The Ministry of Environmental Protection summoned top officials from seven districts in Beijing, Tianjin and cities in Hebei and Shanxi provinces over the weekend to reprimand them for their poor performance in controlling air pollution this year.
The country's first basketball team established to help autistic children boost their interpersonal skills and become more integrated with society was founded in Shanghai on World Autism Awareness Day on Sunday.
Xiongxian county has halted all real estate sales and police will take measures against anyone ignoring the sales ban, local officials said on Sunday.
The location of the Mausoleum of the Yellow Emperor - on the eastern slope of Qiao Mountain in Huangling county, Shaanxi province, and facing the Jyu River - is thought to be auspicious in terms of feng shui.
Since China implemented its universal second-child policy at the beginning of last year, more than half of the 90 million newly eligible couples include women aged 35 or older, according to the National Health and Family Planning Commission.
The central government is urging local authorities to resist any outbreak of H7N9 avian flu by taking more effective measures to prevent the virus from spreading.
Gao Peng, a museum curator, says the most difficult yet moving embrace he has ever seen took place between a man and his daughter in the gallery of Today Art Museum in Beijing, which Gao has directed for the past four years.
For Yao Dingfan, a versatile artist, photography remains his "first love".
Yang Yashu, a student at Beijing Foreign Studies University, was announced as one of the winners at the 2016 10 People Touching Dezhou awards held in Shandong province on March 7, recognizing her as one of the city's top 10 inspiring role models.
A key part of the Belt and Road Initiative in western China, Xi'an International Port Zone, launched on April 1 in Shaanxi province, aims to forge an inland port for reform and opening-up amid the anticipated increase in economic cooperation and cultural exchanges ahead, experts said.
Spices of Life, a book featuring cuisine from six Shangri-La hotels around the world, was officially launched on March 23 at the Shangri-La Hotel, Dalian in Northeast China's Liaoning province.