China responds to the US irresponsible remarks of its human rights situation by publishing its own report on US human rights issues, including its tapping program and rampant gun violence.
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang has signed a decree to issue a regulation on social assistance that calls for open, fair and timely aid for the needy.
A Foreign Ministry leader on Thursday urged Japan's leaders to reflect honestly on Japanese aggression following China's designation of two national days to mark victory in the anti-Japanese war and to commemorate victims of the Nanjing Massacre.
The Ministry of Commerce is drafting improvements to the nation's antitrust laws, part of the government's drive to build a level playing field for all companies.
Experts hailed the decision by China's top legislature on Thursday to ratify two new national days regarding Japan's wartime atrocities in China.
Kuomintang Honorary Chairman Lien Chan visited Beijing's Nanluoguxiang hutong on Thursday, two days after Communist Party of China chief Xi Jinping made a surprise visit to the area amid heavy smog.
Whether China sets up air defense identification zones depends on the extent of threats it faces from the skies, a Defense Ministry spokesman said.
President Xi Jinping pledged on Thursday to strengthen China's Internet security and build the nation into a strong cyberpower.
Thirty-five years after China's reform mastermind Deng Xiaoping identified several coastal cities in southern China as economic front lines, President Xi Jinping produced his vision for another integrated sphere in the north on Wednesday.
Police chiefs from China and the Republic of Korea (ROK) vowed here on Thursday to jointly cope with cross-border crimes and non-traditional threats.
The 12th NPC has a total of 2,983 deputies, one fewer than the figure announced at the last bi-monthly session in December.
The Chinese president, who is slated to head a central Internet security and informatization leading group, pledges to build the country into a "cyber power".