The procuratorate in South China's Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region is investigating Liao Jiawang, former president of the Agricultural Bank of China's Guangxi subsidiary, for suspected bribe taking.
President Xi Jinping and other top leaders extended Spring Festival greetings to all Chinese people Saturday as they met with more than 2,000 members of the public at a reception in Beijing.
The Chinese New Year of the Monkey is just around the corner. On this joyous occasion of family reunion and nationwide celebration, I wish to extend, on behalf of the CPC Central Committee and the State Council, festive greetings to people of all ethnic groups in China, and to our compatriots in Hong Kong and Macao, compatriots in Taiwan, as well as overseas Chinese nationals. I also wish to express sincere greetings to those who remain in their work posts during the holiday season.
China's cabinet on Saturday urged local governments to register migrant workers as urbanites and encourage farmers to buy homes in cities.
Two of China's most wanted fugitives, who fled abroad a year and half ago under suspicion of jointly embezzling public funds of 29.96 million yuan ($4.56 million), have been repatriated, the country's anti-corruption agency announced on Saturday.
President Xi Jinping said the Korean Peninsula can "neither be nuclearized nor have warfare and unrest" during a telephone conversation with Republic of Korea President Park Geun-hye on Friday night.
Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday held a telephone conversation with his US counterpart Barack Obama at the latter's invitation, during which the two leaders exchanged Lunar New Year greetings.
Fan Changlong, vice chairman of China's Central Military Commission (CMC), urged People's Liberation Army (PLA) forces to help build a strong military on Friday.
China will continue its financial reform and will not seek to boost its economy through currency depreciation, Premier Li Keqiang said.
It's not possible for any country alone to determine the agenda and rules of global trade for the 21st century, Foreign Ministry spokesman Lu Kang said in response to a US-led trade arrangement at a daily news conference on Friday.
In a bid to revive China's urban housing market, the central bank lowered the minimum down payment for first-time homebuyers on Feb 2 for the second time in less than five months.
The bi-weekly consultation session of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference - which was restored in 2013 - has become a platform to promote consultative democracy and mutual understanding.