A new Hong Kong law called the Prevention and Control of Disease Ordinance and its subsidiary legislation, the Prevention and Control of Disease Regulation, went into effect yesterday.

HP says it has donated 500 HP iPAQ Travel Companions with GPS technology, valued at approximately USD300,000, to the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention for public health efforts in earthquake-affected Sichuan.

Earlier this year, Coca-Cola unveiled its sugar-free carbonated drink Zero in China, but in recent days rumors have been spreading quickly around the Chinese Internet that the carbonated beverage is unfit for human consumption.

Wang Li, vice chairperson and secretary general of Sanya Red Cross Society, has been removed from her duties for her rude attitude toward donors.

Philips has signed a seven-year research partnership agreement with the West China Hospital in Chengdu to collaborate to develop new medical imaging procedures for the diagnosis and monitoring of certain types of cardiovascular diseases and cancers.

Wrigley China and Beijing Duoqi Enterprise Management and Consultant Company have been together sued by a former Chinese employee who claims he was fired by the company for carrying the Hepatitis B virus.

The Ministry of Health of China has made an outline for its disease control and prevention work in 2008 in which it says that it will work to increase public awareness of AIDS prevention, promote the use of condoms and make policies to prevent AIDS transmission among Chinese homosexuals during the year.