Southwest China's Chongqing Municipality is expected to put on trial a town-hall-style meeting between its congress candidates and local constituents, said a local official Sunday, as the National People's Congress (NPC), the country's top legislature, started to work on its electoral reform.

Mao Fengmei, party secretary of Dalishu village in Fengcheng, northeast China's Liaoning province, and a deputy to the National People's Congress, has devoted himself to fighting for more benefits for millions of Chinese farmers, and his efforts have not been slowed even by his cancer.

Gold is unlikely to become a primary investment for China's foreign exchange reserve, said Yi Gang, Deputy Governor of the People's Bank of China and also Administrator of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange.

The Chinese government's ambiguous expressions on whether Google was in talks with the country have put a cloud over the search engine's further development in China during the past three days.

A shortage of experienced technicians is posing a grave challenge to China's nuclear safety as the country is rapidly expanding nuclear power plants, a former nuclear safety administrator has said.

China's special envoy to the Middle East denied on Friday that interest in oil is the key reason why Beijing opposes tougher sanctions on Iran.

China may boost representation for its vast rural population, a move expected to grant rural residents more say in deciding their own fate and the development of the country.

China will face considerable pressures caused by increasing housing prices in the next 20 years as a hefty demand for housing will persist amid the nation's accelerated urbanization and industrialization, a senior official said on Monday.

He Shuifa, a member of the country's top political advisory body, finds a quiet spot outside of meeting rooms whenever he can.

Forced urban housing demolition, which caused several deaths and injuries last year and snowballed into a major controversy, will be strictly supervised. Housing prices continue to rise