The Asian Development Bank (ADB) Friday said it is helping China set up botanical gardens, wild-life parks and a giant panda center in the northwestern Qinling Mountains to protect the region's biological diversity.
More than 400 private high-tech enterprises have passed an initial examination or obtained the approval to make equipment for the People's Liberation Army (PLA), the Ministry of National Defense said on its website, as reported by Xinhuanet.com.
With rising unemployment, slumping exports, and a slowdown in GDP growth, few experts dared to predict that China would end with the bold bounce back.
Google may draw up a new settlement to put out its copyright fire in China, according to a statement sent to China Daily yesterday.
The Copenhagen climate negotiations are likely to end with a "political framework", while leaving detailed emission reduction targets open for further discussion, according to a report released yesterday by the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences.
China and the United States must push beyond bilateral issues to deal with more pressing matters of global impact. Video: China-US Relations Conference
Efforts to curb protectionism are likely to be the focus of a trade summit between China and the United States next week.
The heated competition for next year's civil servant positions - in which 4,000 people might fight for one job - has not scared away job-seekers as the number of applicants is expected to hit a historical high.
The central government is promoting an experimental community correction program nationwide to keep minor lawbreakers from being jailed.
The extended visit starting Saturday by General Xu Caihou, vice-chairman of the Central Military Commission of the Communist Party of China, to the United States is a highly anticipated move meant to elevate a once turbulent relationship between the Chinese and US military forces to a higher level.
China supports the development of a low-carbon economy, and will not shrug off its due responsibilities in countering global climate change, an environment expert with the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS) said Thursday.
The Hijacked Chinese Bulk Carrier DE XIN HAI is confirmed to have arrived off the coast of Somalia and is now in the vicinity of Hobyo, the EU NAVFOR said on Thursday.