2017-04-10 Special EnglishThis is Special English. I&`&m Mark Griffiths in Beijing. Here is the news.Chinese Premier Li Keqiang has called for deepening coordinated reform of medical services, health insurance, and the pharmaceutical industry.He made the remarks in an instruction to a national teleconference on health reform. Li urged breakthroughs in integrating services of medical institutions at different levels, abolishing all markups on pharmaceuticals and reforming modes of health insurance payment.He also stressed developing a nationwide health care database and improving the insurance system for severe diseases, among other priority areas.The premier said the reform results should be translated into the people&`&s well-being and sense of gain.At the meeting, Vice Premier Liu Yandong called for enhancing people&`&s access to high-quality medical resources and making family doctor services more available, starting from seniors and patients with chronic diseases.Liu is also head of the State Council&`&s health reform leading group. She highlighted overall reforms in public hospitals as well as improving drug distribution and pricing.This is Special English.China&`&s Ministry of Agriculture and the United Nations World Food Program have jointly announced the launch of a strategic plan in a bid to reduce hunger in China and other developing countries.The five-year plan lasts from 2017 to 2021. It aims to help realize the goal of ending hunger, achieving food security and improved nutrition and promoting sustainable agriculture. This is one of the 17 goals raised by the United Nations for its 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.By implementing the plan, China and the World Food Program hope to bring about several outcomes. These include reducing the stunting rate among Chinese children, providing smallholder farmers with better conditions and access to markets, as well as improving South-South cooperation between China and other countries.Officials say the plan will not only help people in remote and poor areas in China, but also serve as an example for other developing countries to reduce poverty and hunger. This will be a new starting point for cooperation between China and the UN agency.More than 30 million Chinese people were assisted by World Food Program projects from 1979 to 2005. For its part, China lifted 700 million people out of poverty over the past 30 years.You are listening to Special English. I&`&m Mark Griffiths in Beijing.Chinese scientists are building the world&`&s largest multifunctional research platform for nano-science and nano-technology. The platform aims to help develop more powerful computers and more intelligent robots.The Vacuum Interconnected Nano-X Research Facility is based in Suzhou city in eastern China. The facility will integrate state-of-art capabilities in material growth, device fabrication and testing in one ultra-high vacuum environment.Scientists say they are exploring a new technology route of nano-scale devices production on the platform, which simulates the ultra-high vacuum environment of space.Nano-X has received initial funding of 320 million yuan, roughly 45 million U.S. dollars, and will eventually have a budget of 1.5 billion yuan.Construction of the first stage began in 2014 and is expected to be completed in 2018. It comprises 100-meter-long ultra-high vacuum pipelines connecting 30 pieces of equipment. Ultimately the facility will have ultra-high vacuum pipelines of around 500 meters, connecting more than 100 large pieces of equipment.Nano-X is designed as a complete system for materials growth, device fabrication and testing. All samples can be transferred accurately, quickly and smoothly in an ultra-high vacuum environment.This is Special English.The number of national high-tech industrial zones in China has increased to 156, with operating revenue hitting 28 trill