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Child Development Centre of China

Address	Main lines of research	Staff profile and disciplines	Networks
Child Development Centre of China (CDCC) Xizhimen, Guanyuan Beijing 100035 People's Republic of China Tel: +86-10-66160139 Fax: +86-10-66160115 Niu Xiaomei Director	- Promoting early childhood development, especially the work with community and family - Prevention and promotion of mental and physical development of children in Weishan Lake areas - An experiment in decreasing the loss of iodine in iodized salt - Investigation of the effects of psychological characteristics and social factors on the delivery course of women - Studies of community services and counselling for the psychological and behavioural development of Chinese children - Early identification and intervention in longitudinal observation for retarded infants - Pilot studies on movement therapy for obese children - Pilot studies on intervention of children with learning difficulties by 3.3.3 teaching system - Health management for children of school age - Participatory training materials for community workers on the subjects of prevention of acute respiratory infection, communication skills and promotion of girls' education - Audiovisual education materials on prevention of children's accidents and injury	Sections: - child nutrition and health care - child psychology and education - information and data - publicity and training 43 professionals: - 18 senior professionals - 19 middle professional title - 5 research assistants As CDCC is an institution with a multidisciplinary approach, the disciplines in which CDCC staff are involved are: - health care - child nutrition - child psychology - computers - information and audiovisual and printed materials production	- National working committee for women and children - All-China Women's Federation and network in 30 provinces - CDCC Experts' Commitee consisting of 28 professors from national research institutions in child health care, child nutrition, child education, child psychology, and health education - 4 associated research centres in Beijing - 8 regional research centres - UNICEF

Last updated: 14 September 1998