News Digest: Tibet to become China’s leading solar power base

LHASA – Southwest China’s Tibet autonomous region is poised to become the country’s leading solar power generation base with 10 more photovoltaic power plants to be completed within this year. The new plants,

News Digest: More help for wandering children from Xinjiang

BEIJING — China will prioritize its efforts to send wandering children from Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region back home in its national campaign against abduction, according to the 迷你stry of Civil Affairs (MCA).At a work conference on

News Digest: More compensation for victims of criminal offenses

BEIJING — The daily compensation for victims of criminal offenses has been raised to 142.33 yuan, up 16.9 yuan from that in 2010, according to a circular issued by the Supreme People’s Procuratorate (SPP) Wednesday.The adjustment

News Digest: Cabinet urges govt transparency

BEIJING – The State Council, or China’s Cabinet, on Wednesday pledged to increase both the depth and scope of Party and government financial information that is released to the public in a bid to enhance transparency.“The

News Digest: Hu says supervision on quake relief work effective

CHENGDU – Chinese President Hu Jintao, in written instructions, has said that the efforts China has made to oversee the country’s post-disaster relief and reconstruction work have proven effective, according to an official statement issued Wednesday.Hu’s

News Digest: Officials to gain experience at grassroots levels

BEIJING – More than 300 young officials from central government departments, State-owned enterprises and the Beijing municipal government will work in the city’s subsidiary offices, local personnel officials said.A new plan will take selected young officials,

News Digest: SOEs told to participate in subsidized housing projects

BEIJING – Chinese State-owned enterprises under the administration of the central government – so-called Central SOEs – have been ordered to “actively participate” in building government-subsidized homes, which is the country’s top priority this year.As part

News Digest: China issues guidelines for resolving social conflicts

BEIJING – A set of guidelines for resolving social conflicts and disputes has been jointly issued by 16 government departments and was made public on Wednesday.The 16 government departments include the Central Committee for Improvement of

News Digest: China to provide pandas with hospital

DUJIANGYAN, Sichuan – A new specialized center for giant panda rescue and disease prevention broke ground for construction on Wednesday in Dujiangyan city, Southwest China’s Sichuan province.Upon completion, the facility will be the world’s only center

News Digest: Officials in Chongqing become part-time farmers

All officials in Nan’an district, Chongqing municipality, are being required to farm for one month every year and the farmwork will be one part of their yearly performance evaluation.Changshengqiao town was the first to push this