Core Viewpoint - The State Council has approved the "Medical and Health Strong Foundation Project Implementation Plan," aiming to enhance grassroots medical services and ensure equitable access to healthcare by 2030 [2][4]. Summary by Sections Medical and Health Strong Foundation Project - The plan aims to improve the layout of grassroots medical institutions by 2027, ensuring that residents can reach the nearest medical service point within 15 minutes [2][6]. - By 2030, the grassroots medical service system will be further improved, with a focus on talent development, facility upgrades, and digitalization [2][7]. - The project emphasizes the importance of a coordinated development of traditional Chinese medicine and Western medicine [2][7]. Main Tasks - **Optimizing Planning**: The plan includes enhancing the rural healthcare service system, integrating management of rural medical institutions, and improving emergency medical capabilities [8]. - **Functionality of Institutions**: County hospitals will focus on common and chronic diseases, while community health centers will provide basic public health services [9]. - **Building Medical Alliances**: The establishment of tightly-knit medical alliances to ensure resource sharing and improve service quality [10]. - **Public Health Services**: The plan aims to enhance public health services, particularly for vulnerable populations, and improve management of chronic diseases [11]. - **Basic Medical Services**: The initiative includes enhancing the capabilities of county-level medical institutions and ensuring high-quality service delivery [12]. - **Targeted Population Services**: Focus on children, the elderly, and individuals with chronic conditions, promoting integrated healthcare services [13]. - **Disease Prevention and Control**: Reforming disease prevention systems to improve monitoring and response capabilities [14]. - **Promotion of Traditional Medicine**: Encouraging the use of traditional Chinese medicine in grassroots healthcare [15]. - **Infrastructure Upgrades**: Investment in upgrading medical facilities and equipment in rural areas [16]. - **Talent Development**: Building a robust healthcare workforce through training and recruitment initiatives [16]. - **Digital Health Services**: Enhancing digital health services to improve data sharing and patient management [17]. - **Incentive Mechanisms**: Implementing policies to incentivize the development of grassroots healthcare services [18]. Support Measures - **Organizational Implementation**: Emphasizing the importance of local governments in executing the plan effectively [19]. - **Planning Guidance**: Integrating the project into broader economic and social development plans [19]. - **Financial Support**: Ensuring adequate funding for public health services and grassroots healthcare institutions [19]. - **Monitoring and Guidance**: Regularly tracking the implementation progress and providing necessary support [19]. Nature Conservation - The State Council has approved the establishment of the Huangyan Island National Nature Reserve to protect its ecological diversity and stability [3][20]. - Strict enforcement of environmental protection regulations will be required to ensure the effective management of the reserve [3][20].