Shanghai, where around one-third of families resort to regular domestic service, has taken a range of steps to secure a sufficient supply of nannies, especially those caring for seniors and newborns, for the upcoming Spring Festival.
Editor's note: This is the third in a series looking at some of the most important, timely or unusual stories covered by China Daily's reporters last year.
January: Preliminary investigations by government authorities show that He Jiankui, the scientist behind the world's first gene-edited baby, deliberately evaded oversight by forging documents to enlist volunteers for his illegal experiment and by substituting blood test results.
While cooking mushrooms and leafy greens on a stovetop, Wu Kejian explained to 50 students attending a catering class how to make a nutritious meal with less oil and salt.
Authorities will step up supervision this year over the quality of traditional Chinese medicine to ensure the quality of the drugs improves, a top health official said on Thursday.
Courts across the country will continue to hand down harsher punishments to enhance legal awareness and improve environmental and ecological protection of the Yangtze River, China's top court pledged on Thursday.
Suzhou has long been known globally for its ancient gardens, canals and culture-but today it is increasingly known for its contributions to globalization.
HEFEI-As Xu Gang lays an iron rod on an electric welding machine, the high temperature instantly reddens and softens it.
Having long been concerned about the future of raolongdeng-or Pudong Dragon Dance, an intangible cultural heritage-72-year-old master Lu Dajie has finally obtained a sense of relief now that an organization has been designated to protect it.
In recent years, China has paid more attention to improving research integrity and optimizing our institutions and mechanisms for dealing with related issues.
The Tibet autonomous region listed nearly half its land area under the strictest ecological supervision in 2019, according to the ongoing regional people's congress that kicked off on Tuesday.