Social security top concern ahead of 'two sessions' Chinese Internet users are most concerned about social security and anti-corruption issues, which they hope will be addressed during the upcoming "two sessions," an online poll showed Wednesday.
China plans pay-after medical payment system Patients will be able to "pay after" they receive medical treatment as part of a new payment method, China's Ministry of Health revealed Tuesday. Now, over 20 provincial regions are exploring the new payment method.
Hospital reforms begin to take effect Beijing began piloting its reforms in July, which has so far seen five hospitals scrap the usual 15 percent markup on drugs and instead make up the difference by increasing the fees to see a doctor.
China spends more subsidizing the poor China's central government is spending more on helping low-income people, rural residents with poor living conditions as well as vagrants and beggars, the Ministry of Finance (MOF) has said.
Wen spends Lunar New Year eve with disaster survivors Premier Wen Jiabao spent the Chinese Lunar New Year eve with locals who survived a 2008 deadly earthquake and a 2010 devastated mudslide in northwest China's Shaanxi and Gansu provinces.
General Liu: Diaoyu Islands war not yet at hand General Liu Yuan told China.org.cn that the Diaoyu Islands dispute is far from becoming a war, and the army should focus on protecting the best interests of the nation and its people.
Improving People's Livelihood
