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Heilongjiang's Nature Reserves: a Gift to the Earth
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| The Worldwide Fund for Nature (WWF) granted its highest award for nature conservation to a number of reserves in northeast China on Wednesday, the fourth time the country has been recognized in this way for environmental protection endeavors. |
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Position Paper on UN Reform Issued
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| The government published a position paper on UN reform Tuesday, emphasizing multilateralism, the needs of developing countries and the importance of building consensus. It is the first document conveying China's comprehensive stance.
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Special Care For 'Big Exam' Students
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| A total of 8.67 million students are sitting the college entrance examinations starting today, and the whole nation has pulled out all the stops in a bid to ease the students' stress and tension. |
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Beijing to Recruit 6,500 More Police
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| Local media reported Sunday that the capital's municipal authorities have approved recruitment of 6,500 additional police in an attempt to improve the health and working conditions of serving officers. |
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Chinese Premier: Grain Prices to Remain Stable
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| China's grain prices should keep stable as a whole, said Premier Wen Jiabao during his inspection tour to north China's Hebei Province. On June 4 and June 5, Wen toured the rural areas of Gaocheng City in Hebei to learn about the harvest of summer grain crops.
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Efforts to Fight Against Floods and Droughts
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| In a working meeting held by the State Flood Control and Drought Relief Headquarters on Saturday, Chinese Vice Premier Hui Liangyu urged all government departments and branches to be ready for combating floods and droughts in the summer flood season and ensure the safety of major rivers and reservoirs. |
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Textile Issue China's Top Concern
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| Chinese Vice Premier Wu Yi Saturday urged the United States to properly settle the Sino-US textile trade issue and claimed that the protection of intellectual property rights are progressing in China. |
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Energy Leading Group Set Up
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| China's new national energy leading group, headed by Premier Wen Jiabao, convened its first meeting on Thursday. The group decided to make mid- and long-term national plans for energy development to adjust the country's energy structure, and priority is to be given to coal mining and power supply projects. |
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Leaders Say Farewell to Epstein
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| President Hu Jintao and Premier Wen Jiabao were among 1,000 mourners to pay their last respects on Friday to Israel Epstein. A distinguished Chinese citizen who devoted his life to journalism and to reporting on China, Epstein died in Beijing at age 90 on May 26. His body was cremated after the funeral service at the Babaoshan Revolutionary Cemetery in Beijing. |
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Beijing Police Destroy Drugs
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| Beijing police burnt 224 kilograms of drugs on Friday, the commemoration day of the famous Humen Opium Destruction. They have burnt drugs every two years since the late 1990s, and the last burning in 2003 destroyed more than 600 kilograms of drugs.
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