June, 21, 2010 is the Global Motor Neuron Disease Day. It is when the C.M.D.A Motor Neuron Disease Project Management Committee was launched and was held at the Beijing National Conference Center. C.M.D.A chairman Yin Da Kui and other significant members of the association formed a group of 12 people, along with the invited Taiwanese Motor Neuron Disease Patients Society. Approximately 60 neurologists, 30 media representatives, 50 patients of the motor neuron disease and their family attended this event.

During the event, Chairman Yin spoke of the need to help provide assistance to promoting an equally enjoyable lifestyle for those patients of the motor neuron disease. The C.M.D.A, through help from the Chinese government, domestic organizations, and other charity groups, aim to push for a system that will allow for the patietns of M.N.D to afford visits to the doctor, medication costs, and a respectable life.

Renowned British theoretical physicist, Dr. Stephen Hawking from the Univeristy of Cambridge, also sent his warm words of encouragement to our event. Mr. Wei Ping, representative from Sanofi- aventis, also delivered a fantastic speech to promote for a healthy and content lifestyle for those suffering from motor neuron disease. With other touching speeches from representatives of various other organizations, the aim of this event was reached.

Please show your support by diailing the toll-free line: 8008103386. The unison of our efforts will result in a truly tremendous change for the better!

The Chinese government and the United Nations launched the project to improve the nutrition, food security and safety for the most vulnerable women and children in China ” on Jun. 12, 2010.The Spanish government provided six million US dollars through the Millennium Funds and the Chinese government pitched in one million to make it happen. This project will be three years long, and will cover six poorest counties: Zhenan and Luonan in Shanxi , Pan and Zhengan in Guizhou , Wuding and Huizhe in Yunnan . 1.8 million people will get benefit.

In China , there is a big gap between cities and rural areas in children's nutrition situation. Breast feeding, as a main source of children's nutrition, is not made full use of and food shortage is causing children's malnutrition.

The project will encourage six-month breast feeding, provide supplement and fortified food to children and women, and improve safety in food manufacturing and processing.

The data and experiences from the six counties will help the government in drafting policies regarding food safety and children's nutrition.

On April 1 st , the Chinese Medical Doctor Association hosted a free training session targetted at the staff of the Beijing Children's Hospital. Legal consultant Deng Li Qiang delivered a thorough presentaion regarding the “Tort Law of People's Republic of China and Its Associated Conflicts”. Approximately 300 medical members participated in the training. The atmosphere of the event was delightful. The session cleverly presented the conventionally dull legal advices into interesting case studies, this allowed for a thorough understanding of the Tort Law.

The CMDA aims to provide free training sessions for medical staff members throughout 2010, including ethical and legal trainings. The recent event launched the first of the many upcoming training sessions.

Chinese Medical Doctor Association executive vice president and secretary general Yang Jing attended and made a speech
Mainland medical doctors are in poor health. There are more than a quarter of doctors having risks of cardiovascular diseases. Male doctors of 35-year-old or over are two times more likely to develop hypertension than average population. This is disclosed by Professor Hu Dayi, Department of Cardiology, Peking University People's Hospital on May 20th. At the launching ceremony of Surrey, Treatment and Diagnosis of Chinese Physicians' Hypertension, Professor Hu said that last year they finished a survey of 4032 medical doctors in 386 hospitals and found: nearly half of male medical physicians have high blood pressure; among them, cardiologists have four percent of risk developing coronary heart diseases; female physicians have two percent of risk developing coronary diseases; both male and female physicians have a relatively higher risk to develop coronary diseases than the same age general population. Chinese Medical Doctor Association President Xisheng LENG emphasized that cardiovascular risk factors pose serious health threats to medical doctors, and work overload, overwhelming physical demand, psychological stress, smoking, and unhealthy lifestyle etc. contribute to the increase of risk. To help physicians understand their health conditions and to provide adequate guidance, the Chinese Medical Doctor Association and Sanofi Aventis Inc. jointly launched the research project "Survey, Diagnosis and Treatment of Chinese Physicians' Hypertension". This project aims to survey nearly 50 hospitals and more than 10000 physicians and surgeons. Meanwhile, researchers will conduct follow-ups, offer self-care education to the medical doctors, and improve awareness, treatment, and control of cardiovascular diseases. Chinese Medical Doctor Association executive vice president and secretary general Yang Jing, Professors Sun Ningling and Leng Xisheng attended the launching ceremony
National Earthquake Disaster Rescue Team of China in Yushu , Qinghai

At 7:49 am, April 14 2010, a 7.1 degree earthquake hit Yushu , Qinghai .

