SHANGHAI - China, Japan and the Republic of Korea have adopted an action plan on environmental cooperation for the 2015-2019 period.

BEIJING - Cleaner heating system will be established in Beijing to control air pollution, the National Energy Administration (NEA) announced on Wednesday.

BEIJING - Beijing's average PM2.5 density dropped significantly in Q1, thanks to the capital's continuous air pollution control efforts and favorable weather conditions during this period.

As much as 80 percent of the PM2.5 inhaled by Beijing residents are in their home and office rather than the open air, a recent survey has revealed.

The Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region saw more days of severe air pollution in March than the monthly national average and worsening conditions since February, a report from the national environment wat

Hebei province has fined six wastewater treatment plants nearly 20.48 million yuan ($3.3 million) for discharging excessive pollutants.

DATONG - Twenty-one people were confirmed dead as of Thursday morning, four days after water from a ground-level reservoir flooded a coal mine in the northern province of Shanxi, according to the w

BEIJING - China is confident the nation's "rice bowl" will be firmly held in its own hands, an industry report said on Monday.

Beijing's children and teens are growing, but not in a healthy way.

Rising temperatures across the planet have set more new records, as the US government announced Friday that the globe experienced its hottest month of March since record-keeping began in 1880.