Li Qiang presided over the executive meeting of the State Council, deploying actions to protect and build beautiful rivers and lakes, researching further measures to strengthen welfare protection for children in difficult circumstances, discussing the decision to approve the Zhejiang Sanmen Nuclear Power Project and other nuclear projects like it, and reviewing the "Medical Insurance Law of the People's Republic of China."

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28/04/2025
On April 27, Premier of the State Council Li Keqiang presided over the executive meeting of the State Council, deploying the action of protecting and constructing beautiful rivers and lakes, discussing further measures to strengthen welfare protection for children in difficulties, discussing the "People's Republic of China Medical Security Law", and approving the Zhejiang Sanmen Three-phase project and other nuclear power projects. The meeting pointed out that in recent years, through deepening the battle for clean water, the quality of China's water ecological environment has continued to improve. It is necessary to further enhance the sense of responsibility and mission, adhere to precise pollution control, scientific pollution control, and legal pollution control, coordinate water resources, water environment, and water ecological governance, promote the construction of an integrated ecological environment governance system in important river basins, and vigorously promote the protection and construction of river and lake ecology. It is necessary to focus on governance at the source, focusing on major rivers and lakes, strengthen monitoring and tracing the source, strictly prevent industrial wastewater, domestic sewage, agricultural non-point source pollution, and other emissions exceeding standards. It is necessary to improve the long-term mechanism, insist on combining dredging and blocking, guide enterprises to implement energy-saving and emission reduction transformation, support local governments in making up for the shortcomings of environmental infrastructure, enhance the awareness of all people in protecting rivers and lakes, and create a good atmosphere for building and sharing beautiful rivers and lakes. The meeting pointed out that strengthening welfare protection for children in difficulties is related to the vital interests of children, the harmony and happiness of families, and the progress of social civilization. It is necessary to adhere to the principles of prioritizing children's development and being most beneficial to children, with responsibility and emotion, jointly protect the healthy growth of children in difficulties. It is necessary to continuously improve the basic life security, medical rehabilitation, basic public education, and mental health care service systems, categorize policies according to the needs of children in difficulties, and effectively improve the level of welfare protection. It is necessary to build a solid personal safety protection system, prevent and severely punish all kinds of illegal and criminal acts that harm children in difficulties in accordance with the law. It is necessary to enhance the initiative and foresight of work, solidify the responsibilities of all parties, and effectively protect the legitimate rights and interests of children in difficulties. The meeting discussed and tentatively approved the "People's Republic of China Medical Security Law" and decided to submit the draft to the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress for deliberation. The meeting pointed out that, taking this legislation as an opportunity, it is necessary to further improve China's medical security policy system, effectively protect the legitimate rights and interests of insured persons, and lay a solid foundation for the system of providing medical treatment to the people. It is necessary to strengthen the supervision of medical insurance funds, improve the supervision and inspection mechanisms, crack down on fraudulent practices such as false diagnosis and drug purchases. It is necessary to strengthen public legal education, enhance the compliance awareness of medical institutions, medical staff, and the public, and regulate medical order and medical behavior. The meeting emphasized that the development of nuclear power must ensure absolute safety. It is necessary to strengthen the main responsibilities of the participating construction units and the owner units, build and operate nuclear power units in accordance with the highest global safety standards, continuously strengthen the construction of safety supervision capabilities, and effectively secure the nuclear power safety net.