Trade unions set wage talks target
2011-05-31 06:55:51
Unions will introduce collective wage negotiations by 2013 in at least 95 percent of enterprises set up by Fortune 500 companies operating in the country.
Severe drought continues in China
2011-05-31 06:49:53
Severe drought is continuing in central and southern China. Water shortages have affected residents and crops, resulting in shrinking lakes, rivers being cut off, and a suspension of shipping in some provinces.
China hikes industrial power prices as shortages loom
2011-05-31 06:44:35
China has raised power prices for industrial, commercial and agricultural users in some regions by about 3 percent in an attempt to ease power shortage.
Gas hampers efforts to rescue 12 miners
2011-05-31 06:30:59
Rescuers said Monday night that the high density of gas has hampered rescue efforts after 12 miners were trapped in a flooded coal mine in southwest China's Guizhou Province Sunday morning.
Pump helps race to reach miners
2011-05-31 05:14:52
A third pump has been brought in to boost rescue efforts as emergency crews battle to reach 12 miners trapped in a flooded coal mine in the capital of Guizhou province, said an official.
Over 1 million people face water shortage
2011-05-30 22:47:46
The worst drought to hit Hunan Province in nearly a century has caused water shortages that have affected 1.11 million people in this central China province.
Man commits suicide after killing son, daughter
2011-05-30 22:00:08
A man committed suicide after killing his son and daughter in South China's Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region Monday afternoon, police said.
Yangtze drought affects 5% of China's farmland
2011-05-30 21:42:22
Droughts have negatively impacted 6.96 million hectares, or more than 5 percent, of China's farmlands as of Sunday, authority said. 
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China to ban Bisphenol A in infant feeding bottles
2011-05-30 20:51:59
China's Ministry of Health, as well as five other governmental bodies, issued a joint public health notice on Monday which included a ban on the use of Bisphenol A (BPA) in the production of infant feeding bottles.
China aims to boost scientific literacy
2011-05-30 19:54:26
China plans to have 5 percent of its population attain a basic understanding of science and technology by the end of 2015.
80% of Chinese students sleep-deprived: report
2011-05-30 19:42:20
About 80 percent of China's primary and middle school students aren't getting enough sleep, according to a report released on Monday in north China's Tianjin Municipality.
One-egg-a-day scheme improves pupils' diets
2011-05-30 19:05:38
Students wait to get their free egg for breakfast in the canteen at Shidian Central Primary School, Haiyuan, a town known for water scarcity and poor agriculture outputs, in Zhongwei city of Northwest China’s Ningxia Hui autonomous region on May 25, 2011.