China's Red Cross responds to scandal
2011-04-20 06:39:09
The Red Cross Society of China (RCSC) promised on Tuesday to enhance transparency by setting up a platform to release information and close loopholes in its financial management system.
Caves of the Thousand Buddhas reinforced
2011-04-19 22:16:30
Construction workers reinforce the cliff body of Mogao Grottoes, one of the country’s three major Buddhist art treasures, in Dunhuang city, Northwest China’s Gansu province, April 18, 2011. China has spent 10 million yuan (more than $1.5 million) on the maintenance of the grottoes since last year as weathering, cracking and even collapse are threatening the body of the relics.
6,000 people guilty of IPR infringement in 2010
2011-04-19 21:18:45
China's courts concluded 3,942 criminal cases involving infringement on intellectual property rights (IPR) last year, up 7.7 percent from 2009.
Supervisory agencies blamed for food scandals
2011-04-19 19:59:48
When a food safety scandal emerges in China, supervisory agencies deserve to be held as accountable as those violating food safety regulations, Chinese experts said.
Foreign Ministry's microblog draws wide attention
2011-04-19 19:52:20
Chinese Foreign Ministry's newly-registered microblog has drawn considerable attention at home, marking the government's latest efforts to connect to some of China's 457 million Internet users through increasingly popular web services.
Website portal launched to serve disabled
2011-04-19 19:44:51
A Chinese website portal was launched Tuesday to provide the country's nearly 83 million disabled people with better access to information services.
Hospital construction site blast in NW China
2011-04-19 19:17:22
Two people were killed and seven others injured in a gas blast at a hospital construction site in downtown Lanzhou, the capital city of Northwest China's Gansu province Tuesday afternoon.
Residents move out from building under bridge
2011-04-19 18:00:34
A total of 36 residents living in the“increasingly dangerous building”in Shanxi's capital city, Taiyuan, will be resettled after media reports in March, Xinhua reported Tuesday.
Two killed in Shanghai building deflagration
2011-04-19 16:24:59
At least two were killed in Shanghai downtown building deflagration.
Limits of Japanese food imports 'moderate'
2011-04-19 15:25:32
Many countries have limited food imports from Japan after its recent nuclear crisis and the Chinese reaction has been "proper" and "moderate" for the protection of public health, China's Ministry of Commerce (MOC) said on Tuesday.
Shanghai's elderly population exceeds 23 percent
2011-04-19 14:42:42
The latest statistics show that approximately one out of four registered citizens in the megacity of Shanghai, known to most as China's financial center, are senior citizens above the age of 60.
China salvages $2.8 billion from land misuse
2011-04-19 14:32:52
China recovered $2.85 billion from illegal land-use practices in 2010 with 8,612 persons held responsible, a senior official with the Ministry of Land and Resources said Tuesday.