Reform has greatly improved medical service

Over the past five years, people's living standards have improved, and the basic health insurance plan now covers 1.35 billion people, making it the largest social safety program in the world, Premier Li Keqiang said at this year's annual sessions of China's top legislature and political advisory body.

The Communist Party of China has attached increasing importance to medical and health service, from the 17th National Congress of the CPC to the 19th Party Congress, reflecting its people-centered approach. And among the proposed institutional reforms, is one on establishing a State medical insurance administration, which means the Party and the government will elevate healthcare to a new level.

To establish a comprehensive medical and health service system with Chinese characteristics and ensure that everyone has access to basic medical and health service, China issued a guidance on further deepening the medical and health system reform in 2009, initiating a new round of medical reform with the aim to explore ways to integrate the roles of the government and the market.