1. At the summit on the 60th anniversary of the establishment of the United Nations, Hu Jintao announced China’s five-part aid package which includes tariff-free trade, debt relief, preferential credit, as well as medical support and personnel training for less-developed nations;
2. An operation to remove the extra leg from a one-year -old hermaphrodite with three legs succeeded; operations to remove masculine sexual features have already been completed leaving the baby as a girl;
3. French movie star Sophie Marceau attended China’s premiere of Anthony Zimmer in Beijing on Thursday;
4. ID card can be verified by SMS (in China you can send an SMS containing a person’s name and ID card number to 10695110 (China Mobile) or 9951 (Unicom) — the service will confirm the authenticity of the number. The system is still being rolled out and is not yet available in Beijing, but Shanghai’s systme is already operational;
5. China Open tennis match delayed one day by rain.