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With examples of extreme weather apparently becoming more common around the world, China is working on legislation to tackle climate change and guarantee the country's sustainable development.
The number of murders in East China's Jiangsu province has decreased by 10 percent over the past year, while 97 percent of the cases were resolved, a senior officer with the criminal investigation authority in the province said.
Thirty criminal cases and more than 300 misdemeanor cases have been resolved with the help of micro blogs since becoming the subjects of investigations by public security authorities one year ago in South China's Guangdong province, a senior local police officer said.
Actors perform with during a ceremony adapted from an ancient Qing Dynasty tradition where emperors offered prayers to the sun, at the Temple of the Sun in Ritan Park, central Beijing March 20, 2011.
The authorities in Wuhan, capital of Central China's Hubei province, have rolled out a controversial policy aimed at cracking down on bad behavior.
Four people were missing and another two were saved after a cargo ship sank Sunday near the sea off East China's Fujian province, an official said.
Nineteen people on a Kiribati tanker were saved by Chinese rescuers Sunday morning, after the tanker lost control off south China coast, an official said.
Many kindergartens and schools in Yingjiang became dangerous and were closed after a 5.8-magnitude earthquake jolted the county on March 10. Some students participate in public service activities before going back to school.
Most parts of North and Northwest China have witnessed sandstorms since March 12, with Beijing wrapped in sand and dust on Friday.
China's Ministry of Finance (MOF) said on Friday that it has allocated 3.7 million yuan (about $564,024) for health and epidemic prevention efforts in quake-hit Yingjiang county in China's southwestern Yunnan province.
The number of overseas-labor disputes involving workers from Nantong, in East China's Jiangsu province, have dropped by 40 percent since 2008.
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.