China's healthcare reform tasks completed

 BEIJING, June 25 (Xinhua) -- Missions set in a three-year plan for China's healthcare reform program in the 2009-2011 period have been completed on schedule, according to a new official report.

The report said the reform efforts have brought about progress toward giving all the country's citizens access to basic medical services.

It was recently submitted to the State Council by the healthcare reform office under the State Council, according to a statement issued by the office on Monday.

Between 2009 and 2011, China's central government invested 450.6 billion yuan (70.79 billion U.S. dollars) in the country's medical care services, the report said.

It also promised more government investment in this field in the 12th Five Year Plan period (2011-2015).

The three-year plan missions included establishment of a basic medicare insurance system, implementation¹ of the basic drug system and improvement of grass-roots medical services.

By the end of 2011, over 95 percent of the country's population were covered by basic medicare insurance programs designed for employees, urban residents and rural residents, according to the report.

The annual government subsidy² for urban and rural residents' insurance was increased from 80 yuan per person in 2008 to 200 yuan in 2011, and the sum will be raised to 240 yuan this year, its authors found.

Central government invested 63 billion yuan between 2009 and 2011 in the construction and improvement of 33,000 hospitals at grass-roots levels.

Furthermore, reform programs have been launched in over 2,000 public hospitals across the country, the report noted³.?

1 implementation   

n.实施，贯彻

参考例句：

• Implementation of the program is now well underway.这一项目的实施现在行情看好。

2 subsidy   

n.补助金，津贴

参考例句：

• The university will receive a subsidy for research in artificial intelligence.那个大学将得到一笔人工智能研究的补助费。
• The living subsidy for senior expert's family is included in the remuneration.报酬已包含高级专家家人的生活补贴。

3 noted   

adj.著名的，知名的

参考例句：

• The local hotel is noted for its good table.当地的那家酒店以餐食精美而著称。
• Jim is noted for arriving late for work.吉姆上班迟到出了名。