China to reduce capital punishment "step by step" - Xinhua

Top Chinese leaders Xi Jinping (C), Li Keqiang (3rd R), Zhang Dejiang (3th L), Yu Zhengsheng (2nd R), Liu Yunshan (2nd L), Wang Qishan (1st R), Zhang Gaoli (1st L) attend the third Plenary Session of the 18th CPC Central Committee in Beijing, capital of China, Nov. 12, 2013. The session lasted from Nov. 9 to 12. (Xinhua/Lan Hongguang)

BEIJING, Nov. 15 (Xinhua) -- China will reduce the number of crimes subject to death penalty "step by step," said a key policy document of the Communist Party of China (CPC) published Friday.

The decision on major issues concerning comprehensively deepening reforms was approved by the Third Plenary Session of the 18th CPC Central Committee on Tuesday and its full text was published Friday.

BEIJING, Nov. 15 (Xinhua) -- The full text of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee's decision on major issues concerning comprehensively deepening reforms was issued Friday, providing a roadmap for China's further development.Full story

China to ease one-child policy

BEIJING, Nov. 15 (Xinhua) -- China will loosen its decades-long one-child population policy, allowing couples to have two children if one of them is an only child, according to a key decision issued on Friday by the Communist Party of China (CPC).Full story

China to abolish "reeducation through labor" system

BEIJING, Nov. 15 (Xinhua) -- China will abolish the "reeducation through labor" system as part of efforts to improve human rights and judicial practices, said a key decision by the Communist Party of China on Friday.Full story

China to allow private capital to set up banks: CPC document

BEIJING, Nov. 15 (Xinhua) -- China will open up the banking sector wider, on condition of strengthened regulation, by allowing qualified private capital to set up small- and medium-sized banks, the Communist Party of China (CPC) said in a landmark policy document released on Friday.Full story

China to claim more gains of state-owned capital

BEIJING, Nov. 15 (Xinhua) -- Thirty percent of the gains of China's state-owned capital will have to be handed back to the government by 2020, according to a decision issued on Friday by the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC).Full story