Hot pot restaurants asked to disclose additive info

2011-05-16 14:20:34

Restaurants in Southwest China's Chongqing municipality will now be required to disclose detailed information about the additives they use in their hot pot dishes.

Fire breaks out in apartment building in E China

2011-05-16 13:34:21

A fire that broke out Monday morning has trapped at least three or four people in an apartment building in East China's Zhejiang province, firefighters and witnesses said.

Building gas blast kills 2, injures 12 in NE China

2011-05-16 13:03:38

Two people were killed and 12 others injured after a gas explosion occurred Monday morning in an apartment building in northeast China's Liaoning Province, police said.

90% county-maintained hospitals in debt

2011-05-16 10:56:10

The director of Chinese Hospital Association, Cao Ronggui says that 90% of county-maintained hospitals are in debt, on a forum for hospital directors.

Additives blamed for rising lymphoma cases

2011-05-16 09:29:49

Additives in food are one of the main reasons for the sharp rise in the number of people with malignant lymphoma cancer, according to an expert.

One million more jobs offered to the disabled

2011-05-16 09:15:55

Chinese authorities vow to offer tax benefits to employers who have a specific number of disabled employees in a bid to help the disabled find jobs.

Officials to be graded on food protection

2011-05-16 09:13:40

Local governments have introduced a range of measures to crack down on food safety violations in the wake of recent scandals.

Critics decry Forbidden City's club

2011-05-16 08:08:06

After coming under criticism last week for having security too lax to prevent the theft of precious artworks, the Palace Museum found itself in the center of a controversy again over the weekend.

Rich more willing to set up family foundations

2011-05-16 07:57:12

Mainland billionaires are showing an ever greater eagerness to establish family foundations for charitable purposes and to fall in line with what experts think is the most decent way for the rich to spend their money.

Despite ban, golf courses proliferate

2011-05-16 07:55:51

Golf, considered to be a luxury sport played by China's new rich, is becoming more and more popular throughout the country.

Many young billionaires work to build fortunes, do not inherit

2011-05-16 07:47:30

Nearly 80 percent of the young and wealthy in China built up their careers from nearly nothing, the latest Hurun Report showed.