Plans to transform the northern port city of Tianjin into an international trading hub have taken a major step forward, winning support in principle from the central government, according to the city's deputy mayor.
A senior meteorologist in Tianjin has urged the local government to reinforce pollution monitoring facilities in a bid to improve the accuracy of the air quality index.
A visit to the Tianjin Economic-Technological Development Area gives one the same impression one would get from a walk down the streets of any Chinese metropolis, such as Beijing or Shanghai.
After 40-day-old Pengpeng (a pseudonym) died of congenital heart failure early Tuesday morning at the Tianjin No 1 Central Hospital, his parents donated his liver and kidneys, offering hope for recipients' families.
The northern port city of Tianjin has passed the country's first regulation on organ donation to help standardize and encourage public organ donation on the mainland.
Tianjin will invest 200 million yuan ($28.56 million) to update or introduce environmentally friendly cleaning facilities to beautify the city, Metro Express reported.