China will also explore issuing SDR-denominated bonds in the domestic market and look forward to the IMF's further analysis on strengthening the role of SDR this year

Phone scams are nothing new, and yet the people behind this faceless crime continue to swindle billions of yuan from hapless victims every year.

People outside China have come to accept China's "new normal" of slower growth between 6.5 percent and 7 percent.

The Meteorological Agency warns of severe aftershocks and landslides after a 7.3-magnitude quake rocks southwestern Kumamoto Prefecture.

The yuan has remained "basically stable" against a basket of currencies and there is no basis for persistent depreciation, says the central bank.

Fan Changlong, vice chairman of the Central Military Commission, inspected Nansha Islands in the South China Sea in recent days, the Ministry of Defense said Friday.