The Palace Museum in Beijing, or the Forbidden City, has received more than 100 million visitors since Jan. 2012, the museum said.
China's education and finance authorities plan to recruit 10,000 teachers beyond retiring age in the coming three years to teach in primary and junior middle schools in rural areas.
"Three Comedies by Ding Xilin" is part of a Beijing theater festival, that will see 20 original Chinese plays performed between Aug 1 and Sept 1, Chen Nan reports.
A visit to Beijing-born artist Shao Fan's spacious home and studio on the city's northeastern outskirts reminds you of the sophisticated lifestyle led by Song Dynasty (960-1279) scholars.
Guizhou's Ziyun county plans to host a football event for players aged under 11 next month.
Bardish Chagger, Canadian minister of Small Business and Tourism, said China has become Canada's largest source of overseas tourists for the first time in the country's history.
The new season of a documentary series, "Every Treasure Tells a Story", will show the stories behind the artifacts from three periods in imperial China.
Beijing Symphony Orchestra gave a recital under the baton of conductor Tan Lihua, with a repertoire including Tales from the Vienna Woods, a waltz by Johann Strauss II, The 1812 Overture by Russian composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsk and the Carmen Overture by French composer, Georges Bizet.
A number of theater groups from across the world staged their musical productions in the southern city of Daegu from June 22 to July 8 at the 12th Daegu International Musical Festival.
In the scorching days of summer, it is better to go to exhibitions to cool yourself off and get in touch with your inner self through the arts than to stay outside roasting in the high temperatures. Here's your guide to exhibitions in Beijing during the dog days of summer.
A new book tries to make sense of what the younger generation is saying.