China
Improving people´s livelihood most important for government
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Source: CCTV.com | 10-19-2007 08:30
Special Report: 17th CPC National Congress |
Improving people's livelihood and building a harmonious society will be the government's most important job. This comment was made by five ministers at Thursday evening's collective interview on the sideline of the ongoing CPC National Congress.
Vice Minister of Health Gao Qiang received the most questions from journalists.
The vice minister discussed many issues including the inter ministry coordination group on medical service reform and the funding of the public health system.
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Vice Minister of Health Gao Qiang said, "We are committed to building up a public health system that will cover every citizen in the country by 2020. The system will be funded by governments, employers and every citizen. The governments are preparing to increase its input in the system to lessen the burden for people."
Gao said a general framework for medical service reform has been devised, and will be available for comment.
