From 2010, each HIV/AIDS affected child in Xinjiang will receive CNY600 living subsidies every month.

The environmental departments of 11 Chinese provinces have jointly signed a framework agreement on cooperation to protect the environment.

A document titled "Study on the Regional Difference of Ecological Civilization in China", which is said to be the first rating on the ecological civilization of Chinese provinces and cities since the term 'ecological civilization construction' was put forward, has been formally published.

The State Administration for Industry and Commerce reports that in the first quarter of 2009 a total of 584 business bribery cases were uncovered, which was a decrease of 1.18% over the same period last year.

Three Chinese consumers who claim to have seen objects such as black threads and worms in Sprite, a beverage produced by Coca-Cola, recently went to Coca-Cola's headquarters in Shanghai to ask for an explanation and compensation from the company.

According to the Chinese Ministry of Health, the country has about 700,000 HIV/AIDS virus carriers and patients, of which about 440,000 may not be aware that they have been infected with the disease.

The Environmental Protection Bureau of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region has signed letters of responsibility with 16 enterprises for the reduction of SO2 emissions, and has also set up detailed schedule for this.