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China has expanded medical facilities in rural areas in the past decade to ensure its 509.8 million rural residents have access to basic medical services.

Thanks to big data, artificial intelligence, and cloud computing, among others, smart robots, formerly the exclusive domain of sci-fi literature and Hollywood blockbusters, are rapidly becoming part and parcel of Chinese people’s daily life.

Li visited elderly experts at the hospital and expressed his appreciation for their lasting dedication and remarkable achievements to the cause of healthcare. He also attended an exhibition on PUMCH's history of treating patients over the past 100 years.

Online Chinese literature also saw a greater overseas presence in 2020, the annual report said. By 2020, more than 10,000 online literary works had entered overseas markets and attracted over 100 million foreign readers.

For medicines covered under the healthcare security system's price negotiation program, patients can purchase their medicines either at hospitals or in qualified drug stores, and both channels enjoy the same reimbursement terms.