The COMAC C919, China's homegrown passenger jet, will make its maiden test flight before the end of the year, according to a senior official, who said assembly of the first prototype is progressing well.
Beijing's big Chinese-character slogans, seen at many intersections and subway stations, have been criticized as creating confusion about the city's international image.
A well-known toothpaste brand owned by Procter & Gamble has been fined 6.03 million yuan ($960,000) for its false TV commercial, the biggest amount that China has imposed on false advertising.
A political adviser called for regulation and supervision to protect women from being discriminated against in employment during the ongoing two sessions.
Free health messages are being provided through mobile phones for about 500,000 mothers and mothers-to-be in rural areas of Middle and West China.
Beijing plans to control the size of its population and to have no more than 23 million people by 2020, said a national legislator and senior Beijing official on Friday.
The threshold of the personal income tax should be raised from 3,500 yuan ($557) to 5,000 yuan or above to offset the rising living cost, a national legislator said.
China's top political advisory body vowed on Tuesday to improve the quality of its proposals to better serve the country's reform drive.
Facilities in some detention centers need to be improved and suspects should be given better protection while in custody, according to political advisers and legislators attending the two sessions.
China is lagging behind other countries in the creation of contemporary works that represent the peak of the country's cultural achievements, according to a leading heritage campaigner.
The First Circuit Court of the Supreme People's Court heard its first dispute on Monday in Shenzhen, Guangdong province, a move designed to ease the burden on the country's top court.
A new regulation designed to prevent misconduct by those involved in government procurement took effect on Sunday.
Former anchor Chai Jing became a household name through her in-depth investigative reporting for China Central Television of national news stories such as the SARS outbreak, Wenchuan earthquake and coal mine accidents.
A new peak in births is likely to occur as a result of the relaxing of the family planning policy and could continue for several years, according to experts.
Shanghai will expand a pilot program to monitor key food producers through video surveillance, after a major scandal devastated fast-food giants including McDonald's and Yum Brands as well as consumer confidence in food safety.
Visitors to Chen Zongqiang's new home are impressed by the sausages and bacon that are hung in his spacious, villalike, two-story house.
When Liu Han thinks of coffee shops, "luxurious" is the word that always springs to mind. "They weren't very popular 10 or 15 years ago, and we spent most of our time talking about Shakespeare and our futures at food stalls or in shabby diners near the campus," she said, recalling her "treasured four years" as a student at Peking University.
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