The Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee will try to expand its discipline inspections into all government organs and government-sponsored institutions next year, a CPC disciplinary official said on Sunday.
Chinese prosecutors investigated 3,214 officials at county-level or above for dereliction of duty from January to August of 2015, the Supreme People's Procuratorate (SPP) has said.
One of China's most-wanted fugitives suspected of bribery was brought home on Saturday from the US where she had fled in 2002.
China intends to enhance law enforcement cooperation with Russia and some South American countries to curb the illegal emigration of migrant workers seeking better-paying jobs.
The Ministry of Environmental Protection is set to enhance China's pollutant emission permit mechanism as part of the country's effort to achieve clean air and safe water.
Three years have past since the austerity codes took effect. As of the end of October, some 104,900 violations have been reported nationwide and over 138,800 officials were subject to disciplinary action.
Shanghai, which has one of the most rapidly aging populations of any Chinese city, will expand its old-age subsidy next year to cover 2.7 million citizens above 65.
China will strengthen its supervision and law enforcement on news reproduction on the Internet, said an official of the State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film and Television (SARFT) on Thursday.
China has urged its police forces to show restraint when investigating disabled people.
China is planning to allow the government to claim compensation from polluting enterprises and individuals.
A former admissions official at a prestigious Chinese university confessed to taking a huge amount of bribes during trial on Thursday.
China has spent more than 8 billion yuan ($1.25 billion) subsidizing farmers' children in Tibet to attend boarding schools since introducing the policy three decades ago, the regional education department said Thursday.