Plan to promote fitness and leisure industry
The State Council has issued a plan to develop the fitness and leisure industry. It wants to improve the fitness and leisure service system, cultivate market players, optimize industrial structure, strengthen construction of facilities, enhance research, development and manufacturing capacity, and improve the consumption environment.
Second pollution source survey
The government will launch a second national pollution source survey in 2017. From December 31, 2017, the survey will use data collected in 2017, and take enterprises, institutions, and self-employment ventures inside China with pollution sources as objects.
Plan to promote rehabilitation and assistive products industry
The State Council issued a plan to develop the rehabilitation and assistive products industry. The plan put forward five measures, including providing tax benefits, enhancing the financial services of enterprises, strengthening guidance of finance funds, improving the consumption environment, and cultivating personnel for the industry.
Efforts to improve maternity care
The National Health and Family Planning Commission, together with four other ministries, jointly issued a document to provide medical and health services during a woman’s pregnancy.
Traditional medicine treatment, drug therapy, routine operation, and assisted reproductive technology service will be provided to help couples suffering infertility.
Enhanced support for universities’ basic research
The Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Education decided to enhance the management of basic research funds in universities directly under government departments.
The funds should be used to support independent, basic and interdisciplinary researches of young teachers, excellent students and innovative teams.
Cosmetics tax cut
