China's national social credit system gained momentum with guidelines issued on creating credit records of citizens and government agencies.
Qiushi Journal, the flagship magazine of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, will on Sunday publish excerpts of a speech President Xi Jinping made during a key Party meeting.
Chinese President Xi Jinping has called for greater efforts to make innovation and breakthroughs in the construction of free trade zones (FTZ).
China will support foreign companies in launching initial public offerings on its stock markets, issuing bonds and broadening their financing channels to create a high-level marketplace in which the country can find new growth momentum, an official from the nation's top economic planner said on Friday.
In the next five years, China will invest 3.5 trillion yuan ($503 billion) to accelerate railway construction, including expansion of the country's high-speed rail network to 30,000 kilometers, a senior official said on Thursday.
China will phase out all ivory processing and trade in all designated workshops and marketplaces by the end of 2017.
Le Dake, a former senior legislator in Southwest China's Tibet autonomous region, was sentenced to 13 years in prison for taking bribes on Friday.
China said on Friday it hoped to maintain close cooperation with Antonio Guterres, who is to replace Ban Ki-moon as UN secretary-general on Jan 1, 2017.
China on Friday welcomed a nationwide ceasefire agreement signed by the Syrian government and major opposition groups Thursday, adding that implementation of the ceasfire was of key importance.
China's current account surplus rose to $69.3 billion in the third quarter, up 8 percent year on year.
Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday called for more efforts to carry out reforms in the next year, stressing policy coordination and responsibility.
China will stick to prudent monetary policy in 2017, the central bank said Friday, while putting more emphasis on maintaining it at an appropriate degree and keeping it neutral.