CCTV News: The reporter learned from the National Health Insurance Administration that in 2024, 238 million people across provinces and off-site medical treatment nationwide were directly settled, reducing the advance payment of funds by 194.725 billion yuan, an increase of 84.70% and 26.71% respectively compared with 2023.

In 2024, medical insurance departments at all levels actively implement and improve settlement of medical treatment in other places. On the basis of basically realizing the cross-provincial direct settlement of hospitalization and general outpatient expenses in counties, by the end of August, at least one designated medical institution in each county will provide cross-provincial direct settlement services for five outpatient chronic diseases, including hypertension, diabetes, malignant tumor outpatient chemotherapy, uremia dialysis, and anti-rejection treatment after organ transplantation. In December, all coordinated areas provided cross-provincial direct settlement services for the treatment costs related to five outpatient chronic diseases, including chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, rheumatoid arthritis, coronary heart disease, viral hepatitis, ankylosing spondylitis, and other medical treatment costs. In the same month, 20,300 new outpatient chronic diseases were directly settled across provinces, reducing the advance payment of 4.7936 million yuan for insured people.

As of the end of December 2024, there were 644,000 targeted medical institutions across provinces, an increase of 16.99% from the end of 2023. Among them, there were 72,100 designated medical institutions for outpatient chronic diseases, an increase of 24.40% from the end of 2023; there were 413,700 designated retail pharmacies, an increase of 17.48% from the end of 2023.

The functions of the National Medical Insurance Service Platform APP are constantly being improved, and they support online inquiries such as online inquiries for information such as networked medical institutions, medical insurance service hotlines, and individual reimbursement expenses. In 2024, 11.7297 million people were successfully processed through the unified national online filing channel, an increase of 45.85% from 2023.

In 2025, State Grid Investment will exceed 650 billion yuan for the first time

The reporter learned from State Grid that in 2025, State Grid will further increase its investment, and it is expected that the annual grid investment will exceed 650 billion yuan for the first time.

In the just-passed 2024, the State Grid investment exceeded 600 billion yuan for the first time, and three ultra-high voltage projects were completed and put into operation. So far, a total of 38 ultra-high voltage projects have been built, and 43,800 kilometers of 110 kV and above lines have been put into operation throughout the year, and the high-quality development process of the power grid has been accelerated.

In 2025, State Grid will focus on optimizing the main power grid, strengthening the distribution grid, and serving the high-quality development of new energy, continue to promote the implementation of major projects, start construction of a number of key projects such as Shaanxi to Henan ultra-high voltage, and Shandong Zaozhuang and Zhejiang Tonglu power pumping stations, actively expand effective investment, and drive the upstream and downstream industrial chains. It is estimated that the annual grid investment will exceed 650 billion yuan for the first time.

On January 15, the national railway is expected to send 11 million passengers

January 15 is the second day of the Spring Festival travel rush, and the national railway is expected to send 11 million passengers. The overall operation of highways, waterways and civil aviation is stable and orderly.

On the 15th, the national railway is expected to send 11 million passengers, and it is planned to add 554 passenger trains. Judging from the pre-sale situation of 12306, as of 8:30 on the 15th, Railway 12306 has issued a total of 120 million tickets during the Spring Festival travel rush, Railway 12306 has steadily passed the peak of ticket sales before the festival, and the system maintains safe and stable operation.

The Beijing Bureau of the National Railways estimated to send 955,000 passengers on the 15th, and plans to add 36.5 pairs of passenger trains. Among them, Beijing is expected to send 485,000 passengers, an increase from the first day of the Spring Festival travel rush.

The Guangzhou Bureau of the National Railways Corporation estimated that it would send 1.854 million passengers on the 15th, and the arrival of passengers in Guangdong increased significantly, mainly mainly tourism flow and relative visits.

In terms of highways, the national highway network was operating smoothly and orderly on the second day of the Spring Festival travel rush. Before the festival, the traffic of the road network is mainly student flow, work flow and freight flow; in terms of waterways, it is expected that about 500,000 passengers will be sent on the water on the 15th; in terms of civil aviation, it is expected that 2.18 million passengers will be sent on the 15th.