China's health and family planning work has 10 key tasks in 2018

On January 4, National Meeting on Health and Family Planning Work was held in Beijing. Premier Li Keqiang stated that, deepening medical reform has achieved periodic results, such as disease control and prevention and two-child policy are steadily implemented.

For next year, the meeting outlined ten key tasks:

1. Continue deepening reform in medical and health system.

2. Improve the capability and quality of basic medical and health services.

3. Prevent and control of major diseases.

4. The quality and safety of medical services should be enhanced.

5. Firmly implement health poverty alleviation program,

6. Inherit and develop traditional Chinese medicine.

7. Give more attention to the development of health industry.

8. Positively implement universal two-child policy and enhance strategic researches on population health.

9. Drive medical staff’s enthusiasm and initiative for work.

10. Comprehensively improve the effectiveness of health and family planning work.