A/HRC/11/37 recommendations. China regarded the review process as an opportunity to listen to other countries and to further promote and protect the human rights of its people. China had carefully examined all recommendations and accepted those that were compatible with its realities. Following the review, China had established an inter-agency task force, comprising more than 20 departments, and had formulated concrete implementation plans, with input from non-governmental organizations and academic institutions. 521. With regard to specific recommendations, China issued its first national human rights plan of action for the period 2009–2010 on 13 April 2009. It comprehensively covered all rights and reflected the useful recommendations made during the review process. A joint meeting mechanism had been established to supervise and evaluate the implementation. 522. In its plan of action China pledged to continue legislative, judicial and administrative reforms to bring domestic laws into line with the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights to create the conditions for its earliest possible ratification. The Chinese legislature planned the drafting of an administrative compulsory enforcement law and amendment of laws on civil and political rights, including the laws on State compensation and the law on guarding State secrets. 523. Regarding judicial reform, the Supreme People’s Court and relevant departments had taken a series of measures, including a judicial reform outline, in March 2009, covering 30 measures, such as posting judicial indictment on the Internet, regulating discretionary power and holding accountable those illegally interfering with independent court proceedings. 524. With regard to the financial crisis and safeguarding people’s livelihoods, especially in rural areas, the central Government had used 44 per cent of the investment from the stimulus package of RMB 4 trillion at the end of 2008. Projects making rapid progress included the provision of access to safe drinking water for 14.6 million rural residents, nearly double the number two months earlier. 525. China had expanded the coverage of its poverty alleviation programme to 40.07 million people, and was considering shifting the focus of its programme from addressing food and clothing shortages to offering all-round support and assistance. China had entered into poverty alleviation cooperation agreements with a large number of developing countries, providing training and sharing experiences with the aim of the early realization of the Millennium Development Goals worldwide. 526. In April 2009, the Government had released a plan to deepen the reform of the pharmaceutical and health-care system, to include everyone in the medical insurance system by 2020. To put the plan into practice, China had formulated an implementation plan for the period 2009–2011. Governments at all levels would invest and additional RMB 850 billion over three years; by 2011, basic medical insurance system would cover all urban and rural residents, and the maximum payment for medical insurance would be increased to six times the per capita income. 527. Information was provided on the implementation of the recommendation that the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and the Macao Special Administrative Region continue to function according to their realities and preserve different rights of their citizens in accordance with their laws. For example, the former was implementing the Race Discrimination Ordinance and the Independent Police Complaints Council Ordinance. The latter had undertaken legal reforms to increase the accountability of high-ranking civil servants and to strengthen a culture of integrity and to improve law in action. 528. China has responded, as it had promised, to four recommendations made by Portugal, Argentina, Canada, Australia, Brazil and Austria on inscribing a legal definition GE.09-16766 137