Transplant loopholes

Transplant surgeries using organs from unknown sources shall be banned, and distribution of organs shall be fair and transparent, according to a draft regulation recently released by the National Health Commission.

Detailed measures, including establishing a national system for tracking the distribution of organs donated by people after death, will be made so all transplant surgeries using such organs can be tracked, it said. The draft, a revision of the existing regulation on organ transplants, was released by the commission recently. It is soliciting public opinion until August 1.

Disabled kids

With a new policy to allow more children with disabilities to attend ordinary schools and study with their nondisabled peers, the education authority said it is working to ensure such students’ better integration into society.

The Ministry of Education has issued a guideline on improving the work on disabled children’s learning in regular classes for compulsory education. According to the document made public on the ministry’s website earlier this week, all children with disabilities who are in the compulsory education period and believed to be fit for ordinary school study should be enrolled in such schools.

College graduates

The Ministry of Education has joined hands with the Ministry of Culture and Tourism to launch an online recruitment drive to help the country’s new college graduates find jobs.

The campaign encourages cultural and tourist companies nationwide to provide information about their vacancies, and the education ministry will organize students from relevant majors to apply online, the two ministries said in a statement. The campaign will run till the end of August.

Virus containment

Beijing’s way of containing the second wave of COVID-19 recently can minimize the pandemic fallout, an expert has said in an opinion piece posted by the South China Morning Post.

In the article titled “China’s experience shows coronavirus second wave need not be a disaster,” which was posted on Thursday, Dr. Wang Huiyao highlighted the calibrated measures taken by Beijing, which not only effectively control and prevent the outbreak but also maintain “normality” in most of the city.(SD-Agencies)