Local children attending the inauguration ceremony of the China-Sudan Friendship Hospital for Maternity and Child Care hold a thanks card in Gezira state, Sudan, July 16, 2011. Sudan's central Gezira state and the Sudanese ministry of health on Saturday celebrated the inauguration of the China-Sudan Friendship Hospital for Maternity and Child Care in Abu Ushar area, which was built in cooperation with China Foundation for Poverty Alleviation (CFPA).