Xinhua China News Digest at 16:00 GMT, June 27

The following are China news stories moved by Xinhua News Agency as of 16:00 GMT, June 27.

TOP STORIES:

*Chinese mainland confirms 60 new A/H1N1 cases, with no fatalities

BEIJING, June 27 (Xinhua) -- The Chinese mainland confirmed 60 new cases of A/H1N1 flu from 6 p.m. Friday to 6 p.m. Saturday, bringing the total to 678, with no reports of deaths.

*CPPCC leader meets Taiwan delegations, visits Taiwan farm produce show BEIJING, June 27 (Xinhua) -- Jia Qinglin, chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), had a meeting here with heads of the delegations of Taichung City and Taichung, Changhua and Nantou counties of Taiwan Saturday.

*2nd Ld-Writethru-China Focus: China's legislature eyes stability with law on rural land disputes meditation

BEIJING, June 27 (Xinhua) -- China's top legislature adopted Saturday a law on the mediation and arbitration of rural land contract disputes, aiming to help settle conflicts that affect rural harmony and stability.

President Hu Jintao signed a decree to publish the law.

*1st Ld-Writethru: China revises statistics law to curb data falsification

BEIJING, June 27 (Xinhua) -- China's top legislature adopted Saturday a revision to the Law on Statistics, which is intended to prevent the falsification of official data.

*2nd Ld-Writethru: China's top legislature abolishes eight outdated, redundant laws

BEIJING, June 27 (Xinhua) -- China's top legislature adopted Saturday the nullification of eight laws, including one covering police stations that dates back to 1954, as part of an effort to eliminate redundant, contradictory and obsolete laws.

*1st Ld-Writethru: One killed in toppled apartment building in Shanghai

SHANGHAI, June 27 (Xinhua) -- The worker trapped in the toppled apartment building in Shanghai was pulled out dead, said rescuers on Saturday.

BUSINESS & FINANCE:

*Chinese firm approved to raise stake in Australian steelmaker as largest holder

SHENYANG, June 27 (Xinhua) -- China's steel giant, Ansteel, had got government approval to increase its stake in Australian iron ore explorer Gindalbie Metals, a spokesman with Ansteel said Saturday.

*Thai PM urges greater cooperation with China in agriculture, tourism

GUANGZHOU, June 27 (Xinhua) -- Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva voiced his hope Saturday that China and Thailand would strengthen their cooperation in agriculture and tourism.

*China software sector reports 23.3 pct rise in revenue in first five months

BEIJING, June 27 (Xinhua) -- China's software sector generated 329.14 billion yuan (48.19 billion U.S. dollars) in revenue in the first five months of 2009, up 23.3 percent year on year, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology said in a report.

FEATURES

*China Focus: "Stove revolution" in SW China aims to wipe out fluorosis

GUIYANG, June 27 (Xinhua) -- When Hou Jiwen was born 52 years ago in Hehua Village in southwest China's Guizhou Province, his house, like many, had a coal-fired clay stove for cooking.

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