The largest container ship, a 200,000-ton vessel named Benjamin Franklin, sailed from Guangzhou port on Monday, Feb. 1, the Xinhua News Agency reported.
The sentences of 11 repentant terrorists in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region have been reduced due to the demonstration of repentance and regret, according to a report by China Daily.
Following the World Health Organization’s announcement of mosquito-born Zika virus as an international public health emergency, Chinese government officials are bent on preventing a possible outbreak in the country, according to a report by China Daily.
A Foreign Ministry spokesman on Monday said that China is eager to help Latin American countries to combat the spread of the Zika virus.
A Shanghai court on Monday imposed fines totaling 2.4 million yuan ($364,780) on two food processing plants of a global fast food chain supplier and sentenced 10 people to jail for producing and selling substandard products in a case exposed in 2014.
Authorities in China have declared the disqualification of over 3,900 officials from promotion after misreporting their assets in 2015.
Shenzhen announced plans to set aside 15 billion yuan ($2.2 billion) to fund public safety improvements, according to a report by China Daily. The initiative is part of the city’s overall plan to transform Shenzhen into a modern, international city.
Conservationists are calling for the inclusion of mandatory provisions and support measures targeted to protect wildlife habitats in a revised version of the Law on Protection of Wildlife, according to a report by China Daily.
Beijing has retained its rank as China's biggest shopping city in 2015, as online shopping fever continued to lift retail sales and push more old brands to open online stores, the Xinhua News Agency reported.
Didi Kuaidi and Uber, the leading rivals in the ride-hailing market of China, have announced new funding and market expansion plans, back-to-back.
China's popular resort island Hainan is set to relax its limits on offshore duty-free shopping starting Feb. 1, the Xinhua News Agency reported.
A testing facility was built by the People's Liberation Army (PLA) to familiarize its new rocket force in various battlefield scenarios, including extreme weather and strong electronic jamming, China Daily reported.
A rare wave of heavy snowfall swept through several central and eastern Chinese provinces on Sunday, disrupting a pre-holiday travel rush involving millions of people going home for the Lunar New Year.
Premier Li Keqiang presided over a symposium with representatives from arts, education, health, sports, science and grassroots enterprises. Here he stressed the importance of promoting cultural and educational development.
Cancer has become a national public health problem that has affected an average of 12,000 Chinese people, killing 7,500 every day in 2015. When figures were last released in 2012, figures showed 3.12 million new diagnoses and 2.7 million deaths.
