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Only 130 Organ Donations From Deceased Citizens in the Past 6 Years

Chen Zhonghua, assistant director of the Chinese Society of Organ Transplantation recently disclosed that China has 1.5 million liver and kidney patients waiting for organ transplants every year; however, there were only 130 deceased citizens who donated organs from 2003 to May of 2009.

Chen said China conducts 11,000 organ transplantation surgeries every year, out of which less than 30 of those are donations from deceased Chinese citizens. He said organ donation in the US for the first half of the year has already reached 2,304.  There is a need to increase the organ donation volumes in China.

The China Organ Donation and Transplantation Cooperation Project plans to have a conference in Shanghai in September to discuss building an organ donation system, setting up testing units, regulating and increasing live organ transplants, and other related issues.

Source: China News, August, 23, 2009
http://www.chinanews.com.cn/jk/news/2009/08-23/1830388.shtml

Briefings | | |   Information/Technology

Liu Yunshan : Incorporate National Unity Education Within General Education, Nationwide

Liu Yunshan, Director of the Propaganda Department of the Chinese Communist Party Central Committee spoke at the teleconference on further promoting the "national unity" education programs. He called for promotion of the unity education programs to establish "an inseparable tie between Han ethnic and the minority ethnic" so as to safeguard the unity of all ethnic groups and enhance social harmony.

Source: China News, August, 25, 2009
http://www.chinanews.com.cn/edu/edu-zcdt/news/2009/08-25/1832910.shtml

Briefings | | |   Government/Politics

Most High-Level Female Officials Worked for Youth League of Chinese Communist Party

According to Nanfang Daily, out of the 32 female officials serving as either the Secretary of the Municipal Committee of the Chinese Communist Party, Mayor, or commissioner of an administrative office, 21 of them have worked for the Youth League of the Chinese Communist Party.

Source: Nanfang Daily, August 23, 2009
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/nfjx/200908230024.asp

Briefings | | |   Government/Politics

Chinese Military Denying Internet Buzz on Military Reform

The People’s Liberation Army denied that there would be a major military reform. The PLA official interviewed by the State’s Global Times stated that while deepening military reform is inevitable, the discussions on the Internet and text messages about the military reform are untrue.

Source: Global Times, August 22, 2009
http://china.huanqiu.com/roll/2009-08/554815.html

Briefings | | |   Defense/Military

Regulations to Reduce Overseas Trips Using Public Funds

The City of Jinan, Shandong Province has issued new regulations to rein in overseas trips by government officials and to curtail trips for pleasure on the government accounts. The high-ranking officials must file trip information with the Party disciplinary committees. (Ed: It has been an uncontrollable phenomenon in China that the government officials travel overseas for pleasure using public funds. Many officials also escaped from China in this way when they felt they were about to be arrested for corruption charges.)

Source: China News Services, August 23, 2009
http://www.chinanews.com.cn/gn/news/2009/08-23/1830382.shtml

Briefings | | |   Government/Politics

Party Organizations Play Key Role in State-Owned Enterprises

Politburo member and head of the Organization Department of the Communist Party of the China Central Committee, Li Yuanchao, spoke recently on the key role that the Party organizations play in State-owned enterprises. “To maximize the core position of the Party organizations in state-owned enterprises, we need to institutionalize its role. The set up, functions and tasks of the Party organizations must be part of the management system of these enterprises, so that the central role of the political party is organized, institutionalized and specific. Party organizations should be involved in the decision-making on major issues together with the Board, and thus perfect the mechanism for effective participation in decision-making by the Party organizations.”

Source: The Communist Party of China, August 19, 2009
http://cpc.people.com.cn/GB/64093/64103/9890693.html

Briefings | | |   Government/Politics

US Aircraft Carriers’ Three Strategic Missions in Northeast Asia

Recently, the US has deployed several nuclear aircraft carriers in Northeast Asian waters, according to the International Herald. The carriers missions include monitoring vital interest areas of the region, such as the Korean Peninsula, the Taiwan Straight, the South China Sea and as military protection of Japan. The three strategic missions for the US are to “Monitor North Korea, Deter China, and Protect Japan.” They are meant as deterrents in case of possible conflict in the area.

The International Herald also advised that these deployments are based on the US’ Fleet Response Plan, which calls for six of the Navy’s 12 aircraft carriers to be available for deployment within 30 days and another two within 90 days.

Source: International Herald, August 24, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/herald/2009-08/24/content_11934396.htm

Briefings | | |   US-China Relations

China to Launch Chang’e-2 Lunar Probe Before 2011

China’s Chang’e-1 lunar probe has beamed back over a year of technical data about the moon. Given the success of this probe, China plans to Launch Chang’e-2 lunar probe satellite before 2011, according to the China News Agency. Chang’e-2 is almost identical to Chang’e-1. The difference in mission is that Chang’e-2 will circulate at 100 km above the moon’s surface, instead of the 200 km by Chang’e-1.

The vital mission for Chang’e-2 is to have a “soft landing” on the moon and to set up anything necessary for China’s planned Chang’e-3 moon landing. The design for Chang’e-3 has been completed and a model of it should be ready by the end of 2009. China plans its first moon “soft landing” in 2012 or 2013. It will collect lunar samples, which will be brought back by a vehicle in 2018.

Source: China News Agency, August 3, 2009
http://www.chinanews.com.cn/gj/news/2009/08-03/1802423.shtml

Briefings | | |   Information/Technology