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On October 24, a netizen from Jiangsu posted to expose that when promoting flu vaccination locally, assessment targets were issued to grassroots villages, requiring each village to mobilize at least 30 people for vaccination. Those mobilizing fewer than 8 people with a vaccination rate below the average would be fined 800 yuan, and fewer than 15 people would result in a 500 yuan fine; the top three would receive cash rewards. Grassroots workers said they were disheartened.

In 2003, China began piloting the New Rural Cooperative Medical Scheme, with fiscal subsidies increasing year by year; by around 2010 it covered more than 800 million farmers.

After leaving Shanghai, Zhu Yuejun returned to his hometown — Guizhu Village, Chushutang Town, Wugang County (now Wugang City), Shaoyang City, Hunan Province — to open a private clinic. Over the following 30-plus years, he remained rooted in the countryside, treating and practicing medicine for his fellow villagers. In his later years, due to a meager income and a frugal life, he relied on a monthly subsistence allowance (dibao) to make a living.