The measures should result in drug prices falling by about 20 percent. To compensate for lost revenues, hospitals involved in the reform have raised fees for a number of services, such as surgery and acupuncture, it added. For example, the cost of acupuncture has risen to 26 yuan per session from 4 yuan.
The meeting also urged financial institutions to defer the principal, interest repayments on loans taken by micro, small and medium-sized enterprises.
The ministry will motivate some companies to revamp their plants to produce protective suits, and ensure the supply of key raw materials needed to make medical equipment.
The meeting was aimed to seek opposition's support for smooth conduct of proceedings in both the houses of the parliament.
The ministry called on local flood control authorities to step up supervision and monitoring to prepare for potential disasters.
The meeting also called for more coordinated macroeconomic policies so that fiscal and monetary policies can function in integration with policies in the fields of employment, industry and regional development.
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The merger, including debt, would be the fourth largest deal ever attempted in the global telecom, media and entertainment space, according to Thomson Reuters data. It would also be the 12th largest deal in any sector, the data showed.
The meeting, presided over by Premier Li Keqiang, called for increasing monetary and financial policy support for the real economy. This is in a bid to help enterprises, especially micro, small and medium ones, overcome difficulties. This should be done while appreciating the country's proactive fiscal policies, especially those for overcoming difficulties and unleashing market vitality.
The measures also include banning the sale of bump stocks that can make semiautomatic rifles perform like fully automatic ones, investing 0 million in improving mental-health services and boosting physical security of school buildings, as well as a controversial "guardian" program to train and arm some voluntary school personnel.
The maximum loan amount for personal entrepreneurship guaranteed loans backed by interest subsidies from China's central government was raised from 100,000 yuan (,906) to 150,000 yuan from November last year, the ministry said in a statement Tuesday.