Nurses go under the hammer in auction

Beijing gives roadside parking meters another try

About 900 electronic parking meters will be put to use in Beijing before April 1, according to the Municipal Commission of Transport.

Tea grower returns to plant his roots

Tea merchant Li Zhihong is striving to tame Taiwan Oolong tea on the mainland.

City vehicle budget 'on road to more transparency'

The capital's municipal government will spend about 40 million yuan ($6.1 million) on new official vehicles this year, Beijing News reported on Wednesday.

1900 Chinese arrive at Dalian from Japan

About 1900 evacuated Chinese nationals arrive on a flight from Japan at the Zhou Shuizi International Airport in Dalian, northeast China's Liaoning province Mar 16, 2011.

7 dead, 11 injured in East China road accident

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.

Shanghai residents embrace new ways to stay informed

New media became an increasingly important tool during the two sessions, allowing Shanghai residents to keep abreast of the latest information from the gatherings of the National People's Congress (NPC) and the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC).

Children prepare for earthquake safety

Kindergarteners in Zhuji, Zhejiang province go through an earthquake safety drill on Monday.

Move to improve tax rule means business

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

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.

All survivors sheltered in quake-hit SW county

Local authorities said all earthquake victims had found shelter after nearly 9,000 tents were set up in the earthquake-hit Yingjiang County in southwest China.

Protect ethnic groups' education

China's national legislators from Guizhou province, where ethnic groups account for about 40 percent of the population, have proposed a new law to improve the education of ethnic groups to facilitate their development and address social problems.