Chinese Premier Li Keqiang on Saturday sent a message of condolences to Nepalese Prime Minister Sushil Koirala over a strong earthquake that struck the South Asian country earlier in the day.
The 62-strong China International Search & Rescue Team left for Nepal at around 6 a.m. Sunday Beijing time to carry out humanitarian rescue following a massive 8.1-magnitude earthquake on Saturday.
Chinese police captured one of the 100 wanted economic fugitives who fled overseas, as part of the country's intensified hunt for graft suspects.
The jury system will be introduced to 50 courts in 10 cities under a pilot program recently initiated by the Supreme People's Court.
China's top legislature Friday approved amendments to a total of 25 laws to streamline administration and delegate powers to lower level governments.
The Chinese central government has vowed to streamline administrative review procedures and leave less room for corruption in the intermediary service providers to which companies often have to resort in order to win approvals.
The Standing Committee of China's National People's Congress (NPC), the country's top legislature, on Friday voted to adopt an amendment to the Food Safety Law that gives the heaviest penalties yet to offenders.
In a bid to tighten the safety of its airports, China will only construct airports that are lower than 4,411 meters above sea level in the next two years.
A Chinese official on Friday denied reports of an "exodus" of the country's civil servants from their jobs, and said some job-hopping should be considered normal.
Worrying about the challenges faced by traditional industries, in particular the textile sector, has made Li Keqiang lose his appetite, the premier revealed on Thursday.
Li Chuncheng, former vice-Party chief of Southwest China's Sichuan province, went on trial for corruption at Xianning Intermediate People's Court in Hubei province on Thursday.
Indonesian President Joko Widodo Thursday declared close of the two-day Asian-African summit with the adoption of three important outcome documents.