Volunteer graduates head for the west

162 volunteers from Beijing University, Tsing Hua University and 34 other universities this week started voluntary for one year in poverty-stricken counties in China’s mid and western regions.

Professors required to teach undergraduates

The Ministry of Education is going to adopt the ’suggestions on teaching strengthening and education improvement’, which stipulate that professors and deputy professors must teach undergraduate students, according to sources attending the Seminar on University Computer Education held recently in Beijing.

7-11 coming to Beijing

The largest chain store group in the world, the American 7-11 store, will opened their first branch in Beijing next year. It will be operated by one of the four competing companies; “whoever gets the operating rights, they will be welcome in Beijing,” says Liang Wei, director of the Beijing Commerce Committee.

Check medicine prices on Internet

The Beijing Bureau of Health recently invited public bidding for the purchasing of antibiotics. From August 28, Beijing citizens can compare prices on the Internet to determine whether hospitals have charged them the correct fee.