Special team to battle food crime
2011-05-27 07:33:51
Police in the capital are likely to set up a special team to crack down on food safety crimes amid growing public anger at the rising number of scandals involving tainted food, according to a senior local official.
Prosecutors on job to fight corruption
2011-05-27 07:30:21
Employees and managers at a giant State-owned energy company in the capital have an unusual group of new co-workers - a team of local prosecutors who have joined the enterprise in a bid to stamp out job-related crimes.
More mainland mothers to use HK hospitals
2011-05-26 22:50:55
About 700 pregnant Chinese Mainland women use Hong Kong's public hospital accident and emergency services per year and the number is expected to increase, the city's Hospital Authority Chief Executive Leung Pak-yin said on Thursday.
Lives of fishermen shattered in drought areas
2011-05-26 22:38:06
Xu was among many fishermen who have been forced to leave their homes after the drought severely impacted their livelihoods in Central China's Hubei and Hunan provinces.
'Rain Man' director to head Shanghai film festival jury
2011-05-26 22:19:01
Oscar-winning director Barry Levinson will serve as president of a seven-member jury for this year's Shanghai International Film Festival (SIFF), the festival's general manager said on Thursday.
Hu's letter to volunteers sparks discussion
2011-05-26 22:08:43
A letter from Chinese President Hu Jintao to volunteers who are teaching in rural areas has sparked passionate discussion among the country's college students and faculty.
Center set up for wild animal disease research
2011-05-26 21:36:15
China's State Forestry Administration (SFA) and the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) have jointly established a research center that will focus on epidemic diseases that affect China's wild animal population, according to the vice president of the CAS.
China issues warning for super-typhoon Songda
2011-05-26 21:16:23
China's meteorological authority issued an alert on Thursday for the super typhoon nicknamed "Songda" as it moves near the country's southern coast, bringing strong winds and large waves.
Snapshot campaign to ban tobacco in hospitals
2011-05-26 21:03:40
Initiated by the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention (China CDC) and the division of Health Promotion and Education with the Ministry of Health (MOH), the "Smoking Snapshot" campaign began Thursday and is intended to ridicule smoking in hospitals and public health institutions ahead of World No Tobacco Day, which falls on May 31.
Social science fund to be used more efficiently
2011-05-26 19:50:45
China's national social science research fund will be "used more efficiently" in order to create a stronger and more effective research database, an official said on Thursday.
Xinjiang tourism recovers from 2009 riots
2011-05-26 19:47:19
Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region is poised to become a major tourist destination for Chinese and international sightseers, walking out of the shadows cast by the deadly riots that occurred there in 2009, officials said Thursday.
New weather satellite goes into official operation
2011-05-26 19:37:19
China's Fengyun-3B (FY-3B) weather satellite will go into official operation on Thursday after finishing a six-month trial period.