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Life goes on to 77

THE average life expectancy for Chinese will reach 77 years by 2020, one year more than the figure in 2015.

Introducing a health development plan for 2016-2020 period, the National Health and Family Planning Commission said a national medical and health system for urban and rural residents will be formed by 2020.

To support the two-child policy, there will be 89,000 more maternity beds as well as 140,000 more obstetricians and midwives by 2020.

And the country will establish a standardized medical test for identifying partly disabled and disabled seniors for treatment.

 


 

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