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  • UN names Chengdu 'Role Model for Resilient Development'

    2011-05-30 16:27

    Chengdu became the first Chinese city to be named "Role Model for Resilient Development" by the United Nations. The award was presented on May 11, 2011, during the 3rd UN Conference Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction at the Geneva International Conference Center in Switzerland.

  • Growing threat to wetlands survival

    2011-05-30 07:55

    In late April, a group of bird-watchers found that one of their usual observation spots - a 7-hectare lotus root field in Sanchakou village east of the Fifth Ring Road - was being filled with construction waste with the permission of officials. The waste will destroy the wetland that attracts the birds.

  • Free rein for dreams

    2011-05-30 07:55

    There will be lots for kids to do on International Children's Day. Liu Yujie and Wu Wencong report.

  • 'Kung Fu Panda 2' returns to its Chinese home

    2011-05-30 09:06

    On the eve of its premiere in China, Kung Fu Panda 2 production designer Raymond Zibach hugged a panda-suited man in this southwest Chinese city, demonstrated making bowls of local noodles and mugged for Chinese press cameras on a Paramount promotion tour on Wednesday.

  • Emergency response launched for drought-hit region

    2011-05-29 22:49

    China initiated a fourth-level emergency response plan Sunday afternoon to cope with the drought in East China's Jiangxi province.

  • China vows to improve people's lives in Xinjiang

    2011-05-29 22:14

    Senior leaders pledged to promote further development in Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region while making the improvement of the people's lives the first priority during the second National Work Conference on "pairing assistance" projects to support Xinjiang development in Beijing from Friday to Sunday.

  • China 'prioritizes aid for relocated people'

    2011-05-29 21:45

    Improving the living standards for people displaced by the construction of the Three Gorges Dam while boosting economic and social development will be a top priority for the government, a senior official said Sunday.

  • Man who killed 2 toddlers with rat poison executed

    2011-05-29 20:29

    A man who was responsible in a rat poison case that killed two children and sicked 19 others in South China's Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region in 2009 has been executed, authorities announced on Sunday.

  • Fund to help children with cerebral palsy

    2011-05-29 19:28

    Parents of children with cerebral palsy are going to have a place to turn for help, as the first public foundation to provide aid has been set up in North China's Shanxi province.

  • 12 trapped after coal mine floods in SW China

    2011-05-29 15:50

    Rescuers confirmed that 12 miners were still trapped after a coal mine flooded in Southwest China's Guizhou Province earlier Sunday, local authorities said.

  • Info database to assist Tibet in disaster relief

    2011-05-28 08:16

    A newly-launched geographical information database will better assist rescue work in Southwest China's Tibet autonomous region in the wake of natural disasters, the State Bureau of Surveying and Mapping (SBSM) announced on Friday.

  • Beating pressure before the big test

    2011-05-27 22:05

    Seniors took part in games and sports activities to relieve some pressure from preparing for the national college entrance examination, which will take place June 7-9 this year.

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