![]() Transforming government functions key to averting middle-income trap
After three decades of reform and opening up, China has already become a middle-income country by World Bank standards. |
 575 bln yuan goes to social security
The expenditure in China's central budget on social insurance and job security totaled 575.37 billion yuan (91.62 billion U.S. dollars) in 2012, the Ministry of Finance (MOF) announced Friday. |
![]() NPC deputy calls for protection of workers' rights
Sun Donglin, deputy manager of Wuhan Orient Construction Group Co., Ltd., has been elected deputy to the 12th National People’s Congress (NPC). |
![]() 484 mln Chinese covered by pension system
China's pension system had covered 484 million people as of 2012, according to figures revealed by the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security (MOHRSS) on Wednesday. |
 23 million lifted from poverty
China will continue to increase its efforts at poverty reduction, despite pressure from the economic slowdown, the country's top poverty relief official said on Wednesday. |
 China's rural poor population declines
China's impoverished population has declined for the first time since the poverty line was raised in 2011, although poverty alleviation work remains arduous, a government office said Tuesday. |
 China to expand organ donor system
China aims to expand its pilot organ donation network nationwide by the end of the year. |
 98% of rural population covered by medical insurance
A total of 805 million people -- 98 percent of the rural population -- were covered by the rural medical insurance system by the end of 2012, Minister of Health Chen Zhu announced Thursday. |
 Migrant workers invited to prominent holiday gala
Four migrant workers were invited to a high profile gala to celebrate the Lantern Festival on Saturday evening, which was once mainly reserved for distinguished intellectuals.
• In pictures: Festival celebrations | Lantern Festival |
![]() Publicity chief highlights minors' mental health
Communist Party of China (CPC) publicity chief Liu Qibao on Friday urged more efforts to attend to children's mental health issues. |
![]() China cracks down on math score-based enrollment
The government is working to prevent schools from recruiting students based on their math scores in order to relieve some of the study burden for students, the Ministry of Education said Friday. |
![]() Report reveals pension welfare disparity in China
Chinese concerns about the inadequate and unbalanced pension distribution in the country have been revealed in government think tank survey. |
![]() 23 million Chinese escape poverty in 2012
The number of people living below the poverty line in China was greatly reduced in 2012, as the country increased efforts to boost people's income, new data has showed. |
![]() China mulls hygiene standards for public restrooms
Health authorities have issued a draft regulation that sets standards for public toilets, including limits for odor intensity and the number of flies and maggots. |
![]() Tainted school uniforms sealed, refund promised
The 50 sets of school uniforms which were found to contain cancer-causing dyes have been sealed, the Shanghai Education Commission said yesterday. |
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