The adoption of the law is a milestone event in the process of transforming China's securities market into a market-oriented, rules-based and international one.

Chinese transportation system will carry a total of some three billion passengers during the Spring Festival travel period starting from Friday, according to the country's development and transport authorities.   

In the shape of a water droplet or a seed, the logo is inspired by the art of Chinese paper-cuttings and seals, and consists of elements with distinctive Chinese characteristics. Against the background of the oracle bone inscriptions, the "water droplet" contains a giant panda, a girl in an ethnic costume, a peacock, a butterfly, plum blossoms and sea waves that reflect biological and cultural diversity.

Nanning, capital city of South China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, has become the first city in China to set up security checkpoints at hospitals after a Chinese doctor was recently stabbed to death, raising concerns over growing tensions between patients and doctors that could lead to more fatalities.

China's first national park in the Sanjiangyuan area of Northwest China's Qinghai province will be officially established in 2020, Chinanews.com reported.

About HK$65 million (US$8.35 million) of taxpayers' money is needed to repair traffic lights and pavements vandalized by anti-government radicals between June and December, the Transport and Housing Bureau said on Wednesday.

Rail authorities in the Yangtze River Delta region are offering discount tickets for return bullet trains with few passengers during the chunyun, or Spring Festival travel rush, for the first time, xinhuanet.com reported.

Tourists view colorful lanterns at the Baota Park in Nanjing, east China's Jiangsu Province, Jan. 8, 2020. 

The 34th Harbin International Ice Sculpture Competition concluded in Harbin on Wednesday. The ice sculpture made by a Russian team won the first prize at the end of the competition.

Flowers and green plants become popular among local customers as the Spring Festival draws near.