卫生部部长陈敏章在1998年全国卫生厅局长会议上的报告中,对一年来各地贯彻中央《决定》,在医疗保障制度改革、农村卫生、预防保健、中医药事业、爱国卫生、科技教育、法制建设、精神文明建设等方面取得的显著进展给予了充分肯定。报告指出:我们前进的道路上还存在许多矛盾和困难,有待继续解决。要全面推进卫生改革与发展,最根本的是要认真学习邓小平理论,努力把握“解放思想,实事求是”这一理论精髓,从卫生改革与发展的角度看国情。一要认识我国人口多、农业人口占很大比重、农民和农业问题一直是我国革命和建设成败兴衰的关键问题。整个国民经济以农业为基础。与此相适应,卫生工作就必须以逐步提高农村卫生服 Minister of Health Chen Minzhang’s report at the 1998 meeting of the Director-General of the National Department of Health over the past year has implemented the “Decision” of the Central Government, the reform of the medical security system, rural health, prevention and health care, Chinese medicine, patriotic health, and science and technology education. Significant progress has been made in the legal construction and spiritual civilization construction. The report pointed out: There are still many contradictions and difficulties on our way forward, and we need to continue to solve them. To comprehensively advance health reform and development, the most fundamental thing is to study Deng Xiaoping Theory conscientiously and strive to grasp the theoretical essence of “emancipating the mind and seeking truth from facts”, and look at the national conditions from the perspective of health reform and development. First, we must understand that China has a large population, a large share of the agricultural population, and farmers and agriculture have always been the key issues in the success or failure of China’s revolution and construction. The entire national economy is based on agriculture. In line with this, health work must gradually improve rural health services.