A Chinese lawmaker suggested including safety education against sexual assault, trafficking, domestic violence, drowning, etc. into China’s nine-year compulsory education curriculum, to protect juveniles. ...[More]
To consolidate China's poverty alleviation achievements, a senior member of China's political advisory body advocated that the country should popularize 12-year compulsory education in former deeply impoverished areas, an upgrade from the current nationwide nine-year compulsory education policy. ...[More]
China’s first Mars probe Tianwen-1, which arrived in the Martian parking orbit on February 26 and is currently orbiting the planet, has sent back a group of new high definition images of the Earth’s planetary neighbor. China National Space Administration (CNSA) shared the visuals with the Global Times on Thursday. ...[More]
Ahead of this year’s two sessions, Chinese legislator Li Qingquan, who is also the president of Shenzhen University (SZU) in Shenzhen, South China’s Guangdong Province, told media that SZU plans to be the first Chinese mainland university to open a campus in Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR). ...[More]
Ahead of China's two sessions, a Chinese legislator has proposed to carry out trainings among wannabe couples before they are to tie the knot, as the country is seeing an increasing divorce rate and decreasing marriage rate. The proposal has raised doubt on how much the authorities should intervene in people's decisions on marri......[More]
China's drug authorities have approved three Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) medicines designed for COVID-19 treatment to go public after they played important roles in effectively reducing the incidence rate of the disease and speeding up the recovery of patients. ...[More]
China’s education authorities have announced 37 new university courses, with the ones related to smart technologies and security drawing public attention. It shows China’s growing need for talent in AI and global counterterrorism cooperation, experts noted. ...[More]
Monday, the day that the majority of Chinese primary and middle schools kicked off a new term after the winter break, was particularly focused in 2021, since Chinese schools across the country had prepared for children a special "first lesson" that explores China's treasured national-level heroes. ...[More]
Middle school and primary school students returned to school as scheduled for the spring semester in Beijing on Monday amid coordinated epidemic control efforts....[More]
With food waste being a key factor in China's national food security, the country's legislators and political advisors will explore ways to tackle the problem at their annual Two Sessions set to begin in Beijing next week. ...[More]
