China, Shanghai chosen for global road safety initiative

China is among five countries and Shanghai among 10 cities worldwide chosen by Bloomberg Philanthropies to participate in the foundation's Global Road Safety Initiative, which aims to reduce fatalities and injuries from road traffic crashes.

The five countries selected to receive technical support to review and strengthen road safety legislation are: China, India, the Philippines, Thailand and Tanzania.

More than 1 million people are killed in road crashes annually worldwide. With a new commitment of $125 million over five years, the program will work at both the national level to strengthen road safety legislation and the city level implementing proven road safety interventions, the organization said in a news release.