The world's largest amphibious aircraft, the Chinese-made AG600, carried out its maiden flight on Sunday morning in Zhuhai, a coastal city in Guangdong province.
When it becomes chilly in the north every winter, many "snowbirds" will choose to fly to Hainan, the island province and popular vacation paradise, to enjoy its generous sunshine and unique tropical environment.
As the Christmas holiday arrives and Christians around the world celebrate and share gifts, most Chinese mark the day as not unlike any other. Businesses and customers this year, too, may have experienced a slower shop-till-you-drop environment than in the past for a variety of reasons.
I still remember Christmas Eve in 2007 when my best friend Victoria and I sat beneath the Christmas tree in her house in Auckland, New Zealand, watching as its colorful decorations were illuminated by long strings of twinkling lights.
Item from Dec 25, 1998 in China Daily: To help restore the capital's air quality, several districts in Beijing launched campaigns to get rid of unlicensed barbecue and hotpot streetside businesses.
China will release by the end of the year regional rankings in the green development index, which will encourage local governments to give more attention to environmental protection in national economic development, the head of the National Bureau of Statistics said on Saturday.
China's top legislature urged law enforcement agencies on Sunday to set rules on the collection and protection of personal information to prevent abuse of real-name registration systems.
China's top legislature received and put on record 889 normative documents for review this year, according to an official report. The majority of the documents were local laws and regulations, 358 of them at the provincial level and 444 at the municipal, as of early December.
Two heavyweights of Japan's Liberal Democratic Party and Komeito left Tokyo for Xiamen, Fujian province, on Sunday, for the exchange between the Chinese and Japanese ruling parties.
China plans to adopt an "all-around" supervision program covering all phases of outbound investment, with more steps to fill a policy void and further facilitate legislation in the pipeline, according to the nation's top economic regulator.
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