Sui Fengfu, former deputy head of the Heilongjiang Provincial People's Congress Standing Committee, has been sentenced to 11 years in prison for taking bribes, according to Shenyang City Intermediate People's Court on Monday.
Three former senior officials have been expelled from the Communist Party of China (CPC) over serious violations of discipline.
China will replace huge amounts of fossile fuels with renewable energy in the next five years in pursuit of better air quality.
Chinese top legislature on Monday deliberated a draft decision on piloting supervisory system reform in Beijing and the provinces of Shanxi and Zhejiang.
China's top legislature may revise a law to better prevent water pollution, by strengthening government responsibility and supervision, according to a draft released Monday.
Chinese top legislature is deliberating a draft law that will regulate and facilitate e-commerce in the country.
A draft Chinese law enhancing traditional Chinese medicine's (TCM) role in China's medical system will support ethnic minority medicine in the country.
The latest draft of the General Rules of Civil Law submitted to China's top legislature Monday has extra clauses to protect civil rights.
US president-elect Donald Trump has been urged to take his predecessor's warnings on the one-China principle seriously, to prevent further conflict between the two countries next year.
China's top economic planner said on Saturday that cutting excess production capacity will be a priority for its work next year.
New law would hold owners personally liable for hazardous conditions
China issued a guideline Sunday on improving work safety, seeking to plug the holes in its supervision mechanism, laws and safety standards to effectively prevent accidents.