Govt to put brakes on official car use 2011-03-09 07:35:21
The central government will require an additional three years of use for official vehicles for ministers and governors to reduce the costs of purchasing new cars.
Public supervision a cure for corruption
Reconstruction in quake-hit Sichuan nearly finished 2011-03-08 20:28:13
Reconstruction in southwest China's Sichuan province, which had been hit by a devastating earthquake nearly three years ago, has "basically" finished, Vice Governor Huang Xiaoxiang said Tuesday.
Hu calls for progress in transforming economic growth model 2011-03-08 19:54:25
Chinese President Hu Jintao on Tuesday called for greater determination and efforts to achieve substantial progress in transforming the country's economic growth model.
Healthcare assistance benefits 60m Chinese in 2010 2011-03-08 16:14:28
China poured 15.2 billion yuan ($2.31 billion) into its healthcare assistance fund last year, which benefited more than 60 million rural and urban patients.
New car rules for officials 2011-03-08 15:54:50
Officials whose rank is lower than minister or governor will not be given special cars, according to new rules to be issued to public departments.
China spends 223b yuan on civil affairs in 2010 2011-03-08 15:49:07
China's expenditure on civil affairs in 2010 reached 223.23 billion yuan ($33.99 billion), 3.1 times as much as that of 2005.
Scholars with fraud proposed to be punished 2011-03-08 14:05:31
A Chinese political advisor on Tuesday proposed harsh penalty for scholars implicated in academic fraud to clean up the country's academic field.
Rising labor costs good for economic restructuring 2011-03-08 13:54:05
A pinch of rising labor costs has been felt by Chinese factories, but China's labor minister said on Tuesday it is good for the nation's strategic economic restructuring.
Ministry lauds employment numbers 2011-03-08 13:32:26
China's Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security said Tuesday that it is working on policies to ease labor shortages while admitting that rural labor surplus is decreasing and the new generation of migrant workers have higher expectations.
A small detail reveals a key to better education 2011-03-08 08:54:42
Numbers constitute an important part of Premier Wen Jiabao's government work report, but not because the Chinese are known for their math skills.