North China's Shanxi province, a major coal production base, has eliminated all of its small collieries, each of which had an annual production capacity of no more than 300,000 metric tons, according to a senior coal industry regulator.
The ex-lover and feng shui master of late Hong Kong billionaire Nina Wang was formally charged by police on Thursday with forgery of a will he claimed entitled him to the heiress' huge estate.
Voluntary smoking controls have proved ineffective in China, with laws and regulations being the only effective way of curbing the habit, according to a report released in Beijing on Thursday.
Police in Beijing have dismissed rumors of a poisoned gas attack on the subway system, urging commuters to stay calm after false reports circulated on the Internet, Beijing News reported on Thursday.
A lingering drought has severely impacted the livelihoods of fishermen in several Chinese provinces and forced some of them to leave their homes.
Chen Rong, 11, has to share the housework and farm work with her parents who have difficulty in supporting the family due to physical disabilities. Chen says she will look after her parents for the rest of her life as "their hand and eyes".
Seeking to reduce the amount of trash in the city, Hangzhou, capital of East China's Zhejiang Province, is experimenting with a measure to "name and shame" those who fail to put waste in the right place.
As living standards have improved in recent years, people's desire to travel has also increased, which has motivated some local areas to target tourists by promoting unique ethnic experiences.
A local law that bans indoor smoking in public places was passed Thursday in Harbin city, Northeast China's Heilongjiang province, becoming the first regulations in China targeting second-hand smoke.
According to their official website, Compassion for Migrant Children (CMC) is a nonprofit organisation founded in early 2006 to help China's urban migrant children, primarily through offering social and educational programs.
About 1 million copies have been sold of a new book on the history of the Communist Party of China (CPC) since being published on January 11, said a statement Thursday.
Chief Executive of Macao Special Administrative Region (SAR) Chui Sai On has pledged to focus more on middle class living standards in the second half of the year.