No ornamental flags, flowers or Chinese wines were offered to government advisers in Beijing at their annual meeting on Monday.
Guangzhou officials have set an economic growth target of 10 percent this year, amid challenging markets both at home and abroad.
Air pollution and traffic congestion are likely to top the agenda when Beijing's lawmakers and political advisers gather for their annual meetings this week.
A young official had ranked at the bottom of a test for the government job she was recently promoted to, renewing netizens’ doubts over her promotion.
Prosecutors in Guangzhou, capital of Guangdong province, investigated 564 officials involved in 522 corruption cases in 2012.
Two senior officials from the capital of Guangdong province have been under probe for serious violation of Party discipline and State laws.
A retired official from Central China's Henan province is being investigated following online sexual harassment allegations.
One official in Huangshi, Hubei province, was sacked and 49 others were punished for inappropriate behavior during working hours.
China will strengthen national defense education with a focus on safeguarding maritime rights, the national defense education office said on Monday.
Welcome ceremonies, flowers, banners and booze - once lavish fixtures of Chinese officials - have all been banned under tough new restrictions to stamp out corruption.
A Chinese marine surveillance fleet continued patrolling China's territorial waters around the Diaoyu Islands and monitored Japanese ships that violated China's territorial waters.
The State Council of China on Monday announced the appointment of several new officials.
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