NHSA Deputy Director Li Tao said on Aug 4 at a State Council Information Office briefing that the agency will continue annual adjustments to the basic medical insurance drug list and aim to add more eligible innovative drugs for cancer, chronic, rare and pediatric diseases to reimbursement. He said the NHSA will also push to unify reimbursement lists for medical service items and medical consumables nationwide to further narrow regional policy differences.

加拿大總理卡尼：當華盛頓準備就緒時，加方願意坐下來與其達成一項貿易協議。

China’s financial regulator instructed banks and insurers to provide non‑discriminatory relief and mutual recognition of major-disaster status to limit losses and aid recovery; insurers have paid a cumulative 6.3 bln yuan in claims to date. In Zhejiang’s Yuhuan city, 10 coastal shipping routes were suspended on Sept. 3, vessels returned to port, terminals were closed, facilities reinforced and personnel evacuated; the local meteorological office warned coastal winds of force 7–9 on Sept. 4.