World's longest cross-sea bridge to open

Qingdao Bay Bridge in east China's Shandong province, the world's longest cross-sea bridge, is expected to open to automobiles in June, sources with the bridge's construction headquarters said Monday.

Seventh cross-Straits forum concludes with fruits

The seventh Cross-Straits Economic, Trade and Culture Forum closed Sunday in Chengdu, capital of southwest China's Sichuan Province, with the adoption of 19 proposals for the promotion of cross-Straits cooperation in various fields.

Sichuan builds first giant panda hospital

China's first giant panda hospital, the world's only giant panda disease prevention and control professional institution will be completed by the end of 2012.

Feast of tea

An ethnic Dong woman serves oil tea, a mixture of tea and many other ingredients, to guests to the opening ceremony of the Sanjiangchun Tea Culture Festival in Sanjiang county, Liuzhou, the Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, on May 7, 2011.

Experts find new way to restore bronze relic

Experts in North China's Hebei province said they had invented a special kind of liquid that can restore heavily-corroded bronzeware dating back over 2,000 years.

Shaanxi to resettle 2.4 million people in 10 yrs

Northwest China's Shaanxi province will resettle 240,000 people this year from natural disaster-prone areas to other parts of the province to help them lead a better life, said local authorities.

Bird's view of Int'l Horticultural Expo in Xi'an

Long road to rehabilitation for quake survivors

In a rehabilitation center in the city of Deyang in southwest China's Sichuan Province, Li Xiaoqun is exercising on a stationary bike. It's hard to tell at first sight that her right leg is artificial.

Forest fire put out in NE China

A forest fire in northeast China's Heilongjiang Province was extinguished early Friday morning after an all-day effort by 5,000 firefighters, local authorities said Friday.

Fired up by the hardware

A total of 34 military officers from 30 countries check out equipment belonging to an airborne troop based in Wuhan, Hubei province, on Thursday where a 40-minute military drill was held in the morning.

China's richest village flies to new heights

China's wealthiest village is looking to reach new heights once again by training 100 pilots for its new air tourism project, the Yangtze Evening News reported Thursday.

Boat blaze battled

Police officers in Yuhuan county, East China's Zhejiang province, try to put out a fire on a fishing boat anchored in the county's Jishan Port, on Wednesday. Th e accident caused no deaths, according to reports.