Companies, individuals blacklisted

Fourteen companies and six individuals have been blacklisted because they failed to pay wages they owed to migrant workers, China's human resources authority announced on Thursday.

Hubei seeks leading role in opening-up

Hubei province is positioning itself to play a leading role in the development of central China and will serve as a new window for China's overall opening-up, State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on Thursday at an event promoting the province to foreign diplomatic missions.

Some finance fraud cases down, others up

While the number of cases involving financial crimes declined slightly last year, those involving a large number of victims have increased, China's top procuratorate said on Thursday.

Online gambling crackdown continues across country

Police across Guangdong province detained more than 540 suspected gamblers after breaking up 20 organized groups suspected of running soccer betting operations online during the ongoing FIFA World Cup competition.

Ex-senior official is sentenced to 15 years

Zhang Yue, a former senior official in Hebei province, was sentenced to 15 years in prison on Thursday for taking bribes.

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China rises on list of innovators

China's capability to innovate won't be affected by a trade war with the United States, though such a war would pose a challenge to the international flow of knowledge, experts said.

Nuisance calls, online spam targeted

China will take strong measures to curb spam and nuisance phone calls, and strengthen the management of customers' telecommunication charges, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology said on Wednesday.

Standards for national parks to be drafted

China will draft a series of standards for the construction of national parks and will put an estimated 50 locations on the priority list, forestry authorities said on Wednesday.

Professor loses job over sexual harassment

Sun Yat-sen University in Guangzhou, Guangdong province, has fired a professor after he was found to have sexually harassed female students and colleagues.

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All bodies accounted for after tour boat disaster

The bodies of all 47 Chinese passengers who died after their tour boat sank off the coast of Phuket, Thailand, a week ago have been found, the island province's governor said on Wednesday.