On August 12, the National Health Commission issued the "Notice on Issuing Long-term Prescription Management Standards (Trial)" to standardize long-term prescription management, promote hierarchical diagnosis and treatment, and meet the long-term medication needs of patients with chronic diseases.

Medical institutions issue long-term prescriptions and encourage priority selection of national essential drugs, national organizations to centrally purchase selected drugs, and national medical insurance catalog drugs. Local health administrative departments and medical institutions shall not influence the issuance of long-term prescriptions on the grounds of cost control, drug proportion, performance appraisal, etc.