Hu Jintao, Presidente della Repubblica popolare cinese, chiede ai governi dei vari livelli che venga assicurata la copertura dei servizi sanitari di base a tutti i residenti delle zone rurali e urbane. La riforma ha l’obiettivo di garantire un’assistenza sanitaria di base per tutti e di accelerare lo sviluppo di un sistema di assistenza sanitaria anche per i cittadini delle aree rurali.
Chinese police official, Wen Qiang, has been sentenced to death for corruption and rape. Wen Qiang was blamed for accepting large sums of money from criminal gangs of Chongqing in exchange of protection from the law. He has also been accused of rape and protection of criminal gangs.
According to Xinhua news agency, China has executed three Japanese citizens who were smuggling drug from the north-east province of Liaoning. Keiko Chiba, Japanese Minister of Justice said she was concerned about relations between Japan and China.
Chinese activist, Tan Zuoren , has been jailed for five years for inciting subversion and deprived of his political rights for three years. Last year in august, he investigated whether low-quality constructions contributed to deaths of schoolchildren in the 2008 Sichuan earthquake.
Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo was detained last year after co-writing Chapter 8, a petition for radical political reform in China, which includes democratic change and respect for human right. Despite of European Union and USA calling for release him, China has refused it.