Hello and welcome to Reports from Developing Countries on China Radio International. I'm Zheng Chenguang in Beijing.

In this edition:

The World Cancer Congress says the face of cancer is changing.

ASEAN is striding forward in greater Asian integration. 

And Kenya is calling on African lawmakers to protect the environment. 

Stay tuned.

Eight million people die from cancer every year, almost 75 percent of them in developing countries. And each year, another 11 million discover they've contracted the disease. These numbers are expected to double in the next 20 years.

International experts are meeting from the 27th to the 31st of August in Geneva to discuss how to overcome the key challenges faced in combating cancer, particularly in low income countries.

In the following interview, UN Radio's Patrick Maigua speaks to Isabel Mortara, Executive Director of the International Union against Cancer, who says the majority of new cancers in the coming years are likely to be in developing countries.

Now let's hear some other news from the developing world.

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations or ASEAN is striding forward a greater Asian economic integration with the conclusion of free trade deals with India, Australia and New Zealand.

During the 40th ASEAN Economic Ministers Meeting in Singapore, it was announced that a free trade deal in goods was reached after five years of negotiations.
 
The Kenyan government is calling African lawmakers to be alert on conserving the environment.

Speaking during a luncheon for delegates attending a three-day Parliamentary Forum in Nairobi, Kenyan Vice President Kalonzo Musyoka is urging the law makers to make laws that impose heavy and deterrent penalties against those in destruction of forests and pollution of rivers.

And that concludes this edition of Reports from Developing Countries on CRI. For more, please visit us online at crienglish.com. I'm Zheng Chenguang in Beijing. Thanks for listening.
 

(Editor: Zhao Lixia)