BEIJING, Oct. 29 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Hu Jintao has been invited to keep the role of honorary chairman of the Red Cross Society of China (RCSC), according to a RCSC conference.

    Also at the conference, which closed Thursday, Hua Jianmin, vice chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress of China, was elected new chairman of the RCSC.

    During Thursday's session, the RCSC approved a decision on a work report submitted by the RCSC council, a decision on the 2010-2014 development plan for the China Red Cross and a decision on funds management.

President Hu confers Nightingale medals on laureated nurses

Hu Jintao (C), Chinese president and honorary president of the Red Cross Society of China (RCSC), poses with Chinese laureates of the 42nd Florence Nightingale Award during the opening ceremony of the 9th national conference of the RCSC in Beijing, capital of China, Oct. 27, 2009. President Hu Jintao and other Communist Party of China (CPC) and state leaders, including Wen Jiabao, Li Changchun, Xi Jinping and Li Keqiang attended the ceremony. (Xinhua/Ma Zhancheng)

    BEIJING, Oct. 27 (Xinhua) -- Six Chinese nurses were awarded the Florence Nightingale medal on Tuesday for their prominent contributions to health care.

    Chinese President Hu Jintao, who is also the honorary presidentof the Red Cross Society of China, conferred medals on the nurses at the Great Hall of the People in downtown Beijing.