In China, legislator says outbreak shows frailties of response plans via DavidStanway
SHANGHAI - At last year’s session of China’s national parliament, delegates from Guangdong province warned that laws designed to contain outbreaks of infectious diseases were flawed and could leave regions exposed when crises hit.
“The ability of local governments to provide financial guarantees to tackle severe epidemics is definitely insufficient,” Cai told Reuters. Cai, a member of the National People’s Congress, told Reuters that local governments have starved their disease control centers of cash and manpower. Though total spending surged 7% to 609.6 billion yuan, Hubei’s outlay on healthcare was cut 1.7% to 53.2 billion yuan.
Since 1994, when China overhauled the tax system, the share of tax revenue going to 31 provincial-level authorities has been cut from about three quarters to a half, though their spending commitments have not fallen.China’s government last year pledged to reexamine the way it allocated funds.Beijing has allocated more than 100 billion yuan in extra funds to tackle the crisis, and promised to cover 60% of medical fees for patients.
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