"Reform and development of the pharmaceutical and healthcare fields affects the health of the people and the happiness of their families. Therefore, we must overcome all difficulties to solve this universal problem." ------ Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao´s gov´t report sets healthcare goals for 2010
------ Chen Zhu, Health Minister
The Health Ministry plans to finish the vaccination of 65 million people by the end of the year. The vaccination would be self-imposed and free.
About 30 percent of state-owned grass-roots health institutions would set up the essential medicine system by the end of February.
Medical staff service charges for things such as clinical treatment, nursing, and surgical procedures will be increased.
Guangzhou will oversee the expenditure of 3.5 million yuan for free physical examinations for 10,000 migrant workers in the remaining months of this year.
Health Minister Chen Zhu took the lead by receiving his second inoculation of the vaccine. Chen received the first such shot in China on July 22.
The government is creating a list of essential medicines which aims to ensure lower prices and adequate supplies for needy patients.
The Ministry of Health has begun a nationwide reservation system that enables people to register to see a doctor.
Beginning this year, Chinese people can now freely transfer their pension funds from one province to another across the country.
Chinese traditional medical treatment and western methods are both important, and resources in both urban and rural areas should be assigned properly.
A new regulation will require hospitals to end the practice of using profits from medication sales, to ensure the hospital´s sustainability.
By the end of this year, at least 5 percent of rural residents in each provincial area should have a health archive. The percentage should be increased to at least 30 percent by 2011.
"We give the highest priority to assessing and approving new drugs used for HIV/AIDS treatment."