A senior diplomat has been named as the mainland's top official in charge of Taiwan affairs, which analysts said will boost the peaceful development of cross-Straits ties.
Resolving territorial dispute between Japan and China will be a long process and the issue should enter a "resting stage", said Uichiro Niwa, former Japanese ambassador to China.
Wu Renbao, the retired Communist Party of China (CPC) chief of Huaxi Village in East China's Jiangsu province, died of cancer on Monday afternoon.
Chinese President Xi Jinping will pay state visits to Russia, Tanzania, South Africa and the Republic of Congo.
Chinese President Xi Jinping's upcoming visit to Russia will inject new impetus into their strategic partnership, says Chinese Ambassador Li Hui.
China-Africa relations are in a golden age of rapid development, but more must be done to improve the quality of economic ties as Chinese investment continues to boom.
President Xi Jinping's plan to visit Russia during his first overseas trip underscores the growing importance of China-Russia relations to Beijing.
China has replaced Britain as the world's fifth-largest arms exporter, while the US and Russia still dominate global arms sales, a Swedish think tank said on Monday.
President Xi Jinping will establish the direction of future China-Russia ties with Russian President Vladimir Putin during his first foreign visit to the country.
Premier Li Keqiang on Monday met with CY Leung and Chui Sai On, chief executives of the Hong Kong and Macao special administrative regions, praising the regions' roles in boosting the country's overall development.
China's newly-elected State Council on Monday vowed to prioritize transforming government functions in its work.
Chinese marine surveillance ships continued regular patrols in the territorial waters surrounding the Diaoyu Islands on Monday.