State Council responds to concerns by public

Departments and ministries under the State Council, China's cabinet, have responded to a number of public concerns in the past week, including an update on the progress of the unified medical treatment settlement and reimbursement network, notification of the cancellation of a batch of professional access qualifications, a food safety reminder and a notice on checking residents' identification cards.

A special leading group has been established by the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security to guide the construction of the nation's unified network of medical treatment settlement and reimbursement. Once complete, the network will help citizens solve the problem of prepayment during medical insurance settlement and reimbursement, the ministry said.

The National Health and Family Planning Commission said on June 17 that China will promote "internet plus health and medical treatment" and establish a national application platform of medical and health information by 2020. Big data to be collected as part of this drive include information about individual health, medical services, disease control, health security and food security.