Child leukemia

MORE than 80 percent of diagnosed childhood leukemia cases in China are curable, said the National Health Commission (NHC) at a press conference on Tuesday, citing the improvement in leukemia treatment standards for child patients.

South China Sea issue

CHINA on Tuesday urged the U.S. to stop stirring up trouble and creating tensions in regards to the South China Sea issue and to respect the regional countries’ efforts to resolve the problem through negotiations.

The remarks were made by Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lu Kang at a regular press briefing Tuesday, when responding to a query about the U.S. allegations that China is “militarizing” the South China Sea, and that a Chinese naval vessel carried out “reckless harassment” toward a U.S. vessel conducting the so-called “freedom of navigation operations” in the South China Sea recently.

Biodiversity protected

THE southwestern province of Yunnan has passed a regulation protecting local biodiversity.

The regulation, passed by the fifth session of the Standing Committee of the 13th People’s Congress of Yunnan Province, is the first local regulation in China on biodiversity protection.