Orphans better off with families: experts

Family-based foster care is one of the best ways to bring up orphans, as real homes are better for children's development than institutions, child welfare professionals have said.

Strong cold front to bring temperature drops

A strong cold front will hit most parts of central and eastern China over the coming two days, bringing sharp temperature drops and winds, meteorological authorities said Monday.

Liaoning, a fast developing province

Shenyang

Shenyang is a sub-provincial city and capital of Liaoning province. Along with nearby cities, it’s an important industrial center in China, and the transportation and commercial centre of China's northeastern region.

Tieling

Tieling is a city where coal mining is an important industry. The actor Zhao Benshan was born there.

Anshan

Anshan is the third largest prefecture level city in Liaoning. Situated in the central area of the province, Anshan is about 92km south of Shenyang, the province's capital and is on the boundary between the Mountains of eastern Liaoning and the plains of the west.

Benxi

Basic facts about Liaoning Province

Liaoning is a northeastern province of the People's Republic of China. Its one-character abbreviation is Liao.

One dies on subway construction site in E China

One worker died and another was injured Thursday after being buried by soil at a subway station construction site in east China's Zhejiang Province, the subway company said.

Police detain man for running down officials

Police have detained a man accused of running down 11 urban management officers with an SUV as they demolished his allegedly illegally built house in central China's Hubei Province.

Chinese city to buy fire truck with powerful hose

A northwest China city will soon purchase a fire truck with a powerful hose from a Finnish company to extinguish fires in high-rise buildings, an official said Wednesday.

Dazhong donates 500,000 yuan to survivors

Dazhong Transportation presented 500,000 yuan to the Shanghai Charity Foundation on Wednesday as donation to help survivors of the deadly fire which broke out in the city's downtown areas on November 15.