The China National Tourism Administration has signed a cooperation agreement with International SOS to jointly draw up national standards for travel emergency assistance services.

The new outpatient building of the General Hospital of the People's Liberation Army Second Artillery Force has been formally put into operation and this is reported to be the first public health service emergency building in Beijing.

China's Ministry of Education has established an expert team to provide consulting services in the event of public emergencies.

China's State Food and Drug Administration has issued a document which requires that information on food be published periodically in the interest of food safety.

China Mobile Charity Foundation, the first non-public fundraising foundation set up by China's telecommunications industry, has been unveiled in Beijing.

Sang Guowei, the director-general of the Chinese Pharmaceutical Association, has disclosed to local media that China will set up a national emergency medicine supply system to guarantee the supply of medicines in an emergency.

United Nations Global Compact participants have received a special message asking them to provide assistance to disaster areas in Myanmar and China.