China increases health insurance funds' spending on innovative drugs

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BEIJING, July 24 (Xinhua) — China's medical insurance funds' spending on new drugs, or innovative medicines purchased through government procurement following price negotiations with pharmaceutical companies, increased by an average of 40 percent annually during the 14th Five-Year Plan period (2021-2025), Zhang Ke, director general of the National Medical Security Administration, said Thursday.

In 2024, the expenditure of health insurance funds on purchasing new drugs through price negotiations increased by 3.9 times compared with the figure in 2020. During the 14th Five-Year Plan period, the total expenditure of China's health insurance funds reached 12.13 trillion yuan (about 1.7 trillion US dollars), with an average annual increase of 9.1 percent, Zhang Ke said at a press conference. -0-

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Xi Jinping: China, EU should adhere to openness and cooperation, properly handle differences /detailed version-1/

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BEIJING, July 24 (Xinhua) — Chinese President Xi Jinping said on Thursday that China and the European Union (EU) should adhere to openness and cooperation and properly handle differences.

Xi Jinping made the announcement during a meeting with European Council President António Costa and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, who are in Beijing to attend the 25th China-EU leaders' meeting.

History and reality show that interdependence is not a risk and the intertwining of interests is not a threat, Xi Jinping said, noting that competitiveness cannot be enhanced by “erecting walls and creating barriers” – attempts to decouple and break chains can only lead to self-isolation.

The head of state stressed that “reducing dependence” should not lead to a reduction in cooperation between China and the EU. Bilateral trade and economic relations, which are essentially complementary and mutually beneficial, should and can achieve dynamic equilibrium through development, Xi Jinping said.

According to him, China's high-quality development and opening up have opened up new opportunities and new horizons for China-EU cooperation. Xi Jinping called on both sides to deepen green and digital partnerships and promote mutual investment cooperation.

Xi Jinping expressed hope that the EU will keep its trade and investment markets open, exercise restraint in using restrictive trade and economic instruments, and create a favorable business environment for Chinese enterprises willing to invest and do business in the EU. -0-

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Financial news: Summary table of proposals and comments on the draft Bank of Russia instruction

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Draft regulatory documents of the Bank of Russia for public discussion

Summary table of proposals and comments on the draft Bank of Russia instruction "On Amendments to Bank of Russia Instruction dated April 10, 2023 No. 6406-U"

Draft regulation of the Bank of Russia "On the requirements for targeted internal control rules to combat the legalization (laundering) of proceeds from crime, the financing of terrorism, extremist activity and the financing of the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, on the qualification requirements for special officials responsible for the implementation of targeted internal control rules to combat the legalization (laundering) of proceeds from crime, the financing of terrorism, extremist activity and the financing of the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, and on the procedure for informing organizations carrying out transactions with funds or other property that are members of a banking group or banking holding company, on the introduction of the ban specified in Part Two of Article 13 of Federal Law No. 115-FZ of August 7, 2001 "On Combating the Legalization (Laundering) of Proceeds from Crime and the Financing of Terrorism"

Draft Bank of Russia instruction "On the procedure for notification by a bank (other credit institution) of the opening or closing of an account, of a change in account details, of a change in account details in electronic form to the territorial body of the insurer"

Draft Bank of Russia Instruction “On Amending Bank of Russia Instruction No. 3701-U of June 29, 2015 “On the Procedure for Sending Requests and Receiving Information from the Central Catalog of Credit Histories by Submitting a Request through a Notary”

Draft Bank of Russia Instruction “On Amendments to Bank of Russia Instruction No. 135-I of April 2, 2010”

Draft Bank of Russia Instruction "On the cases and procedure for partial redemption of investment units of a closed-end mutual investment fund without the owner of the investment units submitting a request for their redemption"

Draft Bank of Russia Instruction "On Amendments to Bank of Russia Instruction No. 6568-U dated October 6, 2023"

Summary table of comments and suggestions on the draft Bank of Russia instruction "On Amendments to Bank of Russia Instruction dated September 18, 2017 No. 4533-U"

Summary table of comments, suggestions and questions on the draft Bank of Russia Instruction “On types of assets, characteristics of types of assets for which risk coefficient surcharges are established, and on the application of surcharges to the specified types of assets when credit institutions determine capital adequacy standards”

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GUU will explain the essence of the political process to young human rights activists

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The educational program of the Center for the Implementation of Social and Humanitarian Projects of the State Institution of Humanities “Youth in the World of Politics: How to Effectively Respond to the Challenges of the Future?” has been launched.

