China's railway passenger trips during the Spring Festival travel rush this year declined 48.3 percent year on year amid the novel coronavirus outbreak, official data showed Wednesday.

Guangzhou, capital of South China's Guangdong Province, began to install facial recognition thermometers on buses on Tuesday to ensure safer and faster detection of symptoms.

Universities from the Chinese mainland have secured seven of the top 10 positions in Times Higher Education (THE)'s Emerging Economies University Rankings 2020 for the third straight year.

Police in southwest China's Yunnan Province recently cracked a case of illegally hunting endangered wildlife, seizing 27 wild birds and detaining one suspect.

Shiyan in Hubei province－center of the novel coronavirus outbreak－joined a string of other Chinese cities on Monday to declare that a blood famine is imminent.

China has released a circular requiring strengthened medical treatment and management of patients with severe mental disorders during the novel coronavirus epidemic.

Villagers across Jiangxi Province have been busy with spring ploughing as temperature rises under strict measures taken to prevent and control the novel coronavirus epidemic.

Staff members of the restaurant work under strict measures of measuring body temperature, disinfection and wearing face masks to prevent the novel coronavirus epidemic. The restaurant can make more than 200 lunch takeaways a day.

A number of oversea students in Chongqing had contributed their own efforts by joining the volunteer works in the epidemic control campaign. 

Starting from March 2, China's tax authority will accept applications of domestic firms for the exemption of additional tariffs imposed on some U.S. products within a certain period of time, the Customs Tariff Commission of the State Council said Tuesday.