China's central government set the goal of increasing the country's educational expenditure to 4 percent of the GDP 20 years ago. This goal was finally reached in 2012, according to Finance Minister Xie Xuren at last year's national fiscal work meeti...
Water contamination has caught increasing attention among the Chinese public. Some have gone so far as to challenge local environmental officials to swim in a polluted river. Ma Jun has been an active environmentalist for more than 10 years. About ha...
During the past three years, China has adopted different reform measures in pilot government-run hospitals throughout the country. The core principle of the reform is to provide basic health care as a public service, including improving the way of se...
National advisers have been seeking to improve the efficiency of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, or CPPCC, China's top political advisory body. CRI's Zhang Shuangfeng takes a closer look CPPCC members cover representatives fro...
China has a new generation of migrant workers who are more familiar with city life rather than life on the farm. How they will fare in the city aroused attention during the annual session of the National People's Congress. CRI's He Fei has more. The...
Due to China's One Child Policy adopted in 1979, millions of families gave birth to only one child. If such families lose the child, or the child becomes disabled after the parents lose their childbearing ability, they will become a Shi Du Jia Ting,...
Urbanization is a hot issue at the ongoing annual session of the National People's Congress, China's top legislature. NPC deputies are discussing how to achieve higher quality urbanization in China. CRI's Zhang Ru has more: At the West Railway Statio...
A report by the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences indicates that more than 78 percent of rural old-age pension contributors believe the scheme has failed to keep up with demand. Deng Qiandui is a rural doctor from Yunnan Province and a delegate to t...
China's growing number of microbloggers who expose power-abusing officials are becoming a force to be reckoned with. Public voices are getting louder in the age of the microblog. Independent journalist Ji Xuguang is credited with bringing down Lei Zh...
Five species of shark have been put on a wildlife protection list. The move has been made at the final meeting of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species in Bangkok, Thailand. The decision restricts cross-border trade in the ocean...
Data released by the Ministry of Civil Affairs indicate there are at least 150,000 street children across China. More than 80 percent of them come from rural areas, and 48 percent have run away from home because of family problems. Earlier this year,...
Animal rights activists here in China are issuing new calls for an amendment to this country's wildlife protection law. CRI's Alexander Blucher explains. China's wildlife protection law was passed in 1989 with the aim of sustaining wildlife as a reso...
Nowadays, most early education centers are crowded with parents. Some early education centers in Beijing say they have professional teachers with international backgrounds. What's for sure is that what's behind such advantages is a high price tag. On...
More than 1,000 dead ducks have been found dumped in the Nanhe River in South-Western China's Sichuan province. Although the Nanhe River is not a source of drinking water for local residents, this does come just a few days after thousands of dead pig...
In Shanghai, official statistics show that the annual number of babies born after parents use in-vitro fertilization or IVF exceeded 20,000 in 2011. But hospitals are far from able to satisfy demand, forcing many infertile couples to hire women to ha...
