Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych will pay a state visit to China from December 3 to 6, a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman announced on Friday.
A Communist Party of China (CPC) official on Friday called for more efforts to build China into a socialist country ruled by law.
President Xi Jinping has urged officials to push forward reforms but avoid being rash and reckless in the process.
The reform measures of China's decades-old petitioning system will encourage people to make more use of an Internet-based service.
A series of agreements that aim to improve regional connectivity, economic ties and security co-op among SCO members are expected to be signed Friday.
A high-ranking official in charge of handling public complaints is under investigation for "serious violations of laws and discipline", adding to the expanding number of officials scrutinized in the government's recent crackdown on corruption.
China's newly announced air defense identification zone does not target "normal" flights by international airliners, the Foreign Ministry said on Thursday, as Chinese fighter jets patrolled the zone.
A quarter of China's government ministries and 31 percent of provincial-level governments have developed software applications that run on smartphones or other mobile devices, according to figures released by a ministry research institute on Thursday.
Chinese President Xi Jinping has called for confidence in realizing further reform and determination to overcome difficulties.
A Chinese Defense Ministry spokesman said on Thursday that the navy harbor in south China's Sanya City has the preliminary capability of docking China's first aircraft carrier, the Liaoning.
Chinese authorities have decided to remove a senior official in charge of public petitions from public office for suspected serious disciplinary violations.
Courts across China will have to publish judgements online within seven days after judicial decisions, the Supreme People's Court (SPC) said on Thursday.