Party chief Xi Jinping called on China and the United States to "defy hardship" and "accumulate positive energy" in developing their ties, as he met with former US president Jimmy Carter on Thursday in Beijing.
China and Australia pledged on Thursday to strengthen their militaries ties during a meeting between the two countries' senior military officials.
China and the United States have held wide-ranging talks on defense and security at the 13th annual China-US Defense Consultative Talks in the Pentagon.
Increasing consumption associated with economic growth and urbanization are placing increasing pressure on China's natural environment, according to a report released by the World Wide Fund For Nature, or WWF, on Wednesday.
Senior Communist Party of China (CPC) leader Liu Yunshan on Thursday said CPC leaders will be examined regularly on the changes in their work style and the results will be made public.
China Marine Surveillance airplane B-3837 entered the airspace over the Diaoyu Islands in the East China Sea at around 10 am on Thursday, joining the routine patrol with four marine surveillance ships, the State Oceanic Administration said in a statement on Thursday.
China and the United States should overcome their difficulties and foster positive energy to develop ties, Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, said Thursday while meeting former US president Jimmy Carter in Beijing.
Li Chuncheng has been removed from the position of deputy secretary of the Sichuan Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) for suspected "serious discipline violations."
Recent vows by Xi Jinping, new leader of the Communist Party of China (CPC), to continue the country's reform have struck a chord with academics.
The Supreme People's Court (SPC) on Wednesday announced plans to improve its work style, echoing a call by the newly elected leadership of China's ruling party to reject extravagance and reduce bureaucracy.
Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, has ordered the country's army of 2.3 million to intensify its "real combat" awareness to sustain military readiness.
Chinese and foreign experts have urged legislators to turn a regulation on government transparency into law as part of efforts to combat corruption.