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Chinese Premier Li Keqiang on Wednesday
called on the country's medical workers to make unremitting efforts in
improving their medical skills and services to further promote the
reform and development of China's health sector. Li,
also a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the
Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, made the remarks in an
instruction on the occasion of China's third Doctors' Day. In
the instruction, Li lauded the contributions made by medical workers in
protecting people's lives and health amid the COVID-19 epidemic, and
expressed his respect for them. Li
called for efforts to further coordinate epidemic control and economic
and social development, as well as efforts to step up training of
medical workers. He also urged fostering a sound social environment that
respects the medical profession. A
symposium was held on Wednesday morning at the Great Hall of the People
in Beijing to mark Doctors' Day. Vice Premier Sun Chunlan attended the
event and delivered a speech. Sun,
also a member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee,
extended greetings to medical workers, and called on them to further
promote the spirit they have demonstrated in fighting COVID-19 to
protect people's lives and health. Sun
also praised the outstanding roles of medical workers in securing
"major strategic achievements" in China's COVID-19 response, and called
for efforts to always stay alert in maintaining response measures on a
regular basis. She called for efforts
to better publicize the actions of medical workers, and put in place
and implement incentive policies for them.
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