Life with no parole for graft

2016-04-22 07:10:39

Chinese officials who are sentenced to death for serious corruption but are eventually spared now face life in prison without parole, according to new guidelines for judges.

Reef landing to aid sick workers

2016-04-22 07:10:39

South China Sea tensions will continue, and even escalate, if the United States keeps provoking China, analysts say.

Party officials engage citizens through Internet

2016-04-22 12:58:34

Indeed, quite a number of senior officials go online to get information and interact with internet users through social media like microblogs and Wechat.

Vice Premier urges efforts to improve foreign trade

2016-04-22 04:27:00

Chinese Vice Premier Wang Yang on Thursday urged greater efforts to improve foreign trade.

Beijing praised on eve of climate deal signing

2016-04-22 02:57:28

China will sign the historic climate agreement with the United States and about 160 other nations at United Nations headquarters on Friday.

Chinese premier underlines peaceful settlement of boundary issues with India

2016-04-22 01:38:48

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang on Thursday called on China and India to continue negotiations to seek a peaceful settlement of boundary issues.

Former senior Taiwan affairs official expelled from Party

2016-04-21 21:57:35

A former senior official of the Chinese mainland's Taiwan affairs body has been expelled from the Party for serious disciplinary offenses, the authority said Thursday.

Xi stresses protecting people's interests in petitioning

2016-04-21 21:08:40

Chinese President Xi Jinping has urged governments and localities to invest greater efforts in addressing outstanding issues in public petitioning, an official release said on Thursday.

Build CPC-Arab 'community of shared destiny', CPC official says

2016-04-21 20:24:05

The Communist Party of China and political parties of Arab countries should take the lead in helping China and Arab countries build a "community of shared destiny", an official in charge of the CPC's international exchanges suggested today.

China destroys more than 14 mln pirated, illegal publications

2016-04-21 17:30:45

More than 14 million pirated or illegal publications were destroyed across China on Thursday just ahead of World Intellectual Property Day on April 26.

Ministry: reported location of test 'sheer speculation'

2016-04-21 16:43:39

The Ministry of National Defense said on Thursday the location of a recent test reported by some media outlets was "sheer speculation".

Judiciary mulls introducing more IP courts

2016-04-21 16:33:15

China's top court is considering establishing additional specialized courts that only deal with intellectual property disputes, official of the Supreme People's Court revealed on Thursday.