Guangdong province has been the first to respond to the central government’s directive requiring details of how local governments will implement measures to strengthen controls on the property market.
As the economic prowess of China's key State-owned enterprises continues to grow, there are increasing calls for them to hand over more of their profits to the State so that people can share the fruits of their success.
On Tuesday, the Party's anti-graft body meted out disciplinary punishments to officials who, in six separate cases, had violated the Party's new rules on work style.
The decomposing pig carcasses recovered from Shanghai's main river have raised concerns not only about the safety of the drinking water source for the country's largest metropolis, but also about the way pigs are reared.
Rising house prices have increased the pressure on the central government as it tries to stabilize economic growth.