Li Chongxi, chairman of the Sichuan provincial committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, was investigated for suspected serious violations of discipline and law.
Chinese President Xi Jinping on Saturday visited a heat supply company and a nursing home in Beijing, extending New Year greetings to front-line staff and seniors all over the country.
On 28 December, Chinese State Councilor Yang Jiechi spoke on Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's visit to the Yasukuni Shrine.
China's top legislature finalized the dismissal of Ji Jianye, former mayor of Nanjing, capital of East China's Jiangsu province, as a national legislator on Saturday .
The National People's Congress (NPC), China's top legislature, is to convene its annual session in Beijing on March 5 next year.
The NPC resolution stresses that all legally-made "laojiao" penalties before the abolition of the system were valid.
A senior official with the Communist Party of China (CPC) has called on experts and researchers to "advance with the times" and embrace innovation in carrying out the research of Mao Zedong Thought.
An official from China's top advisory body is under investigation for alleged corruption, the country's top anti-graft agency announced on Friday.
The central government on Friday issued a notice requiring local authorities and officials to implement the Party rules against extravagance and excessive formality during the upcoming New Year and Spring Festival holidays.
A State Council meeting in June pledged to improve housing conditions for the underprivileged and to promote urbanization by accelerating shantytown reform.
China started a two-and-a-half-year process of drafting a comprehensive e-commerce law on Friday as its e-commerce market expands at full speed.
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's visit to the war-linked Yasukuni shrine has aroused worldwide condemnation with officials and media warning of its adverse impact on the regional peace and stability in East Asia.