Chinese Vice Premier Ma Kai met with Guy Ryder, director general of the United Nations International Labor Organization, in Beijing on Tuesday.
Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesman Hong Lei on Tuesday expressed shock and indignation at a Japanese politician's statement regarding "comfort women."
More than 60 representatives from China and Myanmar attended an event on Tuesday in Kunming, Southwest China's Yunnan province.
The Chinese government has resolutely vowed to transform its function and reform the administrative system to create a favorable environment for development, the People's Daily said Tuesday.
More needy people in rural areas and from ethnic minority groups have benefited from the government's poverty reduction efforts, says a report Tuesday.
China is working to guarantee the basic rights of workers through amending laws, expanding trade unions and promoting fair payment, says a government report here Tuesday.
China has paid great attention to human rights protection while amending laws and regulations in recent years, says a government report on the country's human rights progress in 2012 issued Tuesday.
Liu Tienan, deputy director of China's top economic planning organ, has been dismissed from his post, confirmed the Party's organization department.
The Information Office of the State Council, or China's Cabinet, issued a white paper on Progress in China's Human Rights in 2012 Tuesday.
China's white paper on human rights in 2012 stresses its achievements in improving living standards and increasing room for citizens to express their opinions.
Full text of white paper Progress made in protecting workers' rights China ensures citizens' right to know China protects cultural rights of ethnic groups China protects environment to ensure human rights
China said on Monday that efforts should be made to help African countries build their capacity in the fight against terrorism.
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang is to pay official visits to India, Pakistan, Switzerland and Germany next week, his first foreign trip as China's new head of government.