The country's healthcare reforms, which aims to provide basic medical services to all, will increase the government's responsibility and contribution, Minister of Health Chen Zhu said yesterday.

In a report on medical care and public health system reforms submitted to the National People's Congress (NPC) Standing Committee at its current session, Chen said: "The government should play a leading role in providing medical care and public health service."

And the central and local governments should "significantly" increase their contributions in the health sector.