Young cancer patients undergo infusions at Beijing Children's Hospital. The number of children with cancer in China had reached 220,000 by 2014. [Ren Fangyan/For China Daily] Imported drugs are no longer subject to tariffs and VAT has been slashed in efforts to make medication more affordable, as Wang Xiaodong reports. The cost of imported cancer drugs is expected to fall dramatically as a result of recent government measures, according to the National Health Commission. On May 1, import tariffs were lifted on 103 of the 138 antineoplastic drugs - which can prevent or slow the growth of tumors - available on the Chinese market, and the value added tax levied on them was also reduced significantly. Authorities will also adopt measures to lower costs, such as price negotiations with manufacturers, greater use of centralized government procurement and the inclusion of a wider range of antineoplastic drugs in the national healthcare insurance program, Zeng Yixin, vice-minister in charge of the commission, told a media briefing last month. The moves are aimed at reducing the heavy financial burden that inadequate medical insurance cover can impose on some cancer patients, especially as the disease is a major cause of poverty in rural areas, the commission said. A report published last month by the Cancer Hospital at the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences showed that more than 3.8 million new cases are reported in China every year. Cancer has become the leading threat to people's lives and health because of a number of causes - including the aging population, industrialization and unhealthy lifestyles - and the incidence of the disease is rising, Zeng said. Although new, effective antineoplastic drugs are available, some patented drugs are extremely expensive, and that places a heavy financial burden on patients. children in need wristbanddesign your own wristbandrubber wristbands in bulkwristbands onlinewristband keychainlivestrong braceletblack rubber braceletsthe wristband factory
Xi Jinping, general secretary of the CPC Central Committee, meets officials who have contributed greatly to public security governance on Tuesday in Beijing. YAO DAWEI/XINHUA President tells officials at conference to focus on safety, where the public has noted improvement President Xi Jinping has called for more systematic and innovative social governance, stressing the need to improve the capability to predict and prevent security risks. Xi, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, was speaking on Tuesday at a Beijing conference to award individuals and units that have made outstanding contributions to the public security governance sector in the past five years. Since late 2012, people working in political and legal affairs have innovated social governance methods and dealt with large numbers of outstanding problems, making the general public feel safer, he said. The sense of security of the Chinese public has increased from 88 percent in 2012 to 92 percent in 2016, according to data released on Tuesday by the Central Committee for Comprehensive Management of Public Security, a central level authority in charge of social governance in China. However, Xi wants more effort to be taken to build a safer China. The authorities involved should be aware of the difficulties and challenges, carefully analyze the current situation of Chinese society, adopt technological innovation methods and improve the capacity to forecast and prevent risks, he said. Xi also stressed that social governance officers should have a better sense of the rule of law. More than 500 members from central and local political and law departments, as well as outstanding individuals and units, are participating in the two-day meeting, which concludes on Wednesday. I'm excited and inspired after listening to the president's remarks, which made a comprehensive summary of social governance in the past five years and outlined the new requirements and tasks in the future, said Huang Ming, vice-minister of public security. Huang said the most valuable lesson he has learned is to go with the innovative ideas and strategies to tackle the issues involving social security and win the support of the people. He Wenhao, a senior official in charge of political and legal affairs in the Tibet autonomous region who attended the conference, said the president's speech has built up his confidence in safeguarding Tibet. He said the biggest challenge he now faces is fighting the separatist forces to ensure the continuous safety and stability in Tibet.
