Foreign funds allowed to enter elderly care The official website of the Ministry of Civil Affairs (MCA) on December 2 published a circular* to encourage foreign investment in China’s elderly care services. Foreign investors can set up senior care institutes for profit independently or in cooperation with Chinese enterprises, said the circular. Foreign investors are also welcome to take part in the reform of State-run* elderly care organizations and to develop high-quality chain institutes. Bank shooting leaves 2 dead A bank employee shot dead two people and injured two others in Northeast China’s Liaoning Province on December 3. Armed with a hunting rifle*, the attacker broke into the hall of the branch of the People’s Bank of China in Dashiqiao City and staged the shooting spree* at around 2 p.m. Police captured the gunman, surnamed Liu, at 2:48 p.m. at the scene. Liu fired four shots and all the victims were his colleagues. France helps in Fox Hunt France is ready to help China track down fugitive* corruption suspects who might be on French soil. As part of an anti-corruption drive under President Xi Jinping, China is pursuing overseas-based fugitives in a campaign known as Operation Fox Hunt. Robert Gelli, the French justice ministry’s director of criminal affairs, said the Chinese authorities would soon send French officials a list of people suspected of “getting rich from corruption and seeking refuge in other countries, or investing this money in other countries.” China to ban harvesting organs from prisoners China will completely ban the practice of using organs harvested from executed* prisoners for organ transplants* beginning next year. All organs used in future transplants must be from donors. About 10,000 organ transplants are performed in the country each year and about 300,000 patients are on waiting lists. (SD-Agencies) |