Death toll from a Friday explosion in Changsha City, capital of central China's Hunan Province, has risen to four with 19 people injured, local police said.
The Beijing Municipal Bureau of Public Security is starting the trial run of its first official microblog on Thursday, as it aims to improve communication with the general public.
Police in Zhejiang Province Thursday revoked an arrest warrant for a fugitive reporter who exposed a corporate embezzlement scandal. The police also made an apology.
Universal preschool education and a pledge to eliminate illiteracy are among the reforms of the country's education system published in the national education plan for the next decade.

Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping called on overseas Chinese youths to carry on the traditions of their ancestors.

China's economy should stay on its rapid growth path over the next two or three decades as long as the pace of growth stays at a steady 8 percent a year.

The police in Dongguan launched an investigation after toxic chlorine gas was allegedly illegally disposed of in the sewage system.

Chinese Defence Minister Liang Guanglie on Thursday stressed the importance of people-to-people friendship between China and Japan.

The People's Liberation Army (PLA) Navy had conducted a large scale of live-ammunition training exercise in the South China Sea.

About 430 participants took part in the exhibition that kicked off on Thursday.
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