IN BRIEF

Glasses provided for school kids

Chengdu, capital of southwestern China's Sichuan province, will in a special project provide 1,500 pairs of glasses to children from local poor families and organize free eye exams in 30 rural schools as well as schools for migrants' children. A spokesman from Chinese glasses brand Formosa Optical said, at the opening ceremony of the activity on March 17, that buses carrying eye examination equipment will reach remote areas to serve the kids in need.

Pharma firm in healthy sleep drive

Listed pharmaceutical corporation China Traditional Chinese Medicine Co Ltd will provide funds for 240 mainland hospitals to organize voluntary clinics and healthy sleep promotion activities in 2017. It will do this together with the Chinese Sleep Research Society, in an initiative which will benefit more than 100,000 people. The first free clinic was held in Guangzhou, capital of southern China's Guangdong province, on March 20. The fund's administrator said the activity is expected to educate the public about chronic diseases caused by sleep disorder.

Tencent donates $1.45m to UNICEF

Tencent Charitable Foundation announced it is donating 10 million yuan ($1.45 million) and will provide technical support to the United Nations Children's Fund, to protect juveniles from the risks of surfing the internet. The fund will be used during a three-year period to investigate juveniles' usage of the internet and the research on online games, cyber bullying and improper online contacts.

Ipsen backs best young doctors

Ipsen China, the Chinese branch of French pharmaceutical company Ipsen Group, said it supported the selection of the Top Influential Young Doctors, Young Doctors with Outstanding Contributions and Top Ten Women and Children's Doctors in China. The event was held by Chinese media group Guangming Online. More than 1,700 doctors from 124 hospitals around the nation participated in the activity. Their stories were put online for 5 million netizens to comment and vote on. The result was released on March 16.

China Daily - Agencies