Top cancer specialist raising radiotherapy awareness
2015-11-06
Hundreds of cancer patients needing radiotherapy are among the international medical tourists who come to China - even though it is not part of mainstream cancer treatment here.
New law 'should ban' tobacco sponsorship
2015-11-06
Anti-tobacco activists called on legislators to plug loopholes for tobacco sponsorship in the draft of China's first-ever charity law, which just finished its first reading.
New policy expected to bring spike in births, and then fewer
2015-11-05
A "pileup" of births is expected in the first three to five years after the universal two-child policy takes effect, resulting in two to five million more newborns each year over the time frame, according to experts' estimations.
UN official lauds childbirth policy
2015-11-03
Li Bin, minister of the commission, said the supply of such social goods will be expanded to facilitate the new policy, in line with people's expectations, and will benefit them over the long run.
New family planning rules are not law yet
2015-11-03
Local and provincial authorities must continue to abide by China's current family planning policy until a new policy allowing all couples to have two children goes into effect after being ratified by legislators, the National Heath and Family Planning Commission said in an online statement issued on Sunday.
Hebei nursing home serves as pilot project to house capital's seniors
2015-11-02
A massive nursing home community being built about 80 kilometers southwest of Beijing is expected to provide 2,600 rooms for senior citizens from the capital when it opens next year.
Alliance launched to help train quality doctors
2015-11-01
A China Residency Education and Elite Training Hospital Alliance has been established to teach high-quality medical doctors.
Family planning policy sees big overhaul
2015-10-30
China further relaxed its more than three-decade-old family planning policy, according to a statement issued on Thursday by the Communist Party of China Central Committee.
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