China to conduct safety overhaul of high-speed trains

China will carry out a special campaign to check potential safety problems of high-speed trains this year.

China not out to purchase Europe

Wen said China has neither the intention nor the ability to buy up Europe, answering concerns over China's increasing investment in eurozone.

Seven officials in Hechi have been fired and two others punished following a toxic cadmium spill in a river that has threatened the water supplies.

China is expected to eradicate new polio cases in October when it finishes vaccinating nearly 30 million people, a senior health official said.

Online retailers and delivery services were overwhelmed by orders from customers unable to access certain virtual stores due to holiday closures.

China will continue its policy of opening-up to the outside world and encourage its enterprises to participate in equal competition in that process.

The cost of environmental and ecological damage to China soared to almost $222 billion in 2009, an increase of 9.2 percent on the previous year.

China's Ministry of Health (MOH) on Friday issued a regulation to standardize infant formula for children with congenital diseases.

President Hu Jintao said that China was ready to push forward its long-term, healthy and in-depth development of strategic partnership with Germany.

A Chinese fisherman was repatriated early Friday afternoon from Japan after he was given a suspended sentence.

China on Thursday called upon the international community to make greater anti-poverty efforts.