The central government has signed strict agreements with provincial governments to guarantee that they will meet a target calling for the construction of 10 million government-subsidized apartments this year. New property rules driving rent prices
Judges and other court officials are to be banned from privately meeting litigants of the lawsuits that they are handling, or family members and attorneys, the country's top court said.
Chinese President Hu Jintao Saturday urged officials to improve social management capabilities and make innovations in this regard so as to "ensure a harmonious and stable society full of vitality."
In the next five years, China will further expand the coverage of its basic medical insurance system and ease the cost of medical services, Health Minister Chen Zhu said Friday.
The General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine ordered its local branches on Friday to increase their scrutiny of fresh milk in response to public concerns.
China's land watchdog will begin an inspection campaign at the end of this month to stop the illegal use of rural land, trying especially to stamp out the expropriation of such land from farmers and the forced demolition of buildings.
Domestic fresh dairy products will be tested this year to see if they contain leather-hydrolyzed protein and melamine, two banned additives sometimes used to make products appear to have a higher protein content, the Ministry of Agriculture said.
