2017年CRI Regional integration of Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei benefits residents through sharing of resources and services

 

The sharing of resources and services is part of a regional integration¹ program launched 3 years ago, when Chinese President Xi Jinping held a symposium² calling for integrated and coordinated³ development of Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei.

The program covers a variety of areas including healthcare, education and the flow of human talents.

In January, a pilot medical insurance scheme was officially launched, allowing people who worked the capital but who now live in Yanjiao in Hebei province to enjoy Beijing medical insurance at local hospitals in Yanjiao.

They only need to pay 10 percent of the total medical bill just by swiping a card, instead of completing the payment through time-consuming medical reimbursements⁴, like in the past.

Another highlight is the sharing of well-educated and experienced medical personnel between hospitals and clinics in Hebei and Beijing.

Medical workers from the capital do not only take up patients from Tianjin and Hebei, but also make medical tours of local medical facilities to share their expertise⁵.

As such, more and more Hebei residents have chosen to see their doctors at nearby hospitals and clinics right at home.

Yang Haiming with Hebei's provincial⁶ Health and Family Planning Commission explained the convenience.

"It's much easier for outpatients and it cuts the financial burden of non-native outpatients. The system enables sharing in Hebei Province of the quality medical resources of Beijing."

Apart from healthcare, sharing of education resources has also benefited people across the region.

Tianjin has signed Beijing and Hebei into multiple education cooperation programs covering a variety of fields, while well-established higher learning institutions from the trio have joined hands in forming a joint⁷ innovation center for the entire region.

Liu Yuhui, director of the Beijing Municipal Education Commission, explains the benefits of this cooperation.

"Sharing of quality education resources is what I stress most in particular. On the one hand, it's the exporting of quality education resources as far as basic education is concerned; on the other, it's the collaborated⁸ upgrading of content and quality of education."

Many other public services, including those involving pensions, recognition of experts, and more are also following suit.

Xu Shaoshi, head of China's top economic planner, said it's a beginning with outstanding achievements.

"The stereotype⁹ of Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei Province minding their respective businesses on their own is shattered. Efforts are being pooled to strive for regional integration with collaborated development."

For CRI, I'm Xie Cheng.

1 integration   

n.一体化，联合，结合

参考例句：

• We are working to bring about closer political integration in the EU.我们正在努力实现欧盟內部更加紧密的政治一体化。
• This was the greatest event in the annals of European integration.这是欧洲统一史上最重大的事件。

2 symposium   

n.讨论会，专题报告会；专题论文集

参考例句：

• What have you learned from the symposium?你参加了这次科学讨论会有什么体会？
• The specialists and scholars present at the symposium come from all corners of the country.出席研讨会的专家学者们来自全国各地。

3 coordinated   

adj.协调的

参考例句：

• The sound has to be coordinated with the picture. 声音必须和画面协调一致。
• The numerous existing statutes are complicated and poorly coordinated. 目前繁多的法令既十分复杂又缺乏快调。 来自英汉非文学 - 环境法 - 环境法

4 reimbursements   

n.偿还( reimbursement的名词复数 )；退款；补偿；赔偿

参考例句：

• We had to put in for the food reimbursements again. 我们不得不再次申请食物赔偿。 来自互联网
• Have you figured up the total of the reimbursements I gave you? 你有没有把我给你的报销账目全部加总了呢？ 来自互联网

5 expertise   

n.专门知识(或技能等)，专长

参考例句：

• We were amazed at his expertise on the ski slopes.他斜坡滑雪的技能使我们赞叹不已。
• You really have the technical expertise in a new breakthrough.让你真正在专业技术上有一个全新的突破。

6 provincial   

adj.省的，地方的；n．外省人，乡下人

参考例句：

• City dwellers think country folk have provincial attitudes.城里人以为乡下人思想迂腐。
• Two leading cadres came down from the provincial capital yesterday.昨天从省里下来了两位领导干部。

7 joint   

adj.联合的，共同的；n.关节，接合处；v.连接，贴合

参考例句：

• I had a bad fall,which put my shoulder out of joint.我重重地摔了一跤，肩膀脫臼了。
• We wrote a letter in joint names.我们联名写了封信。

8 collaborated   

合作( collaborate的过去式和过去分词 )； 勾结叛国

参考例句：

• We have collaborated on many projects over the years. 这些年来我们合作搞了许多项目。
• We have collaborated closely with the university on this project. 我们与大学在这个专案上紧密合作。

9 stereotype   

n.固定的形象，陈规，老套，旧框框

参考例句：

• He's my stereotype of a schoolteacher.他是我心目中的典型教师。
• There's always been a stereotype about successful businessmen.人们对于成功商人一直都有一种固定印象。