Children with HIV/AIDS play games at a summer camp recently in Kunming, Yunnan province. Some 30 children aged 10 to 15 participated in the camp. Provided to China Daily

Health

Transplants system to come into force

China's top health authority will issue a national regulation within the next month requiring transplant hospitals to use a computer-based organ allocation system, senior health officials say.

Under the directive on human organ procurement and allocation, those who do not distribute donations via the system, called the China Organ Transplant Response System, will be punished, and may even have their licenses revoked, said Huang Jiefu, director of the China Organ Donation Committee and former vice-minister of health.

Only organs donated by the general public after death fall under the new regulation.

The new regulation is an effort cut reliance on executed prisoners as major sources for organ transplants. This year nearly half of transplanted organs have come from death-row inmates, a decrease of 95 percent on previous years.

Baby formula sales to be shifted to pharmacies

Authorities are to require that all baby formula on the Chinese mainland be sold in pharmacies or in shops qualified to sell medicines, a move aimed at improving consumer confidence in formula products while weeding out fake brands.

However, some experts say changing sales channels will do little to improve safety standards or allay consumer fears in the wake of the Fonterra milk powder scandal.

The China Association of International Trade under the Ministry of Commerce said that domestic and foreign baby formula will be sold in 20 pharmacies in Beijing and Jiangsu province from October, in a pilot program that will be extended to 20,000 pharmacies in 500 cities by 2015.

Some experts said the move reflects Premier Li Keqiang's announcement in May that baby formula would be subject to the same strict supervision standards as medicines and that fake products would be removed from the market.

Finance

Youth games set an example of frugality

The organizers of the 2nd Asian Youth Games, which opened at the Nanjing Olympic Center Stadium on Aug 16, hope to set an example of frugality to young people in accordance with the recent call from leaders to cut back on extravagant spending.

Unlike the magnificent and star-studded ceremonies of most international sports events, the organizers invited those taking part to highlight the event as a festival for younger generations, said Yang Weize, executive chairman of the organizing committee.

Industry

Shipbuilder unveilspioneering technology

One of China's major shipbuilders says it has developed propulsion technology that will bring the country closer to its goal of modernizing its shipping and naval fleets.

China Shipbuilding Industry Corp said its Wuhan Institute of Marine Electric Propulsion finalized its integrated electric propulsion technology last month.

It said the in-house development will help the country wean itself off the dependence on imported parts in manufacturing ships.

Most surface vessels in China use mechanical transmissions and are propelled by a motor or an engine spinning a propeller. Many Western countries have adopted integrated electric propulsion, in which gas turbines produce electricity that powers electric motors.

Aviation

PLA aerobatic teamto perform in Russia

The August 1st Air Demonstration Team, China's best-known aerobatic flight display team, will stage its first overseas show in Moscow with J-10 jet fighters.

The team will join its Russian counterpart at the MAKS 2013 International Air Show at Ramenskoye Airport from Aug 27 to Sept 1.

The J-10s, which left an airbase in northern China on Aug 18, will make stops on their way to Moscow, said a publicity official with the People's Liberation Army air force who is familiar with the mission and refused to be named.

China Daily

(China Daily European Weekly 08/23/2013 page3)