EDITOR'SNOTE:Inaninterviewgivenoflatetoourstaffreporter,GaoQiang,ChineseMinisterofHealth,spokeontheachievementsmadebyChinainmedicalandhealthworkduringtheTenthFive-YearPlanperiod(2001-2005),thesoaringmedicalcoststhathaveinvokedmuchpubliccomplaint,waysofcarryingtodepththereformofthemedicalservicesystem,developmentoftheruralcooperativemedicalsystemandcommunity-basedmedicalservicesincities,aswellaspreventionandcontrolofAIDS.Followingisatranscriptoftheinterview.
