From the People's Daily app.This is Story in the Story.Going abroad to study is no longer just for the elite in China.According to a survey of 6,217 people who plan to study overseas, conducted by Vision Overseas Consulting Co and Kantar Millward Brown, the students' main objectives are to broaden their horizons and gain a wide range of experience.The survey

From the People’s Daily app.This is Story in the Story.Although China is the most populous country on the planet, its fertility rate has been in steady decline since the turn of the century.In 2000, there were 1.5 to 1.6 births per female, a lower than necessary figure, explained Zhang Chewei, director of the Population and Labor Economics Institute of the

From the People’s Daily app.This is Story in the Story.The popularity of the internet in China has grown rapidly in the past decade.The number of internet users in China hit 802 million at the end of June, up 3.8 percent from six months ago, according to a report on the country's internet development released Monday.The increase brought the country's internet

From the People’s Daily app.This is Story in the Story.As China became a hot pick for international students, the country released policies to create more job opportunities for international students.The Chinese government has been introducing a number of exploratory changes allowing international students in Beijing and Shanghai to take part-time jobs or internships off campus as long as they obtain

From the People’s Daily app.This is Story in the Story.Chinese kung fu, also known as martial arts or Wushu, is a series of fighting styles that has developed over a long period of time in China and has been gaining more popularity in the world.Styles including Shaolin, Tai Chi, and Qi Gong have many followers worldwide.For example, Shaolin organizes an

From the People’s Daily app.This is Story in the Story.Every morning, millions of Beijingers line up and wait for trains in large congested subway stations. Young and old, women and men have gotten used to commuting in this hectic cosmopolitan city.There are police officers working undercover to catch sexual offenders in nine subway stations on the Batong Line, which moves

From the People’s Daily appThis is Story in the StoryAs a gem of Chinese civilization, Chinese opera integrates history, literature, music, dancing, handcraft, and martial arts.There are hundreds of forms of local opera in China, among which the Peking Opera and Kunqu Opera are listed by UNESCO as intangible cultural heritage.However, the popularity of traditional Chinese opera has started to

From the People’s Daily app.This is Story in the Story.China has granted permanent residency to a record number of foreigners since April 2018, and pledges to further streamline applications for global talent, the newly formed State Immigration Administration said.A total of 1,881 have been granted the status in April and May 2018, about the total for all of 2017, the

From the People’s Daily app.This is Story in the Story.China has made tremendous progress in environmental protection in recent years.In October 2017, Chinese President Xi Jinping affirmed China’s commitment in doubling up on green development, in line with his idea of a “new model of modernization" during the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China.In Xi's wide-ranging 3.5-hour

From the People’s Daily app.This is Story in the Story.In January 2016, China scrapped its family planning policy in the hope of seeing its population grow.Now, every couple is allowed to have two children. Last year, the number of second children born in China reached 8.83 million, a rise of 1.62 million from 2016, according to China’s National Bureau of

From the People’s Daily app,This is Story in the StoryIn recent years, China has become a hot pick for overseas students. As more Chinese students choose to study abroad, China also attracts more foreign students to study in China.According to China's Ministry of Education, 490,000 foreign students’ study in China’s higher education institutes. The number increased over 10 percent each

From the People’s Daily app.And this is Story in the Story.The numbers of internet writers and readers are growing in China.By the end of 2017, the number of China's internet literature readers had reached 378 million, while the total number of works of all genres reached 16.46 million, written by some 14 million writers.There has been increasing efforts from the

From the People’s Daily appAnd this is Story in the StoryWhen China first passed its law on the protection of wildlife in November 1988, 97 animals were registered as endangered species under first-class protection.Decades later, China’s wildlife protection law has been revised several times. The effort China has put into protecting wild animals has been consistent and progressive.On September 5,

The fan economy refers to a new business operation model that seeks to profit from fans' devotion to celebrities.But the fan economy is not just fans spending money to see their idols, it also involves selling goods and providing services. How successful an idol could become depends on how many fans he or she has.With the rapid development of social

From the People’s Daily appAnd this is Story in the StoryThe sharing economy has entered various markets in China, from sharing umbrellas to sharing cars. One of the most successful examples of the sharing economy is bicycles, which first appeared in China's universities in 2015 and then became familiar to the public in 2016.The industry started taking off in 2017

From People’s Daily app.And this is Story in the Story.China's private rescue forces started to blossom after the Wenchuan earthquake in 2008. It took a decade for them to mushroom all across the country.Despite the growth, due to a lack of professional management and training, some rescue teams are becoming obstacles themselves on a rescue scene.In 2015, the Ministry of

Chinese President Xi Jinping expounded on China's Africa policy in Tanzania in March 2013, drawing a roadmap for the future of China-Africa ties in the new era.In his speech titled "Remaining Reliable Friends and Faithful Partners Forever", Xi stressed that with the establishment of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation and a new type of strategic partnership, China-Africa relations have entered

From People’s Daily app.And this is Story in the Story.The Guinness World Records announced that China has become the fastest-growing market for Guinness World Records in the past decade, with 2,000 annual applications.China's applications to Guinness, founded in 1954, increases 10 percent every year, faster than any other country in the world.The obsessions some Chinese people have on setting new

From People’s Daily app.And this is Story in the Story.Every year in China, roughly 15,000 to 20,000 children are diagnosed with leukemia, which is a form of cancer caused by the overproduction of damaged white blood cells. The highest rate of childhood leukemia in China can be found in 5 to 10-year-olds. This figure accounts for around 70 percent of