Healthcare assistance benefits 60m Chinese in 2010 2011-03-08 16:14:28

China poured 15.2 billion yuan ($2.31 billion) into its healthcare assistance fund last year, which benefited more than 60 million rural and urban patients.

New car rules for officials 2011-03-08 15:54:50

Officials whose rank is lower than minister or governor will not be given special cars, according to new rules to be issued to public departments.

China spends 223b yuan on civil affairs in 2010 2011-03-08 15:49:07

China's expenditure on civil affairs in 2010 reached 223.23 billion yuan ($33.99 billion), 3.1 times as much as that of 2005.

China's pledge to reduce poverty 2011-03-08 15:00:19

China is considering "raising" the poverty line this year due to the large numbers of Chinese still living in inadequate conditions, a top level official from China's poverty alleviation office told China Daily.

Ministry lauds employment numbers 2011-03-08 13:32:26

China's Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security said Tuesday that it is working on policies to ease labor shortages while admitting that rural labor surplus is decreasing and the new generation of migrant workers have higher expectations.

Rising labor costs good for restructuring 2011-03-08 13:54:05

A pinch of rising labor costs has been felt by Chinese factories, but China's labor minister said on Tuesday it is good for the nation's strategic economic restructuring.

Top labor official hopes more grads go west 2011-03-08 13:45:37

China's top labor official Yin Weimin has called on more college graduates to work for China's grass roots in small and medium-sized enterprises and the country's western areas.

High-speed link will rev up Hainan tourism 2011-03-08 08:17:39

Hainan Island at the country's southern tip is likely to be linked to the mainland's high-speed rail network via a cross-sea connection that may be started by 2015.

Tax breaks aimed at helping service sector 2011-03-08 08:15:58

China will accelerate the reform of its tax system this year to shore up the transition of its economic growth pattern, said Xie Xuren, minister of finance, at a press conference during the National People's Congress (NPC) in Beijing on Monday.

More value-added Chinese exports expected 2011-03-08 08:14:46

China's exports will shift from a goods-driven to a value-added model in the coming years, European analysts have said.