Let us recall that the Center for the Implementation of Social and Humanitarian Projects opened at the State University of Management in April of this year.

The program brought together 50 participants of the personnel platform "Commissioner for Results", launched by the Commissioner for Children's Rights under the President of the Russian Federation. It is held online and includes 9 thematic days covering various aspects of youth policy and activities in the socio-political sphere.

As part of the opening of the educational program, the participants were addressed by the director of the charitable foundation "Country for Children" Alexey Petrov, deputy director of the Center for the implementation of projects of the social and humanitarian profile of the State University of Management, curator of the Career Center Polit.Job Snezhana Vikulina, executive secretary of the Federal Children's Public Council under the Commissioner for Children's Rights under the President of the Russian Federation Leonid Snegirev. They spoke about the relationship between politics and law, and also outlined the priority tasks of the program.

In his welcoming speech, Alexey Petrov, director of the Country for Children charity foundation, noted: “This educational program is designed to help young professionals understand what the political process is really about. After all, politics and human rights protection are not really about ties and endless meetings, but about real, specific help to people both directly and through a large number of methods and mechanisms.”

According to the Deputy Director of the Center for the Implementation of Social and Humanitarian Projects at the State University of Management, curator of the Polit.Job Career Center, Snezhana Vikulina, the Center's program is being held for a younger audience for the first time – high school students and first-year students. "We are confident that this program will be especially useful for the participants, because all the speakers we have have worked their way up from the very bottom to the position they currently hold. We hope that their example will serve as inspiration for their work," Snezhana Vikulina emphasized.

The introductory lecture for young human rights activists was given by the responsible secretary of the Federal Children's Public Council under the Commissioner for Children's Rights under the President of the Russian Federation Leonid Snegirev. He immersed the participants in the program's goal-setting and expected results, and also highlighted the career prospects of young specialists within the framework of the personnel platform.

During the program, invited speakers will talk about trends in the development of youth policy in Russia, the characteristics of youth leadership, the ideological guidelines of our country, opportunities for young specialists in the socio-political sphere, and much more.

The event is organized by the Center for the Implementation of Social and Humanitarian Projects of the State University of Management, the Federal Children's Public Council under the Presidential Commissioner for Children's Rights and the personnel platform "Commissioner for Results". The program is implemented with the support of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation, the State University of Management, the Digoria Platform, the Presidential Commissioner for Children's Rights and the Country for Children charitable foundation.

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Financial news: Payment for purchases via SBP is growing in popularity

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The number of companies that connected payments via the Fast Payment System (FPS) exceeded 2.5 million by the end of Q2 2025. Their clients paid for purchases totaling 2.2 trillion rubles in this way from April to June. This is 1.4 times more than in the same period last year.

In total, bydata According to the Bank of Russia, 4.6 billion transactions worth 24.8 trillion rubles were processed through the SBP in the second quarter of 2025. Almost a third of them were for payment for goods and services. Every day, trade and service companies accept an average of 15 million payments through the SBP. Small businesses continue to be the most active in connecting to this payment method. A third of such companies work with the SBP.

The number (1.5 times) and the amount (1.4 times) of payments that citizens received through the SBP from insurance companies, brokers and other legal entities, including in the form of cashback, increased.

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Mikhail Mishustin created a government commission to eliminate the consequences of the An-24 plane crash in Tynda

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A government commission was created by order of Mikhail Mishustin to eliminate the consequences of the An-24 plane crash in the Amur Region. It is headed by Transport Minister Andrei Nikitin.

The commission included the head of the Federal Air Transport Agency Dmitry Yadrov, the head of Rostransnadzor Viktor Gulin, the first deputy minister of finance Irina Okladnikova, the deputy head of the Ministry of Emergency Situations Viktor Yatsutsenko, the deputy head of the Ministry of Health Andrey Plutnitsky, the governor of the Amur Region Vasily Orlov, as well as representatives of the Ministry for the Development of the Russian Far East, the Ministry of Labor, the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and Rostrud.

