A designated health checkup agency for outbound travelers is to restrict the number to about 500 a day, due to a 20 percent increase in student planning to study abroad, Beijing Youth Daily reports.

The front page photo of the Oriental Morning Post shows the temperature forecast map for the next two days (July 31- August 1). The hot weather is expected to linger in south China.

The principal of National Institute of Education Sciences resigned from his post after he was reported for spending public fund to take his wife on a trip abroad, City Express reports.

Over 80 percent of air-conditioner brackets randomly picked by reporters for safety checks are seriously eroded posing a safety hazard to residents, said Chutian Metropolis Daily.

Guangzhou city government plans to borrow 3.8 billion yuan mainly for infrastructure construction in 2013, including 1.95 billion yuan for subway construction, Nanfang Daily reports.

The Nanjing city government has applied for a holiday for its citizen on the opening day of the 2nd Asian Youth Games on August 16, aiming to alleviate the traffic pressure, said Yangtze Evening Post.

The law makers of Hangzhou city plan to legislate control the?exploitation?of the local fishery resources in natural lakes and rivers, reports Qianjiang Evening Post.