Veteran diplomats said the increasing number of envoys comes from China's expanding involvement in global issues and its increasing national interests.
China will continue to propel its ongoing reform on torpid state-owned enterprises (SOE) this year as part of the efforts to restructure the economy, according to a recent government meeting.
Local disciplinary organs across China investigated 265 prefecture-level officials in 2015, 2.5 times the number in 2014.
Foreign Minister Wang Yi said in a meeting with British counterpart Philip Hammond in Beijing that G7 should not hype the South China Sea issue.
Li Chengyun, former vice governor of Southwest China's Sichuan province, is under investigation for suspected disciplinary violations, the anti-graft authority said Saturday.
The upcoming meeting of Group of Seven (G7) foreign ministers should not play up the South China Sea issue, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on Saturday.
"Industry 4.0", a strategy Germany set in motion in 2013, has been regarded as a fourth industrial revolution leading the way for manufacturers around the world.
China and Switzerland signed five documents as the two countries declared the establishment of their innovative strategic partnership.
China and Switzerland will establish an innovative strategic partnership to promote common development and prosperity, a joint statement said.
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang expressed his confidence in the country's economy, stressing that China has the ability to maintain medium-high rate of growth.
China's sports establishment must learn the lessons from a corruption scandal involving a former deputy sports minister, continue to root out graft and curb a win-at-all costs mentality, the country's top graft-buster said on Friday.
Relevant parties should not put disputes, including territorial controversies, into the G7 summit, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said Friday at a joint press briefing following talks with visiting German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier.