Imported cold-chain foods from a Wuhan Walmart store are disposed
A Walmart store in Wuhan, capital of Central China's Hubei Province, disinfected its store premises and disposed all its imported cold-chain foods after Walmart China ordered its orders to stop selling them, despite the foods testing negative for COVID-19.
Coronavirus might be re-released years into the future after long-term survival in freezing temperatures in the Antarctic: immunologist
After ravaging the world for almost a year, the coronavirus has finally made it to the Antarctic, which was considered “the world's safest place.” A Chinese virologist warns that the continent's freezing temperatures are suitable for the long-term survival of the coronavirus that could be re-released to the rest of the world years into the future.
Vaccine not a panacea to haul the West out of pandemic crisis
As European countries have ramped up their lockdown measures amid a resurgence of COVID-19 cases and the US broke the global record for daily new infections on Friday with more than 400,000 cases, China is moving on with vaccine research and development (R&D) under control as Chinese vaccine producer Sinovac is one step closer to vaccine approval in Brazil after being issued a good manufacturing practices (GMP) certification on Monday.
NPC reviews draft law on food waste, banning popular eating show
China's top legislature on Tuesday reviewed draft legislation against food waste in Beijing, which would ban popular eating shows and require governments above the county level to establish food banks.
80% of Chinese students return home after graduating abroad: MOE
Among the 2.51 million Chinese students studying abroad from 2016-19, 2.01 million (80 percent) returned to China after graduating, the Ministry of Education (MOE) announced on Tuesday.
Hefei-Anqing railway addresses Yangtze River Delta's transportation shortcomings
When the Hefei-Anqing railway, a section of the Beijing-Hong Kong high-speed railway, was put into operation on Tuesday, it is believed to address inadequacies in the railway network in the Yangtze River Delta, and it will promote regional economic development, an expert noted.
Chinese coastal city Dalian rolls out citywide nucleic acid testing
Chinese coastal city Dalian rolls out citywide nucleic acid testing on Tue
China considers anti-food-waste law to ensure food security
Chinese lawmakers on Tuesday began deliberating a draft law on preventing food waste to ensure food security.
China's Sinovac one step closer to vaccine approval in Brazil after being issued Good Manufacturing Practices certification
Brazil's National Health Surveillance Agency (Anvisa) on Monday issued a Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) certification to Chinese vaccine producer Sinovac for manufacturing a biological active pharmaceutical ingredient and for its sterile production line.
China's potentially reusable Long March-8 makes successful maiden flight
China's new generation medium-sized launch vehicle Long March-8 made a successful maiden flight from the tropical island province of Hainan in South China on Tuesday, sending five satellites into designated orbit at the same time.
Low possibility that virus variant in UK will reduce vaccine effectiveness: Chinese expert
Chinese experts have assured the public that vaccines which the international community has pinned its hopes on to curb the COVID-19 pandemic will still be effective against the new virus variant identified in the UK, despite the virus' stronger infectivity.
Update: Chinese city suspends all live poultry trading after woman contracts bird flu
Generally, bird flu can jump from poultry such as chickens and ducks to humans through respiratory infections, the expert said.
China evaluating number of high-risk workers in need of COVID-19 vaccine
China is calculating how many people working in high-risk professions, including cold-chain, medical and port workers, will need to receive COVID-19 vaccines, health officials said Monday.
Chinese vaccines not striving to be first, respect for science most crucial: officials
Chinese COVID-19 vaccines do not strive to be the first or the best, but that vaccine research and development should demonstrate a respect for science, health officials said Monday in response to concerns over China's vaccine R&D lagging behind in phase three trials.
New mode of marriage in E.China spurs gender equality, 'giant infant' debate
A “modern style of marriage,” in which both members of a couple continue to live with their parents, and they bear two children, one taking the mother's family name and the other taking the father's, has emerged in East China in recent years. Yet controversy about the new-style marriage has followed.
China wants to know how many high-risk workers need COVID-19 vaccine
China is calculating how many people working in high-risk professions will need to receive COVID-19 vaccines, health officials said Monday, as the travel rush of the Chinese New Year, also known as the world's largest annual human migration, draws close.
World's oldest captive giant panda passes away
Xinxing, the world's oldest captive giant panda, died at a zoo in southwest China's Chongqing Municipality on Dec. 8, the zoo announced Monday. She was 38.
Courier worker and debt collector given prison sentences for selling personal data in East China
Two men from Changshu, East China's Jiangsu Province — including a courier worker — were fined and given prison sentences of nine and six months for selling citizens' personal information, a court in Changshu ruled recently.