China and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) will accelerate negotiations on upgrading the China-ASEAN Free Trade Area (CAFTA) in 2015.
Li Changgen, 57, a senior official of the Henan High People’s Court, was taken from his post suspected of “serious discipline and law violations” three days ago, the provincial commission for discipline inspection said on Thursday.
Li Jiangong, the head of Bureau of Land and Resources in north China's Shanxi Province, is being investigated after being suspected of "severe disciplinary and law violations".
Chinese President Xi Jinping was named third on a list of the World's Most Powerful People released by Forbes magazine on Wednesday.
The investigation into Zhou Yongkang, China's former security chief, will take some time, and the central government is committed to publicizing the result in a timely manner, a senior official said on Wednesday.
Cases involving government officials and businesses top the list ranking the types of corruption in China, according to the Party's discipline inspectors.
China again expressed willingness to work with the United States to build a new type of relations between major countries, saying it is normal for both sides to have disagreements in their relationship.
China slammed Hong Kong's last colonial governor Chris Patten and urged him to stop "inciting the illegal Occupy Central Movement in Hong Kong" on Wednesday.
A Foreign Ministry spokesman on Wednesday hailed China-Mexico cooperation on Mexico's high-speed railway project, vowing that China will strengthen cooperation with the world in high-speed railway.
China is willing to exchange counter-terrorism intelligence and carry out joint anti-terror operations with other countries at a proper time, according to the Ministry of Public Security.
The concluding Senior Officials' Meeting of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) 2014 opened here Wednesday, ushering a series of APEC events in the coming week.
Several appointments and removals of government officials were announced by the State Council, China's Cabinet, on Wednesday.