New rules relating to registration and donations are expected to see social organizations play a greater role in the provision of services.
A growing number of Chinese men are looking to forge friendships with foreign women, and buck the cultural trend of "marrying up".
Chinese President Xi Jinping has ordered Vice Foreign Minister Zhang Yesui to Kuala Lumpur as a special envoy to deal with the matter of MH370.
DNA paternity tests have seen a rise in popularity during the past decade.
Diaries shed lights on massacre, Yang Yang reports in Nanjing
A new debate has been triggered over a law on public nudity in China, reports Zhang Lei in Beijing.
Individual volunteers make it possible to undertake tasks by leveraging and institutionalizing the individual efforts of people both at home and abroad.
Former refugees have fond memories of their stay in the eastern Chinese city during World War II.
Changes in information, miscommunication and speculation compound the search for Malaysia Airlines jet which vanished with 239 on board.
China has proposed a modern version of one of the ancient world's best-known trade routes, as Cui Jia reports.