Economy

China allocates $21b for medical services

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2011-06-01 11:14

BEIJING - China has allocated 134.6 billion yuan ($20.76 billion) in medical service subsidies since the beginning of this year, the Ministry of Finance (MOF) said Tuesday.

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In its latest efforts to promote medical services, the government earmarked 23.5 billion yuan to fund a new rural cooperative medical system and 4.57 billion yuan to support public health programs such as Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) prevention, according to a statement posted on the MOF's official website.