A total of 1,219 local residents in Guangzhou is phone-interviewed in November, 2003, who were randomly chosen. An overwhelming majority agreed on the necessity of an immediate setup of a basic social medical care system and they also agreed that the government is to undertake as its duty the establishment of the system. 86.2% citizens agree that every member of the society should be protected under the system of medical insurance. What concern the public most are two issues: to what extent they will be protected under the system when seriously ill and in what way the disadvantageous community will be protected. Moreover, they expect that the insurance will go synchronously with their health condition, that is, the more seriously they are diseased, the better they will be covered. 61.8% of citizens maintained that a triple payer for the medical insurance, namely government, employer and beneficiary, be sensible. The beneficiary’s payment for the share of insurance in accordance with his/her income level and his/her should receive the equal treatment. Also they believe that legislation is needed for the application of this policy. According to the public opinion, the medical care system in existence is defected in two aspects. Firstly, it is very finitely effective in enhancing the public psychological security and expectancy. Secondly, it is finitely effective in approving the citizens’ actual daily life. Both the insurant and the non-insurant are not satisfied with the present medical insurance system, even holding that it has a long way to be ideal.

    The survey, conducted in October, 2003, interviewed by phone 702 urban residents in Guangzhou through the multistage random sampling. It turned out that 61% of the interviewees held a favorable opinion on the traffic and transportation, 94% acknowledging their improvement and 78% approving of road construction while criticizing the construction of crossovers, tunnels and zebra crossings. There are 86.6% of citizens commenting positively on the traffic and transportation convenience, yet more than 80 percent of citizens blamed the frequent traffic jam during rush hours. Citizens believed there are several causes for the traffic jam, including low consciousness on the part of both pedestrians and drivers, unscientific design of public transportation routes, inconsiderate road planning and overloaded road facilities. An emphasized improvement of road planning, speed up road construction, enhance traffic regulation publicizing and lessen road intensity are looked forward to.