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China aiming to foster better teachers

Chinese schools have been recruiting younger and better-educated teachers over the past five years, according to a report released by the Ministry of Education on Monday.

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China e-commerce firms tapping rural dollar

Mr Wang Deyou used to have to pick up his online purchases at a nearby township, about 40 minutes away from his village of Zhuting in eastern Shandong province.

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Alibaba plans new shopping event for Spring Festival

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd said on Thursday that it will create another online shopping event in the next two months to tap further into rural consumption.

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"Pretty yet humble" schools bedevil rural education

Six students, four grades: This is the enrollment of Mengjiashan Primary School, built and designed for about 100 students, in the landlocked province of Gansu in northwest China.

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Chinese farmers strike gold in rural tourism

​Before 2013, more than half of the population of Shanping Village in Guizhou were migrant workers but, thanks to a boom in rural tourism, villagers are returning in droves.

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China invests heavily in rural school renovation in Xinjiang

A total of 250 million yuan (about 40 million U.S. dollars) has been earmarked to support rural school renovation in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, northwest China.

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Focus lacking on rural pollution, expert says

Widespread rural pollution is a major source of pollution for the Yangtze River, the country's longest river, a top legislator said.

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China will not pave paradise to put up parking lots

Urbanization, President Xi Jinping declared on Tuesday, must not mean the homogenization of urban and rural areas and people.

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Cities' allure reassessed as rural-urban gap narrows

Many Chinese migrant laborers who left home to pursue their dreams in cities are anticipating that the rural-urban development gap is narrowing and returning to their hometowns in the countryside.

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Sow today, reap tomorrow - the future of China's agriculture

For twelve years in a row, China's "No. 1 Central Document" has focused on agriculture and rural issues.

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China seeks better rural-urban integration

Along with urban expansion in the past decades, China has been paying special attention to rural development in hope of building the countryside into another economic engine.

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China to speed up agri modernization through reforms

China will step up reforms and innovation to speed up agricultural modernization in 2015, according to a key policy document released by the Party and government on Sunday.

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Boy's death reflects lack of qualified village doctors in China

The tragic death of an 11-year-old boy at the hands of an unlicensed village doctor earlier this week has once again brought into spotlight the lack of qualified doctors in rural China.

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China to advance agricultural modernization

China concluded a rural work conference on Tuesday, vowing to push forward agricultural modernization through reform and innovation.

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3,917 Chinese villages have no electricity

Despite China's rapid economic growth, a large number of China's rural residents are still sealed in poverty.

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Combine top-level design with local innovations, Xi says

Chinese President Xi Jinping has called for the combination of top-level design and local innovations in comprehensively advancing the country's reforms.

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Two banks pledge infrastructure funding to Sri Lanka ahead of presidential polls

​The Deutsche Bank AG (London) and the Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFG Ltd., has agreed to provide a credit facility of 162 million U.S. dollars to the Sri Lankan government, a statement said here on Monday.