The United States should be responsible for the current retrograde bilateral relationship with China, said Zhao Qizheng, spokesman of the annual session of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), Tuesday.

China's top economic planning body has confirmed the government will take concrete actions to develop a low-carbon economy after it pledged to substantially reduce carbon intensity at last year's Copenhagen Conference.

For China, from ordinary citizens to top policy makers, the phrase "real estate" brings a mixture of feelings. Strong investment in the sector has helped China recover quickly from the global financial crisis, but has also complicated China's economic future.

China's future role in the global economy and on climate change issues are the chief concerns among foreigners living in Beijing ahead of the annual sessions of National People's Congress (NPC) and the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC).

The Chinese government has vowed again to increase its spending on education to four percent of the country's gross domestic product (GDP) in 2012, a target previously set in 1993.

China's top economic planning body has confirmed that China is considering bring local GDP under unified calculation in an effort to prevent local officials from cooking economic growth figures for political benefits.

About 30 percent of state-owned grass-roots health institutions in 28 provinces, municipalities and autonomous regions would set up the essential medicine system by the end of February.
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China's top legislature approved the law on national defense mobilization Friday, after three readings since 2000.

China will replace its registered unemployment rate with a surveyed rate in 2011, according to a report released by the Standing Committee of National People’s Congress, the Beijing News reported today.

China's Ministry of Public Security has issued a guideline on the management and education in detention centers, amid its effort to better protect detainees' lawful rights and reduce second-time crimes through enhanced education.