China eyes greener development
Footage of a snow leopard wandering down a street in a county in northwest China's Qinghai Province captured by an onlooker went viral last month, with netizens calling it a sign of environment recovery.
Understanding China's "around 7 percent" growth target
For those obsessing over China's annual growth target of around 7 percent, the 6.9-percent expansion during the third quarter was a disappointment.
Five-Year Plan should inspire whole nation
As China can meet various thorny problems in the “deep water” stage of reform, society needs to be aware that these problems cannot all be solved immediately and have more faith.
China hits home stretch on long march to prosperity
A meeting of the Communist Party of China (CPC) opens on Monday to begin finalizing the 13th Five-Year Plan (2016-2020) for national development; the final countdown to reaching the first Centenary Goal.
Party rules ban groundless comments on major policies
Members of the Communist Party of China (CPC) are banned from making groundless comments on national policies, according to newly issued Party rules, which analysts said is aimed at strengthening the unity and conformity of the Party.
CPC's new clean governance rules focus on moral ethics
The Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee has published a new set of clean governance rules as it moves to strengthen the management of its 88 million Party members.
Senior Chinese military logistics officer under investigation
Zhou Guotai, a senior officer of the People's Liberation Army's (PLA) general logistics department is under investigation for "suspected severe discipline violations," the PLA announced Wednesday.
China faces task to reduce poverty in affluent east
Despite years of prosperity in eastern China, pockets of poverty still remain in the developed region.
Beijing expects half burials go green in 2020
In Beijing, where land is expensive and pollution a concern, the government is encouraging families to practice green burials such as burying a deceased loved one's ashes under a tree or in a flowerbed, or spreading them in the sea.
Senior official in S. China ousted from CPC
Yu Yuanhui, a former member of the Standing Committee of the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Regional Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC), has been expelled from Party and removed from public office for "serious disciplinary offences," the disciplinary authority announced on Friday.
CPC adopts stricter disciplines
The Communist Party of China (CPC) has approved new rules on clean governance and punishments for breaking Party rules, as it moves to strengthen management of its members with measures considered stricter than laws, analysts said.
Urgent: CPC to convene key meeting on 13th five-year plan
The Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee will convene a key meeting on the 13th five-year plan from Oct. 26 to 29, the authority said Monday.
Chinese vice premier stresses good mapping of 13th Five-Year Plan
Vice Premier Zhang Gaoli said more work should be done on the 13th Five-Year Plan, China's development blueprint for years from 2016 to 2020.
CPC plenum to discuss five-year plan
China will discuss its new national five-year plan during the fifth plenary session of the 18th Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee in October which experts said will focus on economic development under the current slowdown.
Chinese leader meets entrepreneurs on 13th five-year plan
Top political advisor Yu Zhengsheng met with Chinese entrepreneurs on Friday to solicit their opinions on the 13th five-year development plan.
President Xi outlines position on 13th five-year plan
Chinese President Xi Jinping on Wednesday said the 13th five-year plan period (2016-2020) will be crucial, and governments at all levels should foresee the major trends and plan economic and social development well.
China's five-year plan to boost environment protection
China's next five-year plan will further boost ecological progress, said Xu Lin, a department head at the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), the country's top economic planner, on Wednesday.