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����Rehabilitation services for persons with disabilities have gradually improved. Starting from scratch�� rehabilitation in-stitutions for persons with disabilities have developed a team of professionals�� established a work system�� business structure and operational mechanism�� and improved their service capa-bilities. By 2018�� 914 rehabilitation facilities at provincial�� mu-nicipal and county levels -had been completed�� with a total fioor area of 3.4 million sq m. There were 9��036 rehabilitation insti-tutions for persons with disabilities�� which employed 250��000 people�� and 2��750 counties ��cities or districts�� offered commu-nity rehabilitation services. Rehabilitation institutions�� which used to provide services only for cataract patients�� post-polio patients�� and hearing-impaired children�� have evolved into to a multi-disciplinary service system with equal emphasis on pre-vention and rehabilitation that meets the needs of a wide range ofpeople with disabilities.����In 2018�� 621 secondary and higher vocational technical schools and regular colleges and universities began to offer degree programs on rehabilitation services�� with 29��334 grad-uates. To train more rehabilitation professionals�� preparatory work has officially started for China Rehabilitation University��which is included in the 13th Five-year Plan for National Eco-nomic and Social Development and the "Outline for Accelerat-ing the Process Toward Prosperity for Persons with Disabilities in the 13th Five-year Plan Period".����Vigorous efforts are being made to offer community reha-bilitation services and enhance the service capacity. By 2018��1��001 municipal districts and 1��749 counties ��cities�� were of-fering community rehabilitation services�� employing 478��000 community rehabilitation coordinators. A rehabilitation and assistance system for children with disabilities has been estab-lished�� providing institutional guarantee for these children to receive basic rehabilitation assistance. A system subsidizing as-sistive devices for persons with disabilities has been established in nine provinces�� autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the central government�� reducing the financial burden on families with disabled members. A campaign has been launched to offer targeted rehabilitation services�� such as rehabilitation therapy�� rehabilitation training�� support services��and assistive devices�� to disabled children and those with cer-tified disabilities. The MOST encourages the R&D of productsthat help and benefit persons with disabilities. It has carried out R&D programs on rehabilitation aids and repair materials for artificial tissues and organs�� with a focus on two key projects -"active health and technological response to aging" and "R&D of biomedical materials and repair and replacement of tissues and organs". The rehabilitation system for work-related injuries has been improved�� and pensions for injuries and disabilities have been enhanced.��������