Officials must improve their work style

Young government officials across the country have been repeatedly exposed in the past year as having secured fast promotion through nepotism, invoking widespread debate over the government official selection system and a public outcry for more ...

China marked the fifth anniversary Sunday of the 8.0-magnitude Wenchuan earthquake in Sichuan Province by mourning for some 70,000 victims and holding a post-quake relief drill, right after a 7.0-magnitude quake struck another part of the province ...

"Our stance is clear, we will not give the money to you and we will make the vote fail today," said Hong Kong Legislative Council (LegCo) member Wong Yuk-man during a debate on whether to provide aid to people in the earthquake-stricken area of ...

Two Chinese naval officers present two sets of military vehicle plates in Qinhuangdao, Hebei Province on Sunday. The new plate on the left contains high-tech features to prevent forgeries. The old plate's use of the Chinese character "hai," meaning ...

A total of 71 administrative approval items that have long been blamed for hindering efficiency will be slashed or transferred to local governments, the State Council said Wednesday, a major step in implementing its plan to transform government ...

A call for a public hearing to examine Beijing's taxi fares to be held in May has already sparked criticism from consumers, drivers and experts, who say the witnesses called to offer opinions will be handpicked and the hearing is only a formality.

China's major portal websites have launched corruption-reporting links on their homepages that lead potential whistle-blowers to the country's top five official websites on disciplinary and corruption investigation.The special links appeared ...

The Chinese public has pushed for more details on how much public money will be spent on receptions, vehicles and overseas trips, as government departments have started to release budget reports amid a nationwide campaign to curb corruption and ...

BEIJING, April 10 (Xinhua) -- Official media outlets in China have reiterated the country's position against officials' bureaucracy and unscrupulous waste of government funds. The People's Daily, the flagship newspaper of the Communist Party of ...