The Chinese government has set a goal of nine years of compulsory
education for at least 85 percent of people in its poorer western
regions, and vowed to cut youth illiteracy to five percent by 2007.
A
State Council executive meeting, chaired by Premier Wen Jiabao,
here Tuesday decided to strengthen education in rural areas by
safeguarding poor students' rights to compulsory education and
boosting professional and adult education.
The State Council also decided to build a national medical
treatment system to respond to serious disease outbreaks in three
years. Due to the continued increase of vehicle accidents, the
State Council also called for effective measures to ensure the road
safety.
(People’s Daily September 3, 2003)
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