Wendy Zhang/ Shanghai Daily news

Residents seeing doctors in the city's community health service centers can enjoy whole or partial exemption of their registration and treatment costs, said Li Zhirong, director of the Shanghai Health Bureau at the 31st session of the 12th Shanghai Municipal People's Congress Standing Committee yesterday.
Reforms on community health services will be conducted on a trial basis in eight districts - Pudong, Minhang, Luwan, Xuhui, Jing'an, Baoshan, Huangpu and Jiading, and will cover more areas next year.
Residents who are covered in the local medical insurance system will have the exempted costs paid by the local medical insurance fund. Those who have signed agreements with community health service centers can save 50 percent of the costs they paid for seeing doctors at local second or third-level hospitals.
Retail drug prices in communities will also be reduced.