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-	Snow blocks highways in Yunnan
	Consecutive snow and freezing weather have blocked about 14,000 km of highways in the southwestern province of Yunnan and more than 12,000 passengers were affected on Sunday.
-	29 expelled from top legislature, advisory body
	China expelled 29 members linked to power corruption from its top legislature and political advisory body over the past five years and in one case a corrupt official was executed after trial.
-	Closure of illegal collieries no cause for shortage
	China's work safety agency denied claims that current coal shortage was due to the closure of small, illegal pits.
-	Winter weather hits 11.87m hectares of crops
	About 11.87 million hectares of crops in China had been damaged by low temperatures or freezing weather in 20 provinces, most hit by disastrous winter storms, by Thursday, according to the monitoring of Chinese Ministry of Agriculture (MOA).
-	10th NPC standing committee to convene final session
	The 32nd and final session of the Standing Committee of the 10th National People's Congress (NPC), China's top legislature, is to convene from Feb. 26 to Feb 28.
-	Local leadership gets younger with reshuffles
	China's local leaders have become younger with the finish of nationwide elections and reshuffles of legislatures, governments and political advisory bodies at the provincial level.
-	Survey ordinance to strengthen land management
	China released a land survey ordinance on Thursday to strengthen management, protect arable land and to promote the sustainable development of the nation's economy.
-	Former police chief shoots dead superior
	A police chief in northern China gunned down his superior in revenge before killing himself, sources with the local government told Xinhua on Thursday.
-	Gov't to spend more on disaster relief
	The Ministry of Finance has spent 2.7 billion yuan (US$375 million) over the past month on relief for areas affected by the severe winter weather and has allocated another 6.3 billion yuan for the work, senior ministry official You Mingchun said on Thursday.
-	China cuts roaming service charges
	The Ministry of Information Industry and the National Development and Reform Commission jointly announced on Wednesday the country's mobile roaming service charges would be lowered starting from March 1 amid fervor of consumer expectation to entirely abolish them.
-	Online wild animal trade targeted
	Chinese animal protection authorities have joined with international organizations to target on-line trade involving wild animals, government sources said on Wednesday.
-	Reports of dumpling sabotage at Chinese factory 'subjective guesswork'
	Reports saying dissatisfied Chinese workers deliberately contaminated dumplings which sickened 10 Japanese are "mere subjective guesswork", said China's quality watchdog Wednesday.
-	5,000 illegal immigrants sent back last year
	Customs officers stopped 5,000 illegal immigrants from entering the country last year, a Ministry of Public Security official has said.
-	Provinces sign up to Games clean air pledge
	Five provincial-level jurisdictions surrounding Beijing have pledged to join the capital's effort to ensure clean air for the Olympic Games in August, according to the director of the State Environment Protection Administration.
-	Gov't plans safer roads, waterways by 2010
	The government is determined to have a better network of road and water transport and emergency response system in place by 2010 in order to reduce the number of accidents.

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