Premier Li Keqiang said China will learn from Ireland's investment in innovation and scientific technologies, after he met visiting Irish president Michael Higgins on Wednesday in Beijing.
China attaches great importance to promoting and protecting human rights and has given priority to the 1.3 billion Chinese people's rights to existence and development.
China's Yunnan Province has dismissed 41 members of the Communist Party of China (CPC) for drug abuse.
China will continue to provide aid to the Maldives, which is struggling with a severe shortage of water.
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang will pay a visit to Kazakhstan, Serbia and Thailand from Dec 14 to 20.
A former general manager of a state-owned enterprise in South China's Guangdong province was sentenced to death for embezzlement and accepting bribes, in the province's biggest graft case.
Three local officials have been detained for the alleged acceptance of bribes, according to a statement released Wednesday by the Supreme People's Procuratorate.
Scientific experiments carried out by China within its borders are normal ones conducted according to its schedule, and they are not directed against any specific country or target, the Ministry of National Defense said on Tuesday.
Liu Tienan, 60, a former star of China's energy industry, was sentenced to life imprisonment for bribery on Wednesday at a court in Hebei province.
The top anti-graft watchdog has opened a special channel online to receive tipoffs about corrupt officials who flee abroad and transfer illegal assets overseas.
The promotion of a former ambassador and experienced foreign policy expert to a major Party position covering international affairs was confirmed on Tuesday.
A cooperation agreement between leading universities in China and Ireland was signed on Tuesday in the presence of famous alumni: the presidents of both countries.