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China's anti-waste campaign is being brought to the boil as the central authorities issued a circular calling on officials and the public to fight against food waste.
The detailed document was released by the State Council, China's Cabinet, and is aimed to curb official extravagance at dinner tables and develop frugal diet habits among the public.
It says China has been facing a tight food supply-demand balance for a long time, and food waste remains rampant due to flashy lifestyles and lack of supervision.
The circular has outlined measures prohibiting too much money being spent on food among officials.
Officials are told to control the amount they spend on dinners in public affairs, and promote simple, healthy and economical dining.
Government departments, organizations and state-owned enterprises must publicize the amount they spend on dining for public supervision. Authorities are not allowed to organize banquets or guzzle under the name of convening meetings and training.
China's anti-waste battle has been gathering steam since late 2012, when the new leadership announced "eight requirements" to improve Party work style and stamp out extravagance and bureaucracy.
The anti-waste campaign has impacted the luxury goods market and gift industries in China in the past year.
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China has pledged to increase efforts to help rural migrant workers win urbanite status.
A new national plan says China will remove restrictions in towns, and lower threshold in big cities to help migrant workers from the rural areas to settle down in cities.
The urbanization plan was recently released by the State Council, China's Cabinet.
Detailed conditions for settling in big cities will be set. However, population increase in mega cities will remain to be strictly controlled.
In China, big cities refer to those with population between three million and five million, while those with population above five million are mega cities.
The plan also grants city services and public welfare to the migrants.
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China's Food and Drug watchdog has urged investigation and exposure of illicit gelatin products, following media reports about the use of industrial waste in food and drugs.
The State Food and Drug Administration is calling for all relevant departments to carry out surprise inspections of local gelatin manufacturers.
Supervision will be tightened for the entire production chain, including raw materials, purchase and sale of gelatin products.
Media reports revealed that some enterprises had used industrial waste leather to make drug capsule or as food additive.
Earlier this year, the administration issued a circular to crack down on illicit sales of gelatin products. It urged the public to report fake product vendors to local authorities so that they can be dealt with according to law.
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In a related development, the State Food and Drug Administration has blacklisted ten websites for publicizing false information on medical device.
The administration says the websites forged the names of medical equipment manufacturers and posted information of fake medical device for sale.
The fake products include equipment to treat infertility and pillows claimed to cure diseases.
Online shopping has become increasingly popular in China, with online shoppers surpassing 600 million last year.
The People's Daily newspaper reports more than 70 percent of these shoppers had unhappy experiences with online stores. And only one-third of the complaints were settled.
China's Consumer Rights Law was revised in October last year to address issues such as online shopping and consumer privacy. It was the first revision since the law was adopted 20 years ago.
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China's moon rover Yutu woke up again after its third dormancy, but even after a long rest, mechanical problems have not been resolved.
Yutu and the lander have restarted their operations and are exploring as scheduled.
The control issues that have troubled Yutu since January remain, but its panorama camera, radar and other equipment are functioning well.
The cause of the problems is still unknown.
The lander functioned well during its first three lunar days. A lunar day is equivalent to about two weeks on Earth.
The lander's optical telescope, extreme ultraviolet camera and lunar dust measurement device have completed their scheduled tasks and obtained a large amount of data.
Yutu, or Jade Rabbit, was named after the pet rabbit of the lunar goddess Chang'e in Chinese mythology. The rover touched down on the moon's surface on December 15th, hours after lunar probe Chang'e-3 landed.
Yutu has now survived its designed life of three months.
Chang'e-3 is part of China's current lunar program, which includes orbiting, landing and returning to Earth.
China is the third country to soft-land on the moon after the United States and the former Soviet Union.
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