After two decades of inaction, Chinese President Xi Jinping has set a deadline for the nation.

Study by US scientists based on 44 years of satellite imagery says changes to seasonal run-offs pose growing threat to water supplies for 800 million people.

Dai Zigeng, former publisher of popular daily The Beijing News, has been accused of ‘serious violations of discipline and law’.

The film has the support of Beijing’s Ministry of Public Security.

Inadequate infrastructure and industry standards are holding the country back in the battle to save the environment, new study finds.

Chinese ambassador to Britain joins chorus of criticism of US ‘economic bullying’, accuses Washington of ulterior motive.

Li Dong, director of the industrial equipment department at the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, is suspected of violating ‘party discipline and law’.

State-owned enterprises are an issue at the centre of the US-China trade war, with Washington demanding a level playing field for its businesses in China.

Xinhua story from last year is republished by online outlets and goes viral.

Falsified monitoring information risks directing clean-up efforts away from where they are needed most.

Chinese premier calls on cadres to give top priority to fresh graduates, demobilised military personnel and migrant workers.

China’s process is modelled on one used by US, but only incorporated companies can apply for relief and there will be no public hearings.

First public security conference since 2003 may be way of preparing for possible unrest amid US trade war.

Internet users see trade war with Washington as challenge to a Chinese sovereignty that has grown strong and increasingly vocal in the two decades since journalists perished in US-led strike on Belgrade.

Steel plants are now biggest source of harmful emissions after strict curbs on coal plants came into force.

Biometric data in particular needs to be protected from abuse from the state and businesses, analysts say.

Sources say Peng Yuxing was detained last week and is believed to be facing an internal party investigation over graft claims.

Researchers from Greenpeace and Nanjing University find ‘strong motive to sell land and do remediation as quickly as possible’ in some big cities.

E-commerce platforms, courier companies in the cross hairs as public security ministry announces latest campaign to close distribution channels.

After stalled East Coast Rail Link gets back on track with fresh agreement, analysts say Beijing is willing to negotiate on terms, including lowering costs.

Police intervene after school dismisses parents’ claim they found bruises on their son’s face and body.

Inner Mongolian cadre accepted more than US$22 million from officials and businessmen and hid the proceeds in chicken coops and disused water tanks.

Microblogging platform says dozens of accounts have been suspended or closed for publishing ‘politically harmful’ material.

Hundreds of workshops in Shijiazhuang, Hebei were told to halt production in November to help curb smog over winter – but machinery still lies idle at some.

Chen Jiangang was stopped at Beijing Airport on Monday en route to take up fellowship funded by the US State Department.

Disciplinary watchdog urges members to ‘celebrate’ by retaking party oath, attending study sessions and meeting superiors to discuss their shortcomings.

Two activists who were arrested in 2016 were found guilty over baijiu labels urging people to remember deadly 1989 crackdown, while two others face trial this week.

CAS and CAE – which give policy advice to the government – have nominated at least seven specialists from private firms for the titles since start of the year.

Advocate was first held as part of the ‘709’ crackdown on human rights activists in 2015; her husband says she was freed less than 24 hours after she was detained in Beijing on Wednesday.

Xu Zhangrun has been placed under investigation by the university after he wrote several articles that were critical of political and social issues in China.