In the past week, departments and ministries under the jurisdiction of the State Council, China's Cabinet, have responded to a number of public concerns, including a preferential tax policy, reform of the vehicle sales mechanism, smartphone safety, a national plan to make it easier for students from impoverished backgrounds to attend university and the replacement of business tax with value-added tax.
The General Office of the State Council has issued a document related to key work on food safety. The document said the authorities will improve legal measures to guarantee food safety, improve standards, prevent pollution caused by agricultural production and strengthen supervision of agricultural production and operations. It also specified measures designed to prevent and control risks to food safety, enhance the formulation of safety systems and promote shared governance, and implement a responsibility system to ensure that food is safe to eat.
The 24 solar terms, a complementary calendar system invented in ancient China, has been brought to life by a creative designer in Guizhou province.
Two people at a boiler factory in Jinan, Shandong province, were detained after they locked environmental protection inspectors in a section of the plant for more than an hour, the city government said on Monday. The plant has been shut down.
Chinese audiences and actors paid tribute to Yang Jie, the renowned director of the hit TV adaptation of Journey to the West, whose work influenced generations.
"Every time I express my belief that sex education should begin at primary school level, many of my friends are stunned, almost open mouthed. They say 'Oh, my goodness! How can we allow these innocent kids to learn about sex?'" said Li Ming, a sex education teacher at Xingzhi Primary School in the Beijing's Daxing district.
In China, there are neither national guidelines nor a national curriculum for school-based sex education, so related content is incorporated into health education, which is included in the curriculum for physical education and health.
It was 9:10 am on a Sunday and 8-year-old Jiang Tianjian was eating his regular breakfast of rice noodles with his mother.
Unlike most Chinese, Qin Ming does not shy away from the subject of death. In fact, "talking with the dead" is part of his daily work.
Eighteen people from Hotan county in the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region have shared 1.1 million yuan ($159,700) in rewards for their contributions to maintaining social stability - including fighting terrorism - according to a news report in Xinjiang Daily over the weekend.
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