China has built a public cultural facility network to cover all impoverished areas. And the measures taken to enrich people's life there have increased their sense of gain and happiness, said an official from the Ministry of Culture and Tourism on Wednesday.
December 24, 2020Science and technology departments across the country have invested more than 20 billion yuan (US$3.06 billion) in impoverished areas since 2012, strongly boosting local industries involved in poverty alleviation, according to the Ministry of Science and Technology.
December 24, 2020Endowed with rich cultural and natural resources, many remote Chinese villages previously mired in poverty have shrugged off their backward images thanks to government support for the development of tourism with local characteristics.
December 24, 2020Rural tourism in China is becoming an increasingly important industry in the country's fight against poverty, an official from the Ministry of Culture and Tourism said Wednesday.
December 24, 2020As the nation's economy and power continue to grow, Chinese people are getting taller, but they are also putting on weight at a worrisome rate, according to a report released by the National Health Commission on Wednesday.
December 24, 2020China invested about 4.3 billion yuan (around 656 million U.S. dollars) in boosting cultural progress and tourism development in impoverished rural areas during the 13th Five-Year Plan period (2016-2020), an official with the Ministry of Culture and Tourism said Wednesday.
December 23, 2020Intangible cultural heritage (ICH) has been given a great role in China's poverty-relief campaign, said an official from the Ministry of Culture and Tourism on Wednesday.
December 23, 2020China has seen an improvement in child and adolescent nutrient intake since 2015, said an official with the National Health Commission (NHC) at a Wednesday press conference.
December 23, 2020The number of China-Europe freight trains had reached 32,000 by November, according to data from the National Railway Administration.
December 23, 2020China is poised to transform its energy and transportation structures to promote low-carbon lifestyles nationwide and meet the green development goal proposed for the 14th Five-Year Plan (2021-25), Zhuang Guotai, vice-minister of ecology and environment, said on Tuesday.
December 23, 2020A top environmental official outlined China's efforts in the coming decades to peak carbon dioxide emissions and achieve carbon neutrality.
December 22, 2020By the end of this year, China's non-fossil fuel consumption is set to account for 15.8% of the total energy mix, compared to 15.3% last year. By 2030, the proportion of non-fossil fuel is expected to be around 25%.
December 22, 2020China's electricity supply is largely stable, an official with the country's top economic planning body said Monday.
December 22, 2020China will start inoculating some key groups with COVID-19 vaccines in this winter-spring period, said a National Health Commission (NHC) official in Beijing on Saturday.
December 20, 2020China will prioritize high-risk groups for COVID-19 vaccination in its nationwide inoculation program, said an official of the country's health authority on Saturday.
December 19, 2020China's 200 million skilled workers have the big potential to form a large part of the middle-income population and play a larger part to boost domestic consumption during the 14th Five-Year Plan period (2021-2025), an official from the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security said at an SCIO press conference on Friday.
December 18, 2020China is willing to share data and lunar samples obtained by its Chang'e 5 probe with scientists from other countries according to international conventions, an official from the China National Space Administration said on Thursday at a press conference held by the State Council Information Office in Beijing.
December 18, 2020China aims to increase its volume of forest stock by 1.4 billion cubic meters in the next five years, enough to absorb 2.56 billion tons of carbon dioxide, forestry authorities said on Thursday.
December 18, 2020China is willing to cooperate with the United States on the scientific study of its new lunar samples, but whether such cooperation takes place depends on the policy of the U.S. government, according to an official from the China National Space Administration (CNSA) on Thursday.
December 18, 2020China plans to launch four manned spacecraft as part of its space station construction program in the next two years, said an official with the China National Space Administration (CNSA) Thursday.
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