Bank calls police over count of 50,000 notes

2011-05-17 09:10:11

Eight residents of Quanzhou, Fujian province, recently attempted to deposit 50,000 1-yuan notes in a local bank.

Many global recruits actually 'homegrown'

2011-05-17 09:06:35

The high-profile global recruitment campaign by China's State assets watchdog has again come under the spotlight as media revealed that some 40 percent of the final job winners in the past eight years were actually from within the recruiting companies.

More in need of survival know-how, says Red Cross

2011-05-17 08:27:24

Awareness of what to do in an emergency remains low among Chinese people and only about 1 percent of the population has ever received emergency training, said a top specialist.

Hot pot restaurants required to disclose info

2011-05-17 08:24:20

Restaurants in Southwest China's Chongqing municipality must disclose detailed information about the additives they use in their hot pot soups.

People with disabilities call on removed barriers

2011-05-17 08:18:04

Government agencies should be open to potential employees who have disabilities, urged the 1,084 people who put their names to an open letter to the State Administration of Civil Service on Sunday.

Massive investment to modernize slum areas 

2011-05-17 08:15:45

China is accelerating its efforts to tear down brick-and-mud makeshift houses and replace them with modern concrete apartments in the slum areas of the northwestern city Urumqi, the capital city of Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region.

Five-year ban for additive abuse

2011-05-17 08:03:08

The capital's health authority is set to launch a crackdown against the illegal use of additives in a bid to further protect food safety.

Officials with lenient treatment irk public

2011-05-17 07:49:52

Officials found guilty of crimes have their sentences reduced much more frequently than other convicts, a situation that is not sitting well with the public.

Cultural relics discovered under sea

2011-05-17 07:44:59

Archaeologists discover treasure horde of cultural relics beneath the waves, reports Zhang Zixuan in Guangdong.

Illegal farmland confiscation on the rise

2011-05-17 07:33:26

As instances of farmland being illegally confiscated soar, China is tightening regulations on home demolitions to prevent forced relocations.

24 in hospital for suspected food poisoning

2011-05-17 07:26:39

Twenty-four people were still in hospital three days after they were sickened by suspected food poisoning in southwest China's Yunnan Province, a local health official said Monday.

Worst energy crunch in years looming

2011-05-17 07:17:18

Power shortages that gripped many parts of China in recent months could herald the worst energy crunch in years amid growing concerns that economic growth may suffer.