China's ministerial policymakers vowed on Sunday to make substantial efforts to boost investment, promote consumption and technological innovation, increase imports and expand opening-up.

A draft law on foreign investment has been submitted to a bimonthly session of the National People's Congress (NPC) Standing Committee, which opened Sunday.

The death toll from a volcano-triggered tsunami in Indonesia rose to 222 with at least 843 others injured, while the figures are feared to mount.

Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta on Sunday expressed his appreciation for the Nairobi-Mombasa railway, which he said has helped enhance travel between the two Kenyan cities.

This group of people have made a massive contribution to China’s development in all fields including science, education, economy and culture.

Those expenditures cover six areas, including children's education, continuing education, health treatment for serious diseases, housing loan interests, rent and elderly care.

Zhang and Xin Xing first met in 1992, when Xin Xing gave birth during an unusually hot summer.