Vice-premier calls for strengthening of public health
( 2003-07-30 10:03) (Xinhua)
Chinese Vice-Premier Wu Yi told a national working
conference on public health Tuesday that basic experience must be summed up
conscientiously from the battle against SARS and China's public health system
has to be improved substantially.
Vice-Premier Wu, a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of
China (CPC) Central Committee, who heads the national leading group on the
anti-SARS drive, said that all-out efforts should be made to extend and carry
forward the "anti-SARS spirit, and to work harder still so as to open up a new
situation in the pubic health work.
Wu attributed the success of the campaign to the staunch leadership of the
CPC Central Committee and the State Council, reliance on law, the people, and
the use of science, democratic decision-making, transparent policy-making, and
international cooperation and exchanges.
The fight against SARS, she noted, also exposed flaws in the country's public
health system, lack of awareness about public health emergencies, inadequate
disease control systems, laxity of supervision of the implementation of public
health laws, and weaknesses in rural public health work.
SARS-control efforts should continue to guard against and prevent a
re-occurrence of the disease. She urged medical workers to show the "anti-SARS
spirit" to further improve the image of the country's medical sector.
At the meeting, 100 advanced units and 500 outstanding people received
"Advanced Unit" and "Advanced Individual" awards for their superb work in
fighting the SARS.
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