Event to promote healthy drinking
China Alcoholic Drinks Association held a spirit-themed cultural event on Monday to introduce the history and technical development of China’s spirit industry. Company executives from different brands meanwhile gathered to celebrate the birthday of Qin Hanzhang, a 109-year old spirit-making expert who has made a number of technical breakthroughs to the sector in his career. The event also aims to influence social norms and individual behavior to reduce harmful alcohol use to promote healthy drinking lifestyle.
Volunteers of Qingdao Jowin Group, one of the city’s leading public transportation companies, helps a female passenger take care of her baby in the room specially designed for baby care in Qingdao, Shandong province.
Zhong Nanshan, director of the State Laboratory for Respiratory Diseases, said many people in China still regard a cold as a minor illness; but the disease has, in fact, seriously affected the daily life, health and even safety of the public.
Zhong said that two of the five global influenza pandemics broke out in China in the 20th century. In the 21st century, SARS, avian influenza and H1N1 influenza triggered nationwide health crises. Therefore, both the medical community and the public should use professional treatment in all seriousness to reduce harm from colds.
China has become the world’s largest “cold country,” with over 1 billion person-times contracting colds, with an average duration of up to 18.5 days, during the past year, a survey said. However, people still have no correct understanding on how to treat colds, according to the survey by Shenyang-based China Medical University.
Even though cold sufferers are advised by most doctors and pharmacists to stay at home for their recovery and to avoid spreading disease, the survey showed that 75 percent of respondents still insist on going out working with a cold or flu.
“Although colds have brought grievous consequences to health and life, people have not developed a scientific understanding of it,” Zhong said.
Instead, they have adopted long-standing mistaken ideas and concepts. For example, they use antibiotics because they do not understand that these have no effect on the viruses that cause colds. Zhong added that many people do not rest and continue to work out during a cold.