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Social issues the hottest: surveys

By Wu Jiao (China Daily)
Updated: 2007-03-02 18:06

"That is why social concerns are in the spotlight for this year's sessions."

But Zheng also said that the central leadership had already made efforts to address social concerns such as health.

This was evident in the government's plans to continue extending its health care network in rural areas and in urban communities, he said.

The rural cooperative healthcare system will cover at least 80 percent of counties this year.

Minister of Health Gao Qiang also has pledged to reform the country's medical care system in 2007, and will include reducing health care costs.

Additionally, there are plans from this year to exempt all students in rural areas from various fees in their nine-year compulsory education.

It has already exempted students in rural areas of western China from compulsory education fees. The exemption policy will be expanded to the central and eastern regions.

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