Buyers burned by price-cooling measures
2016-04-29 08:10:35
Although new policies to curb Shanghai's overheated housing market are already having an impact, many potential purchasers say the amended regulations have pushed homes out of their price range. Wang Ying reports from Shanghai.
National parks to protect rare species
2016-04-29 08:15:44
Conservation experts working to consolidate habitat management to encourage reproduction
Freeing caged animals can harm environment, senior official warns
2016-04-29 08:15:44
China will draft regulations to further prevent people from buying caged animals and setting them free without permission, said a senior official from China's wildlife watchdog.
Hunting resort may encroach on reserve land
2016-04-29 08:15:44
The State Forestry Administration is investigating the legality of a hunting resort established jointly by a city in the Ningxia Hui autonomous region and the United Arab Emirates to find out whether the land the resort uses is part of a nature reserve and therefore illegal, a forestry official said on Thursday.
61 tried in six-day contract fraud case
2016-04-29 08:09:14
Sixty-one suspects stood trial in Beijing on Thursday, the sixth day in what the No 1 Intermediate People's Court said was the largest-ever case of contract fraud since the founding of the People's Republic of China in 1949.
Tiananmen Square decorated as May Day holiday approaches
2016-04-29 10:23:01
Tiananmen Square is decorated in Beijing, capital of China, April 28, 2016 as the May Day holiday approaches.
Industrial city reinvents itself as green oasis
2016-04-29 09:34:44
Tangshan, a key industrial city in North China's Hebei province, has been holding the World Horticultural Exposition since Friday, showing its determination to develop its economy in a green way.
China builds hydropower station on upper Yangtze
2016-04-29 08:59:24
The construction of a large hydropower station has begun on the Jinsha River, the upper section of the Yangtze River, local authorities said Thursday.
Five Chinese cities urged to improve worsened air quality
2016-04-29 08:59:12
The Ministry of Environmental Protection (MEP) on Thursday urged local governments of five cities with declining air quality to fully implement the national plan for clean air.
8 die in coach hijacking, arson in NW China
2016-04-29 08:45:09
Eight people died and five others were injured after a coach was hijacked and set on fire in northwest China's Shaanxi Province on Thursday, local police said.
Errant boss jailed, fined for failing to pay workers
2016-04-29 07:20:07
A restaurant boss who failed to pay 133 workers 807,000 yuan ($124,000) has been sentenced to two years in jail and fined 50,000 yuan.