China's air force dispatched a drone to the site of an earthquake in the far western region of Xinjiang on Friday to help in monitoring work, in what it said was the first time it had used an unman

The central government has allocated 2.8 billion yuan to support major projects controlling heavy metal pollution in 30 cities, the Ministry of Environmental Protection said on Thursday.

Wildlife advocates have welcomed the removal of the chiru, or Tibetan antelope, from the endangered species list, but plan to continue their protection program.

Floods are an annual occurrence in many cities across China, especially in the south during the summer.

UNITED NATIONS - China surpassed the UN Millennium Development Goals (MDGS), a set of eight anti-poverty targets, for improving water and sanitation goals while the world as a whole met only the go

HEFEI - Two people have died and five remain missing after heavy rain caused floods and landslides in Anhui province, East China, over the weekend.

FUZHOU - Nine people are still trapped after they broke into an unlicensed coal mine on Saturday in Longyan city in east China's Fujian Province, local authorities announced on Sunday morning.

BEIJING - The municipal government of Beijing will keep cutting emissions in the second half of 2015 to meet the pollution reduction target this year, Beijing environmental protection bureau announ

China's sustainable energy competitiveness was ranked first among 21 major countries, overtaking the United States and European countries, said a report published Sunday.

GUIYANG -- Downpours killed three people and caused thousands to be evacuated in Southwestern Guizhou and Central Hunan province over the weekend.