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Beijing Daxing Int'l Airport to operate before Sept. 30

​Beijing Daxing International Airport will be put into operation before Sept. 30, the country's top civil aviation official said Sunday.

China sees good start in battle against pollution: Minister

China has pushed forward pollution control in the past year, and secured a good start in the tough battle against pollution between 2018-2020, the country's Ecology and Environment Minister Li Ganjie said Sunday.

Popularity of online education grows rapidly in China

China saw rapid growth in online education last year, with the number of users of such services rising 29.7 percent year on year to 201 million, accounting for 24.3 percent of total Internet users, according to a statistical report on Internet development.

Academic integrity gets renewed stress

The Ministry of Education has asked universities with advanced degree programs to strengthen their supervision of student enrollment and management after a few high-profile academic misconduct cases tarnished the reputation of the country's postgraduate education.

Fund to save Potala Palace's ancient documents

The Chinese government will invest 300 million yuan in the next 10 years in its greatest efforts of protection and utilization of ancient documents in the Potala Palace.

Polluters face harsher penalties in Beijing

Beijing's environmental protection watchdog handed out harsher punishments to polluters in 2018 in the city's battle to improve its environment.

Latest anti-graft campaign focuses on organized crime

From January to the end of November last year, police nationwide cracked down on 1,082 mafia-style criminal gangs and confiscated 1,620 guns as part of an ongoing campaign against organized crime, which is designed to improve the public's sense of security.