Quake reconstruction makes fast progress
2011-03-19 07:40:42
Qinghai province will fulfill its plan to rebuild residences in its rural areas in the Yushu region that were destroyed by an earthquake in 2010.
The firefighting robot goes into action
2011-03-18 10:49:50
The robot is a substitute for firefighters to put out fires at short range and discharge smoke. A tank-like device, it can be operated 150 meters away.
Beijing gives roadside parking meters another try
2011-03-17 12:59:48
About 900 electronic parking meters will be put to use in Beijing before April 1, according to the Municipal Commission of Transport.
19 pigs test positive to illegal additive in China
2011-03-17 12:52:37
Nineteen pigs in Central China's Henan province have tested positive to having a banned additive in their urine
Fears over radiation-contaminated salt dismissed
2011-03-17 11:02:59
Guangdong province has confirmed it has sufficient supplies of salt in a bid to calm anxieties and panic shopping linked to the growing nuclear crisis in Japan, a spokesman for the provincial salt administration Thursday in an interview with the Yangtze Evening Post.
Shanghai to reform healthcare
2011-03-17 08:38:27
The municipality of Shanghai kicked off a week-long debate on its draft plan to reform its medical and drug system, posting the plan online on Wednesday for public comment.
Dialects endangered by modernization
2011-03-17 07:39:30
Despite government efforts to protect minority languages, they are still faced with the danger of disappearing due to modernization, top advisers have warned.
7 dead, 11 injured in East China road accident
2011-03-16 11:20:12
Seven people died at the scene and 11 others were injured when a bus crashed into a car on an expressway in East China's Fujian Province early Wednesday, police said.
East coast vigilant over nuke leaks from Japan
2011-03-16 11:14:48
Environmental watchdogs along China's east coast ramped up monitoring efforts after radiation leaked from Japan's quake-damaged Fukushima No. 1 Nuclear Power Plant reached dangerous levels on Tuesday.
Mine accident kills 9, injures 2 in SW China
2011-03-16 10:23:31
Nine people were confirmed dead and two others were injured in an outburst of gas and coal early Wednesday at a colliery in Southwest China's Yunnan province, the local government said.
Move to improve tax rule means business
2011-03-15 08:02:51
In the second straight year of heated discussions on raising the threshold for individual income tax, national legislators and political advisers this time appeared to mean business.
Public subsidies going to house Tibetans
2011-03-15 07:50:18
Dawa, a 48-year-old peasant in a small village in the Tibet autonomous region, has seen many recent changes in both his house and life.