China’s 35 Cities and Towns Plan to Build Healthy Cities

According to Xinhua Net, China has approved 10 cities and towns to start the pilot project of building healthy cities and towns.According to preliminary statistics, six provinces have already developed activity plan or programs for the project, and 25 prefecture-level cities have already started the project according to previous planning.     

Shanghai Launches ＂Thousand Talents Program＂ to Introduce High-Level Overseas Talents

According to Shanghai Government Network, while striving to promote the internationalization of the local talents, Shanghai municipal government has officially unveiled the ＂Suggestions by Shanghai Municipality About Implementing the Program of Introduing High-level Overseas Talents＂, with which the local ＂Thousand Talents Program＂ was started up. According to the program, the municipality will bring in a batch of high-level and urgently-needed talents from abroad within 5-10 years,     

Shaanxi Province Unveils Policies to Achieve Full Coverage of Old-Age Insurance System for Its Residents

According to Shaanxi Daily, to achieve the full coverage of social endowment insurance for the urban and rural residents, Shaanxi provincial government issued a mandate entitled ＂Guidance on Pilot Programs of the Social Endowment Insurance for Urban Residents＂. According to the Guidance, urban and rural residents may participate in appropriate pension insurance as required. As a result, all urban and rural residents will be taken good care of in their old age.     

Combination of the Endowment Insurance for Rural Migrant Workers and Urban Workers in Chongqing Municipality

According to Xinhua News Agency, to help migrant workers blend in the city life and solve the difficulties in the transfer and continuation of the endowment insurance for them, Chongqing Municipal Government decided to integrate their endowment insurance into that for the urban workers,     

Guangxi Trains Talents Urgently Needed by Industries Valued Hundred Billion Yuan

According to People’s Daily,in order to meet the need of the 14 enterprises valued hundred billion yuan in the autonomous region,Guangxi educational sectors will endeavour to train various kinds of talents urgently needed.     

1.08 Million Tons of Pollutants were Discharged into the Sea in Guangdong Provinces in 2010

According to Guangdong Marine Environmental Quality Communiqué 2010, last year the ratio of the sea area up to the standard of clean sea water quality to the entire province’s coastal sea water was approximately 54.9%, that of comparatively clean sea water ratio     

Shaanxi will put in RMB 47.92 million in 2011 to perform 10 practical things for disabled persons

According to Shaanxi Daily, in 2011 Shaanxi provincial government has decided to put in RMB 47.92 million, an increase of 47.13% compared to the same period of the previous year, to perform 10 practical things for disabled persons.     

Carry out Full-scale First-degree Prevention Work on Birth Defects to Improve the Health of Newborns

According to the hospital-based monitoring data on birth defects gathered by the Ministry of Health from 2001 to 2006 ,the rate of birth defects newborns is increasing. Every year 200thousand to 300 thousand babies with birth defects are born nationwide.     

Over 690 000 Poor People Were Reduced in Ten Years in Southern Mountainous Region in Ningxia

According to the Chinese Government Website,all the districts and countie sunder the jurisdiction of Guyuan City located in Liupanshan Mountain of Southern Ningxia     

Shenyang Municipality Opens Training Courses for Children of Migrant Workers

According to China Education Daily,to help children of migrant workers to be well-educated and get employed,the Leading Group Office for Migrant Workers of