The State Council, China's Cabinet, has released a guideline on pushing forward the development of private pension schemes, which are seen as vital in supplementing the nation's existing pension system.

China has continued to increase green bond issuances since the beginning of this year, driven by its pledges to peak carbon dioxide emissions by 2030 and achieve carbon neutrality by 2060.

The top priority for China's monetary policy is to maintain price stability, said Yi Gang, governor of the People's Bank of China, while addressing the Boao Forum for Asia 2022 Annual Conference last week.

Gene sequencing conducted on 16 samples of local COVID-19 cases reported in Yantai, a coastal city in Shandong province, showed the BA.2.3 Omicron subvariant which had not been reported before on the Chinese mainland, an official said on Monday.

Huang Dongfang, who lives in a three-and-a-half-story old apartment in Guangfu residential area, recovered from COVID-19 infection and returned her home on Saturday evening.

Aerial photos taken on April 18, 2022 show the scenery of Ra'og Lake in Qamdo, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region. 

Aerial photos taken on April 24, 2022 show villagers working in a field in Yiyang subdistrict of Changning City, central China's Hunan Province. 

Shanghai has divided the whole city into areas belonging to three categories as part of its targeted efforts to overcome the recent resurgence, which are closed-off management areas, restrictive control areas, and prevention areas.