China's State Forestry Administration (SFA) has pledged to fight desertification as the country faces a tough battle against encroaching sands.
Chinese President Xi Jinping has recently congratulated Raimonds Vejonis on being elected Latvia's new president.
A Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson urged the Japanese government to take tangible action to get the trust of its neighbors on Tuesday.
Ten people have been put under criminal investigation concerning a factory explosion that killed 18 people in South China's Guangdong province on New Year's Eve.
China's State Council on Tuesday appointed new officials and removed others from their posts.
Qi Dacai, senior executive of China Southern Power Grid, has been arrested for suspected bribery, Guangdong provincial people's procuratorate announced on Tuesday.
Millions of Chinese government officials and civil servants will be asked to learn ancient Chinese classics - or "guoxue" - as part of a patriotic course.
The land reclamation project of China's construction on some stationed islands and reefs of the Nansha Islands will be completed in the upcoming days.
Military has begun a probe into buildings erected without permission that exceed specifications or are illegally rented out, as part of a broader graft crackdown.
Environmental protection authorities have reined in polluters by using the "teeth" of regulations and laws to levy record fines in the first four months of the year, prompting polluters to clean up their acts, a senior environmental official said.
Laws to reflect changes as Chinese buy more from abroad after domestic scandals
China will promote nuclear power on a larger scale at home and abroad as it steps up the upgrading of manufacturing and seeks more global deals, Premier Li Keqiang said on Monday.