URUMQI, Oct. 23 (Xinhua) -- The Chinese government has allocated over 27 billion yuan (about 4.04 billion U.S. dollars) in funds for the health sector of northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, according to a meeting held in Xinjiang on Thursday.
Li Bin, deputy director of the National Health Commission, said at the meeting that since the 13th Five-Year Plan began in 2016, a total of 5.78 billion yuan has been transferred to 369 health-related projects in the region.
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