EX-official probed

WANG ERZHI, former senior political adviser of Northeast China’s Jilin Province, is being investigated for suspected serious violations of Party disciplinary rules and law, according to the top anti-graft agency Saturday.

Health insurance

CHINA will begin operating a nationally unified medical insurance system next year to directly settle medical reimbursement, including cross-provincial cases, a high-ranking official said Friday.

The system will include the insured in both urban and rural areas.