China needs to re-employ an additional 500,000 workers who were made redundant as a result of capacity reduction in the coal and steel industries this year.
Experts and academics are calling for greater policing of schools and for regulations to be drafted to prevent abuse, after claims that teachers in Beijing and Shanghai sexually assaulted students during periods of private tuition.
A teacher at a private school in Shanghai was recently sentenced to two and a half years in prison after being found guilty of sexually assaulting a female middle school student. He was also barred from working in the education sector for three years.
TAIYUAN - Snow last week across North China might have sent some pedestrians stumbling, but in Taiyuan, capital of Shanxi province, help was at hand to keep the unsteady on their feet.
Chen Zuchang has a different way of documenting his travels - instead of taking pictures, he sketches the places he visits.
China's latest combat drone made its maiden flight on Monday and is set to be "the biggest export deal" of any Chinese-made unmanned aircraft, according to the drone's designer.
Scientists in southern China have used animal saliva to produce a protein that could aid in the development of therapeutic drugs for neurological diseases like Alzheimer's and Parkinson's.
Two new vessels for scientific investigation, built from the keel up by China, were launched in Shanghai on Tuesday for sea trials.
China lifted 12.4 million rural residents out of poverty last year as part of the central government's campaign to lift the entire nation out of poverty by 2020.
Guangzhou airport is planning to deploy an electronic security network that can automatically fend off drones, which have recently been entering commercial airspace and disrupting flight schedules.
Dignitaries and celebrities in Hong Kong attended an event on Tuesday to honor Jin Yong, whose picaresque tales of martial arts heroes are beloved throughout the Chinese-speaking world.