China will continue to strengthen the protection of intellectual property rights involving seeds, with stricter penalties for violators, to help ensure food security and advance technological innovations in the agricultural sector.
Local authorities reported on Tuesday that a new species of pepper plant had been discovered in Metog county of Southwest China's Xizang autonomous region.
Five people were killed and two were injured when a portion of a bridge collapsed after being struck by a barge in Nansha district of Guangzhou, the capital of Guangdong province, on Thursday morning.
A spotted seal pup discovered on Saturday on a beach in Dalian, Liaoning province, is being attentively cared for by researchers at a local marine rescue center, ensuring its well-being and eventual return to the wild.
A radioactive water leak at the wrecked Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant earlier this month has caused anxiety in Japan and abroad. The leak will also hinder completion of the plant's decommissioning.
The National Forestry and Grassland Administration has dispatched a working group to Yunnan province to coordinate and guide fire prevention work, in response to the high risk of forest fires in the province in recent days.
A container ship collided with a bridge pier while passing through a waterway in Guangzhou in South China's Guangdong Province on Thursday morning, causing the bridge deck to break and a bus to fall into the water.
Despite a grim situation in ozone pollution control, densities of the air pollutants in China are expected to decrease significantly as the country forges ahead with meeting its climate targets, experts said.
Rescue operations are in progress following a maritime accident where a container vessel struck a bridge, resulting in the collapse of part of the bridge deck.
More trainee doctors in South Korea have joined protests against a government plan to increase medical student enrollment, as authorities warned protesters of the consequences and adverse impact on the healthcare system.
Fifty-one people, including 33 government officials, have been held accountable for a gymnasium collapse in Qiqihar, Heilongjiang province, in July, according to a report released recently by the provincial department of emergency management.
Japan's industry minister said on Wednesday a recent radioactive water leak at the wrecked Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant earlier this month has caused anxiety in Japan and abroad and will hinder the completion of the decommissioning of the plant.
Procuratorial authorities have been adapting to the evolving needs of anti-corruption efforts, including the pursuit of fugitive officials and the recovery of their illicit assets, a senior prosecutor said on Wednesday.
The average cost of raising a child from birth to college graduation in China is approximately 680,000 yuan ($94,557), and the cost of childbearing now ranks among the highest in the world.
51 people, including 33 government officials, have been held accountable for the middle school gym roof collapse accident in Qiqihar, Northeast China’s Heilongjiang Province, which occurred in July 2023.
A new film featuring an overweight woman who regains her self-esteem after taking up boxing has sparked a wave of interest in the sport all over the country, especially among women.
The average cost of raising a child to a university undergraduate level is 680,000 yuan ($94,500) in China.
The first snowfall of the Year of the Dragon blanketed vast areas of northern China, including Beijing, in white on Tuesday, causing some disruption that was quickly dealt with.
Two fishermen from the Chinese mainland said they felt lingering fear and disappointment with the Taiwan authorities in an interview with Yuyuantantian.
Nursing homes will be held liable if injuries result from their failure to provide a barrier-free environment for old people, China's top court said.
An engineering college joint venture between Chinese and Thai universities is set to usher in a novel model for vocational and technological education in Thailand and advance China's global standing.
China's Ministry of Emergency Management activated a Level-IV emergency response following rain, snow and freezing conditions in East China's Anhui Province and Central China's Henan and Hubei provinces on Tuesday.
Authorities have moved to remove many obstacles for workers who want to become caregivers to address a shortage in the number of people looking after the elderly.
Over the past decade, China's Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region has made significant progress in environmental protection. By the end of 2023, there had been about a 60 percent decrease in the annual average concentration of PM2.5 compared to 2013.
The two surviving fishermen of a fatal incident caused when their vessel capsized after being chased near Kinmen Island returned to the Chinese mainland on Tuesday.
Shen Jianmei, a survivor of the "comfort women" system forced into sexual slavery by the Japanese military during World War II, passed away on Sunday in Changsha county, Hunan province, at the age of 94.
As of Monday, China's railway network has handled over 300 million passenger trips in the past 25 days during the on-going Spring Festival travel rush, and extra services have been operated to meet the surge demand for travel.
China saw a significant rise in the rate of copyright registrations for works last year, with many provinces seeing year-on-year increases of 100 percent or more, the country's copyright regulator said on Tuesday.
Two Chinese manufactured C919 planes and three ARJ21 aircraft made their official debut at the Singapore Airshow on Tuesday, China Media Group reported.
Shanghai will press ahead with the construction of two Sino-foreign joint venture universities this year, according to the annual task plan of the Shanghai Education Commission.