunities to fully develop their potential.

Bumpy road out of poverty for isolated corner of Yunnan

Feng Weixiang spent two days traveling to Beijing from his home in a remote corner of southwest China's Yunnan province. The journey was one of the longest for the more than 2,000 members of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) National Committee, who have gathered in Beijing for the political advisory body's annual session.

Hebei to cut usage of coal

Beijing's neighboring Hebei province will significantly reduce its use of coal for heating this year to improve air quality, according to provincial authorities.

Fugitive turns himself in after 17 years

Wang Jiazhe, an economic fugitive, has turned himself in to the anti-corruption authority in Liaoning province after more than 17 years on the run in the United States, China's top anti-graft body said in a statement on Thursday.

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Workplace nurseries to be launched

Shanghai will build 50 nurseries in various workplaces by the end of this year in efforts to encourage more families to have a second child, following the implementation of the universal second-child policy last year.

Guizhou steps up poverty relief efforts

Guizhou province, which is home to more impoverished residents than any other province, is stepping up efforts to lift more people out of poverty, while ensuring no damage is done to the local environment.

Woman gets gifts from hometown in Russia

A 90-year-old woman from the village of Vahevo in northern Russia's Vologda Oblast received on Wednesday photographs and letters written by children from her hometown, which she has not returned to for 83 years.

Lawmaker calls for end to issue of left-behind children

GUIYANG - When rape flowers begin to blossom in the rugged fields of Southwest China, people know it is time to depart. Young mothers and fathers leave home to find jobs, with toddlers and teenagers being left in the hands of elderly grandparents.

IN BRIEF

Hebei to cut usage of coal

Beijing's neighboring Hebei province will significantly reduce its use of coal for heating this year to improve air quality, according to provincial authorities.