摘要
A special fund for premature babies under the China Social Welfare Education Foundation was launched in Beijing on August 8, 2010. It＇s China＇s first fund established to help premature babies. More than 20 million babies are born in China every year, 2 million of whom are premature. （Premature babies are defined as those who are born less than 37 weeks into pregnancy.） According to Ma Jianian, the fund＇s secretary-general, the fund is intended to raise awareness and promote scientific information about premature babies among women of childbearing age. It is also intended to help reduce the premature birth rate.
