Doctors and patients in Chinese hospitals will be required to sign a declaration banning the payment of cash-filled “red packets” and other gifts from May 1, according to a National Health and Family Planning Commission’s directive. Patients must also sign it and promise not to give gifts. Many patients worry about medical standards if doctors don’t receive gifts. Chinese doctors are paid less than CNY10,000 a month, so a red packet containing CNY1,000 or CNY2,000 is a temptation some doctors find hard to resist.