At 8 pm April 14, our National Earthquake Disaster Rescue Team arrived at Batang airport in Yushu.With the local traffic still not functioning and with lots of aftershocks, the rescue team of 30 medical workers had to get to the earthquake center which is 20 kms away from the airport via sideways. Every team member knew that the earlier they started rescue work the more people they could save.It was dark and windy when they got to Jiegu, the earthquake center. The once beautiful little town was almost razed to the ground. The team started looking for life signals in debris right away; they kept working hard in spite of the gouges on their hands and legs. At 1:30am, April 15, they heard some week sound from the ruins of Jiegu ethnic school, they traced the sound and found an old man lying under a few logs. They quickly removed the logs and gave the old man medicine. The old man was very week due to lack of food and water for a long time, the rescue team gave their own supper to him.At daybreak, the team set up a temporary clinic in Jiegu ethnic square, where lots of people gathered. They also built a tent hospital to treat more patients.They worked continuously and some medical workers fainted with long hours of work and altitude stress. They had to cope with cold weather, lack of oxygen, and intense work load. With all these, the rescue team had achieved a lot: within 3 days, they treated 480 patients, including 37 serious patients, did 22 surgeries, checked up over 1000 people.On April 15, Premier Wen Jiabao visited the tent hospital and greatly appreciated their hard work..The National Rescue Team of China was set up in 2001, it has well accomplished 7 rescue missions all over the world including Indonesian tsunami, Pakistan earthquake, Heinongjiang forest fire, Wenchuan earthquake, etc. When recalling the mission in Yushu, the team leader said it was the most difficult one.

As the highest of the medical profession, the award presentation ceremony was held on Nov. 13th. There were 92 prize winners from almost all medical specilties aging from 28 to 83. Their outstanding medical knowledge and their care to the patients set them good examples of all those in the profession.

On November 13, 2009, the 6th Chinese Cosmetology and Orthopedic Surgeons Convention, which was sponsored by the Chinese Medical Doctors’ Association, was held in the beautiful Xizi Lakefront at Hangzhou. During the convention, several hundred plastic surgeons from China, Japan, Korea, Singapore, Europe, and the United States gathered at Hangzhou and discussed innovative developments in cosmetic surgery. This convention had, by far, the most number of people in attendance as well as the most number of discussed topics. The content of the discussion encompassed new surgical technologies pertaining to the cosmetic and orthopedic field. Of the many topics that were discussed, the international group of surgeons made interactions mainly on the new technologies in the field of cosmetic and reconstructive surgery that were applied to victims of natural catastrophes, the potential risks and methods of preventing them in the cosmetic surgery profession, as well as clinical studies in the area of interest.

The 9th Committee Meeting of the China Medical Doctor Association, which has 35 local physician associations and 44 branches, was held on October 13, 2009 in Zhoushan City, Zhejiang Province, China. More than 60 CMDA officials and associates participated in the meeting, including the CMDA president Yin Dakui, , Executive Vice President and Secretary General Yang Jing, Vice-President Cai Zhongjun, Deng Kai-tert, Wang Zhiqiong, Deputy Secretary-General Lu Jun, and the president and secretary general of various provincial and municipal branches. The focus of this meeting is to combine the strength of the headquarters, territory branches and 2nd-tier agencies to further implement the principle of service, coordination, self-discipline, rights protection, supervision, and management. In order to better serve the two million physicians of the association and to achieve a win-win situation, the committee meeting proposed to enhance the executive power and increase the competitiveness of the association by integrating resources within the association to achieve optimal resource allocation. Representatives of Yunnan Province, Zhejiang Province, Shandong Province, Heilongjiang Province, Urumqi provinces, Henan, Sichuan, Hubei Province, Wuxi City, and representatives of other provincial and municipal associations shared and discussed their respective problems, difficulties and achievements at the meeting, and provided pertinent suggestions and comments on the work of the association.