The universal second-child policy implemented early last year was a major factor in raising the number of births in China to 17.86 million last year, an increase of 7.9 percent and the highest annual ...
Beijing witnessed 39 heavily polluted days last year, 19 days fewer than 2013, said an official of the Beijing Municipal Environmental Protection Bureau at a press conference on Saturday, who also ann ...
Researchers at Stanford University School of Medicine have unearthed a connection between advancing age, systemic inflammation, cardiovascular disease and coffee consumption.
An extensive analysis of ...
More than three-quarters of Europeans and eight out of ten French have a bad opinion of new U.S. President Donald Trump, a poll revealed on Friday.
Donald Trump was sworn in on Friday as the 45th pre ...
Will there be a trade war between the world's two largest trading powers? Anxiety is spreading among business people around the world as the Trump administration takes office in the United States, wit ...
Shanghai's Ying vows to keep watchful eye on housing prices
New Shanghai Mayor Ying Yong said the city never wants housing prices to get too high because that could drive young people away, sapping ...
Chinese surgeons in a Central China hospital have succeeded in performing two complex pediatric heart surgeries using 3D printing technology.
The first patient was a 13-year-old girl suffering from h ...
According to a survey conducted by Hurun Research Institute on Thursday, over 90 percent of wealthy Chinese are optimistic about China's economy.
Over the last six months, 449 individuals with person ...
China plans to reduce its marine fish catch in the next few years to protect the environment.
The ocean fishery output will drop to less than 10 million tonnes by 2020, down by 3.1 million tonnes fro ...
North China's Tianjin Municipality will forbid outdoor burning of straw to reduce air pollution.
From March 1, open-air burning of straw can be fined at a maximum of 2,000 yuan ($291), according to a ...
Hong Kong aims at reducing carbon intensity by 65 to 70 percent by 2030 compared with the 2005 level, the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) government said in a climate action plan relea ...
Cities taking further action to reduce coal consumption in heating season
The Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region saw improvements in air quality in 2016, though it was at times still plagued by severe poll ...
A near-complete ban on banquets in Kaili, Guizhou province, has drawn mixed reactions, with restaurant owners worried about a decrease in business.
The pilot regulation, made public by the city gover ...
China's domestic consumption has remained a strong contributor to the economy, helping drive it as the country has undergone economic restructuring in recent years－but last year it flagged, according ...
Chinese authorities have forecast a peak travel rush in the second week of China's 40-day "Chunyun," starting Friday, as many Chinese people are rushing back home for the Spring Festival.
More trips ...
