Helicopter blaze

FOURTEEN people were injured Sunday when a fire fighting helicopter caught fire after landing in north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. Their conditions had stabilized, the regional government said Monday.

Annuity fund

CHINA'S corporate annuity fund will experience robust growth over the coming years, reaching 1 trillion yuan (US$142.86 billion) in 2010 and 8 trillion yuan by 2030, according to government forecasts.

China enacted the corporate annuity system in 2004 to promote the establishment of a multi-level pension system.

IPR protection

CHINESE authorities destroyed 47.18 million pornographic and illegal publications Sunday as part of an ongoing campaign to strengthen intellectual property rights (IPR) protection, the Xinhua news agency reported yesterday.