The hot topics among citkens in China in the year are to improve environment of
seeing doctors in clinics and hospitals, reduce prices of medicines and raise the level
of medical services. The Chinese Government set ceilings to the prices of 83 kinds of
medicines on December 28, 2001. Photo shows a patient checks the price list of
medicines in Xuanwu Hospital in Beijing.

Xinhua Photo by Gao Xueyu