Domestic jet fuel prices rose 359 yuan ($57.65) a ton to 7,885 yuan in March, China Business News reported on Monday.
Jiang Zehui, the sister of China's former president Jiang Zemin and a member of the 2013 Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference which began on March 3, has proposed a number of green measures to help protect the environment.
China's anti-smoking campaign has become a drag after a deputy to National People's Congress said she felt powerless to act as little progress has been made in seven years.
The safety of children should be a national top priority. I call on the two sessions to establish a milk powder ministry, led by the vice-premier, because milk powder quality is directly related to the country's future.
Zhang Jing'an, head of the Information Office at the General Office of the National Committee of the CPPCC, said the CPPCC will save 2 million yuan ($320,000) thanks to a series of measures initiated during its first session that will help reduce expenditures.
Xie Chaohua, a member of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, urged the government to offer assistance to families with missing children.
Beijing will not block the streets or use squad cars during the upcoming political sessions so as to guarantee smooth traffic.
The total retail sales of passenger cars in China last month is estimated at 880,600, a 2 percent drop over February 2012.
Thirteen Red Flag H7 premium sedans manufactured by First Automobile Work were delivered to China's northeastern Jilin provincial government.
China will continue to promote electric vehicles, as electric and hybrid vehicles sold in 2012 contributed to only 0.7 percent of the nation's total car sales.
Vocational school graduates are seeing employment rates topping 95%, higher than for college graduates, according to a report published by the Ministry of Education on Feb 27.
China is expected to subsidize electric vehicles sold in 25 model cities, expanding from the current five cities, and adopt a unified subsidy standard.