Shanghai prosecutors and police are conducting joint inquiries into crimes involving juvenile victims for the first time in the country in an effort to prevent secondary damage to the victims who, in the past, had to recount their traumatic experience multiple times to different investigators.
In a deepening of China's anti-corruption campaign, a high-ranking official accused of taking large bribes will, for the first time, have no chance of parole after receiving a suspended death sentence under the nation's revised Criminal Law.
Chen Chuangen, deputy mayor of Suizhou city in Central China's Hubei province, has been charged with bribery by Jingmen City People's Procuratorate in Hubei, the Supreme People's Procuratorate revealed on Sunday.
Yang Dongliang, former head of the State Administration of Work Safety, has been charged with corruption, according to the Supreme People's Procuratorate (SPP).
Zhou Benshun, former Party chief of North China's Hebei province, has been charged with taking bribes, according to the Supreme People's Procuratorate (SPP) on Sunday.
Bai Enpei, a former senior lawmaker with the National People's Congress, was sentenced to death with a two-year reprieve on Sunday for taking "a huge amount of bribes" and holding excessive assets with unidentified sources.
The publicity chief of the Communist Party of China (CPC) on Saturday called for more quality literary periodicals.
China will control its credit growth and take active measures to promote the healthy development of the housing market, said a central bank statement.
The Chinese government will further streamline approval procedures for foreign investment to better attract overseas investment.
The Chinese government on Saturday decided to streamline administrative approval, delegate more power to lower government levels and loosen rules on foreign investment in an attempt to revive the economy.
The Chinese government on Saturday decided to further streamline administrative approvals and delegate power to lower levels to revive the economy.
Five local officials are under investigation on suspicion of accepting bribes, the Supreme People's Procuratorate (SPP) said on Saturday.