China will spend 100 billion RMB ($14.7 billion) on new healthcare facilities and equipment in rural parts of the country by 2011, according to the Ministry of Health. The money will be spread over almost 10,000 medical institutions. As a first step, 20 billion RMB ($3 billion) has been allocated to build 961 county-level hospitals, 3,556 township health centers and 1,153 community health centers. More details...