Foreigners top drug traffickers

2011-06-23 07:54:35

BEIJING - More than 95 percent of the 98 drug smuggling cases heard at the second branch of the Beijing Municipal People's Procuratorate since 2008 involved foreign defendants, an official of the municipal prosecuting authority said on Wednesday.

A clean record mandatory for project bidders

2011-06-23 07:54:35

Beijing - Bidders for public procurement and construction projects in the capital's Chaoyang district must have no record of involvement in bribery to win contracts.

Beijing's second airport to be ready by 2017

2011-06-22 09:09:49

A new airport in the capital city, which will handle soaring passenger traffic in and out of the booming metropolis, is expected to be completed by October 2017, an airline source told the Beijing News.

Beijing considers easing hukou rules

2011-06-22 09:02:18

Officials will explore additional ways for talented people from outside the capital to acquire the city's hukou (permanent residency permit), as long as the applicants accumulate enough grading points, according to a proposal passed on Monday by the city's political advisers.

Capital considers easing hukou rules

2011-06-22 08:16:09

Officials will explore additional ways for talented people from outside the capital to acquire the city's hukou (permanent residency permit), as long as the applicants accumulate enough grading points, according to a proposal passed on Monday by the city's political advisers.

Breach of privacy as students' details for sale online

2011-06-21 07:53:25

Private information about elementary and secondary school students and their families is for sale online, which legal experts say constitutes an invasion of privacy.

Five suspected over data leaks

2011-06-21 07:45:41

A Beijing procurator confirmed on Monday that five people are under judicial investigation for leaking key economic data before its official release.

Volunteers to set up nation's first dog rescue team

2011-06-20 08:02:39

Beijing - The first civil search and rescue dog unit in China is to be launched by Beijing Blue Sky Voluntary Rescue Team, a nonprofit grassroots group under the China Emergency Rescue Alliance.

Price rise plan for peak hour

2011-06-20 08:02:39

Proposal aims to cut unnecessary subway trips at busiest times

Hukou limit on new graduates to direct talent

2011-06-17 07:36:28

BEIJING - In a move to relieve the city's population pressure, Beijing will introduce stricter restrictions on hukou, the permanent residency permit, for college graduates this year, a senior official said.

Net blamed for wrong usage of Chinese in gaokao

2011-06-16 12:49:10

There has been a rise in wrong usage of Chinese characters found in test papers of China's National College Entrance Examination, gaokao, in Beijing, the Xinhuanet.com reported.

Bureaus join forces to crack down on fake certificates

2011-06-16 08:55:41

Beijing Justice Bureau has begun cooperating with the municipal public security bureau to severely punish people who interfere with notarization orders and provide fake certificates, an official of the bureau said on Wednesday.