How govt depts are carrying out supply-side reform
China's civil servants must take exams and be evaluated on their legal knowledge, according to an official document issued on Thursday.
Hebei Province in north China plans to close more than 2,000 wells this year to address subsidence and shrinking wetlands due to long-term overexploitation of groundwater.
Chinese President Xi Jinping has called on every Chinese person to take responsibility during the "sprint" to build a moderately prosperous society in all respects by 2020.
Senior Chinese officials tabled proposals ranging from healthcare reform to central management of national parks at a major government meeting on Wednesday.
China is to publish details of a program on reforming the monitoring of ecological progress, a senior reform official said in Beijing on Thursday.
Government departments should respond promptly when they are involved in administrative lawsuits, according to a statement released on Tuesday after the 17th Meeting of the Central Leading Group for Deepening Overall Reform.