Xizang sees significant advances in healthcare

The health levels of residents in the Xizang autonomous region has reached an all-time high in history thanks to a combination of funds and medical aid projects dedicated to boosting the region's healthcare sector, authorities said on Friday.

Liu Kui, director of the National Health Commission's finance department, said that a variety of medical aid programs to help Xizang have been rolled out over the past three decades, including building partnerships between Xizang and other more developed regions and sending medical groups or renowned professionals from major hospitals to Xizang.

"Since 2012, more than 30 billion yuan ($4.14 billion) from central funds or funds from regions that have partnered with Xizang have been invested in boosting the region's healthcare development," he said during a news conference.