In the near future, on the instructions of Mikhail Mishustin, Andrei Nikitin and Dmitry Yadrov will fly to the crash site.

On July 24 at 07:05 (Moscow time), while approaching to land at Tynda airport, the An-24 aircraft of Angara Airlines disappeared from radar. There were 42 passengers and 6 crew members on board. It was later established that the plane crashed several kilometers from Tynda airport.

All emergency services have been deployed to eliminate the aftermath of the crash. Relatives of the victims will be provided with all necessary assistance. Work will also be carried out to pay the appropriate compensation. In connection with the disaster, the Russian Emergencies Ministry hotline is operating in Tynda: 8 (4162) 53–99–99.

Rosaviatsia will work out the issue of transporting relatives of passengers of the crashed plane to Tynda on Russian airlines.

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Meeting of Mikhail Mishustin with Prime Minister of the Republic of Belarus Alexander Turchin

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The meeting took place on the sidelines of the International Environmental Conference

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Mikhail Mishustin with Prime Minister of the Republic of Belarus Alexander Turchin

I am very glad to meet you again here in the Altai Republic at the International Environmental Conference, which is dedicated to the most pressing issues of environmental protection in the entire Eurasian region. Let's talk about natural phenomena, about ecology – there are many questions.

And of course, first of all, I would like to ask you to convey the kindest words of greetings to the President of Belarus, the respected Alexander Grigorievich Lukashenko, from the President of Russia Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin and from me personally.

Dear Alexander Genrikhovich, we are in constant contact by phone. We have spoken several times in the last couple of weeks alone.

At the government level, in my opinion, systematic work has been established to implement the decisions made by our leaders, which are primarily based on the main areas of implementation of the Treaty on the Union State for 2024–2026.

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Conversation between Mikhail Mishustin and the head of the Altai Republic Andrey Turchak

Mikhail Mishustin visited the Republican Hospital in Gorno-Altaisk

Despite the unprecedented sanctions pressure from the collective West, our economic cooperation continues to strengthen. The share of machinery, equipment and high-tech products in our joint trade turnover is growing.

We already conduct over 90% of settlements in national currencies. All this helps protect our mutual trade and investments from negative external conditions.

To be continued…

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All those on board the An-24 in Russia's Amur Region are believed to have died, according to preliminary data.

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Vladivostok, July 24 (Xinhua) — All those on board the An-24 plane that crashed in Russia's Amur Region have been killed, according to preliminary information, TASS reported, citing emergency services.

Today at about 13:00 /07:00 Moscow time/ contact was lost with the crew of the An-24 aircraft of the Angara Airlines /Irkutsk/, which was flying Khabarovsk – Blagoveshchensk – Tynda. While approaching the Tynda airport, the aircraft went into a second approach, after which contact with it was lost. The wreckage of the missing An-24 passenger aircraft was found on a mountain slope 16 km from Tynda.

As Vasily Orlov, governor of the Amur region, wrote on his Telegram channel, according to preliminary data, there were 43 passengers on board the plane, including five children, and six crew members. –0–

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Chinese Premier Li Qiang to Attend World Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Conference on Global AI Governance

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BEIJING, July 24 (Xinhua) — Chinese Premier Li Qiang will attend and deliver a speech at the opening ceremony of the 2025 World Conference on Artificial Intelligence and the High-Level Conference on Global Governance of Artificial Intelligence in Shanghai on July 26, a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson announced Thursday. -0-

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Three people missing after motorboat capsizes on river in Myanmar's Yangon

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YANGON, July 24 (Xinhua) — Three people are missing after a motorboat capsized on a river in Myanmar's Yangon, a local rescue official said Thursday.

"Three members of our rescue team went to the scene this morning and carried out the operation in coordination with other organizations," Lin Latt, a spokesman for the rescue organization, told Xinhua on Thursday.

The speedboat was travelling between Botahtaung Jetty in Botahtaung Township and Thamada Beach in Dala Township in Yangon Region when the incident occurred at around 7:00 a.m. Thursday local time, he said.

Since it is the rainy season, strong winds and waves on the river caused the boat to capsize, the spokesman said, adding that the search for the missing people was being hampered by the difficult weather conditions.

According to him, there were 11 people on board the boat at the time of the incident, and eight of them were rescued. –0–

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