The State Council will reduce the burden on more than 20 million patients by 3% VAT on the first 21 drugs with rare diseases from next month

Li Keqiang presided over the executive meeting of the State Council, listened to the report on the handling of proposals proposed by the national two sessions in 2018, promoted the improvement of the government's governance level, and demanded that we should pay close attention to the task of poverty alleviation this year, lay a solid foundation for winning the war of poverty alleviation, deploy measures to strengthen the early diagnosis and treatment of cancer and drug use protection, and decide to give value-added tax preference to drugs with rare diseases Information chart of decision to support commercial banks to supplement capital through multiple channels to enhance financial services, real economy and risk prevention capability Premier Li Keqiang presided over the executive meeting of the State Council on February 11, listened to the report on the handling of proposals proposed by the national two sessions of 2018, and promoted the improvement of the government's governance level; demanded that we should pay close attention to the implementation of this year's poverty alleviation tasks, so as to lay a solid foundation for winning the poverty alleviation battle; the Ministry strengthened measures for early diagnosis and treatment of cancer and drug use guarantee, and decided to give value-added tax priority to drugs with rare diseases We decided to support commercial banks to replenish capital through multiple channels and enhance their ability to serve the real economy and prevent risks The meeting pointed out that handling the proposals of deputies to the National People's Congress and members of the CPPCC is an important part of the government's performance of its duties and acceptance of the people's supervision according to law Last year, the Department of the State Council took the lead in handling 6319 proposals and 3863 proposals, accounting for 88.5% and 87% of the total respectively It promoted the introduction of more than 1400 relevant policies and measures, promoting reform and development and improving people's livelihood This year's NPC and CPPCC are just around the corner We should continue to attach great importance to the handling of proposals, innovate ways, improve the quality of handling, carefully study and absorb suggestions, promote scientific and democratic decision-making, and better serve the people in doing practical things The meeting listened to the progress report on poverty alleviation and pointed out that all regions and departments, in accordance with the deployment of the Party Central Committee and the State Council, have made solid progress in poverty alleviation and 13.86 million people have been lifted out of poverty last year This year, we will intensify efforts to tackle the problems in the areas of deep poverty, and increase the central financial funds for poverty alleviation mainly for these areas In the 13th five year plan, we will give priority to making up for the shortcomings in poor areas, strengthen cooperation in poverty alleviation and targeted poverty alleviation, adhere to the current standards, improve the quality of poverty alleviation, and solve the problems existing in the "two don't worry about three guarantees" for the poor During the critical period, the poverty alleviation policies will continue to be enjoyed by decapitated counties and the population out of poverty, and the poverty-stricken and newly emerging population will be helped to establish files and cards in time, so as to ensure that more than 10 million people will be reduced in poverty this year The meeting pointed out that strengthening the prevention and treatment of cancer, rare diseases and other major diseases is related to the well-being of hundreds of millions of people First, we need to accelerate the improvement of cancer diagnosis and treatment system We should focus on prevention, promote cancer screening, early diagnosis and treatment, and strive to reduce mortality We will strengthen scientific and technological research and support clinical research and application of new technologies for tumor diagnosis and treatment We should develop Internet plus medical treatment to improve the ability of diagnosis and treatment in primary medical institutions Second, we need to speed up the registration and approval of new anti-cancer drugs at home and abroad to meet the urgent needs of patients Organize experts to select overseas new drugs urgently needed in clinical practice, improve import policies, and promote the simultaneous listing of overseas new drugs in China To unblock the temporary import channels of anti-cancer drugs urgently needed in clinical practice We will implement measures such as the price reduction of anti-cancer drugs and medical assistance for cancer patients, revise administrative measures, speed up the frequency of adjusting the drug catalog of medical insurance, and include more anti-cancer drugs and other drugs that are life-saving and urgent into medical insurance, so as to ease the difficulty and cost of drugs Third, more than 20 million patients with rare diseases should be guaranteed medication From March 1, for the first batch of 21 drugs with rare diseases and 4 APIs, the import value-added tax will be reduced by 3% with reference to anticancer drugs, and the domestic value-added tax can be calculated by 3% simple method The meeting decided to support commercial banks to replenish capital through multiple channels, further dredge the transmission mechanism of monetary policy, and promote financial support for private, small and micro enterprises while adhering to the principle of "no flood" First, for commercial banks, improve the approval efficiency of issuance of perpetual bonds, reduce the access threshold of preferred shares, convertible bonds, etc., and allow eligible banks to issue multiple capital supplement tools at the same time Second, introduce long-term investors such as funds and annuities to participate in capital increase and share expansion of banks, support financial subsidiaries of commercial banks to invest in bank capital replenishment bonds, and encourage foreign financial institutions to participate in bond market transactions The meeting stressed that commercial banks with capital supplemented should improve their internal mechanisms and enhance their support for loans to private, small and micro enterprises.