Presiding over the State Council meeting on September 9, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang described the shortage of qualified medical personnel as a big problem. He said “The total amount and structure of medical personnel in China are not suitable for the construction of a healthy China” and that the COVID-19 epidemic had shown that "there are insufficient talents in public health, critical care and nursing.” Li Keqiang proposed more efforts in: strengthening the reform and innovation of medical education; improving the quality of medical training and medical talent; and improving the career prospects of qualified clinically-trained physicians. Accordingly it was approved that the Ministry of Finance will  give more fiscal support to the central and western regions to train more university medical majors; the training of nursing personnel will be elevated to the same level as that of medical staff; centers for disease control will have to enhance cooperative training with medical schools.; Traditional Chinese medicine classes should be taught more at medical schools.; and clinical experience will carry more weight in the professional appraisal of doctors.