, [Crowne Plaza Century Park] Shanghai, China
SHANGHAI, 05-06 NOVEMBER 2009 – According to the Work Report released on April 6th, 2009, the Chinese government will spend US$124 billion (850 billion RMB) on healthcare reform between 2009 and 2011, including 331.8 billion RMB from the central government. The funds will be used in five primary areas: to expand coverage of medical insurance; to build a basic medicine system that includes a catalogue of drugs primarily needed by the public; to improve the community-level medical and health service system; to promote equal access to basic public health services; and to initiate reform in public hospitals.