Statistical Communique on Healthcare and Family Planning Development in China 2013

In 2013, in accordance with the decisions and plans of the Party Central Committee and the State Council, health and thmily planning departments at all levels continuously deepened the reform of medical and health system; reinforced and improved the basic drug systeln and the new operation mechanism for grass-roots medical institutions; actively promoted re/bnn of public hospitals： did well in prevention and control of majo,- diseases and medical and health services： enhanced food safety; and achieved breakthroughs in family planning retbnn, The development of health and thmily planning undertakings progressed steadily and made a good start.     

Statistical Communiqu6 on Health Care and Family Planning Development in China, 2012

In 2012, in accordance with the decisions and plans of the Party .Central Committee and the StateCouncil, health and family planning departments at all levels had accelerated the establishment and improvement of national medical insurance system, reinforced and improved the basic drug system and the new operational mechanism for grass-roots; orderly promoted reform on public hospitals and made efforts to improve medical and health services; put forth efforts to strengthen the prevention and control of major diseases and food safety monitoring, and made solid progress in promoting family planning. The health and family planning undertakings had developed steadily.     

Methods of Estimation on New Born Baby and Construction of Monitoring System under the New Fertility Policy

Abstract： China＇s basic medical care system has achieved universal coverage, laced the system transformation with substance fair. Under the transformation background from universal coverage to integration on urban and rural areas, and the transformation direction from the ＂medical care＂ to ＂health for all＂, through the institutional transition path on system design, service delivery, financial support, this paper points out that how to improve quality of medical care and optimizing the level of health care services, match sustainable funding system and improving payment system, which in public health, medical services, medical care and medicine supply, realize the transtbrmation and the development from universal medical care to health care.     

Say Goodbye to Public Medical Care

Starting May this year, public servants in Beijing will say goodbye to the public medical care system that has been in effect for decades and participate in the basic medical insurance system currently implemented in enterprises. The reform program for central government institutions has already been worked out and the specific rules for enforcement are waiting for approval from the Ministry of Finance and Ministry of Labor and Social Security. An Interim Method for Medical Subsidy for P…     

Reorientation of the Population and Family Planning Work——Based on the Institutional Restructuring

According to the 12th National People’s Congress,China has newly founded the National Health and Family Planning Commission by merging former Ministry of Health and National Population and Family Planning Commission.The restructuring has clearly indicated the end of the"family planning comprehensive reform"and the reform of overall plan to solve the population problem,as the State Council is repositioning the population and family planning work.Under the new institution,we have opportunities together with challenges,that is,the resource allocation of medical care and public health services and that of family planning services can be optimized,but there are still contradictions and problems in the service concept and method.Besides,some typical areas of family planning work may face embarrassment,namely,full population information technology,FP system of rewards and assistance,research and consultation of floating population,etc.     

Teleconference on Integrated Reform of Public Hospitals at County Level was Convened

正Teleconference on Integrated Reform of Public Hospitals at County Level was convened on April 4,2014 in Beijing.Li Keqiang,Member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of CPC Central Committee and Premier of the State Council had made important instructions,"Public hospitals at county level are the main body of China's medical health service system,are serving 900 million rural residents and are a key link in solving the problems of expensive medical bills and difficult     

Three Actions by NHFPC to Solve Salient Issues

正In order to better protect people’s health,National Health and Family Planning Commission(NHFPC)has taken real actions,improved its management style,worked closely in line with institutional reform and system reform,highlighted the features of window units and service industries,and launched     

China will Promote Establish ment of Classified Diagnosis and Treatment System and Reform Medical Insurance Payment System

正According to Xinhuanet,during the Forum on Pilots of Urban Public Hospital Comprehensive Reform held in Sanming City of Fujian Province,Dr.Li Bin,Minister of National Health and Family Planning Commission(NHFPC)indicated that the pilots of public hospital reform would promote the establishment of classifi ed diagnosis and treatment system.Li said the medical consortium connected grassroots medical institutions to major hospitals on both ends.It had     

Ten Major Tasks in Deepening Medical and Health Reform in 2016

On the morning of April 28,National Health and Family Planning Commission(NHFPC)held a pressbriefing on medical and health reform.At the briefing,Liang Wannian,Fulltime Deputy Director-General of State Council Office of Medical and     

Social Security and Protection For the Disadvantaged

More than twenty years of reform and opening-up has brought remarkable changes to China in both socioeconomic development and the income and living standards of its people. However, with the introduction of the contract responsibility system in rural areas and the reform of the employment and income distribution systems in urban areas, the concepts of an 搃ron bowl?and 揺ating from the same big pot?under the old system have been abandoned. Chinese society has left behind an era of universal p…     

National Health and Family Planning Commission Pushes “Nine Prohibitions” in Medical and Health Care Industry

正According to NHFPC website,to strengthen moral construction of medical and health care industry,promote practices in accordance with the law and advocate honest medical practices,National Health and Family Planning Commission(NHFPC)and State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine jointly released in December 26,2013"Nine Prohibitions to     

Temporal and Spatial Evolution Models in Local Reform in Household Registration System and Their Implications

In the process of reform on China’s household registration system after 1978, local governments have gradually taken the role of the central government, becoming the main driving forces of the reform. They have shaped the new trend of the reform by adopting different policies for different households. Examining local reform practices is, therefore, important for further relevant reforms. By sorting a large amount of laws and regulations issued by local governments about the reform on household registration system, and highlighting four polices (namely, temporary residence certificate system, blue seal household register, reform on household registration system of towns, and talents residential certificate system), this paper analyzes the temporal and spatial evolutive trajectory and rules , from the perspective of diffusion, explores the proliferation laws, and provides policy implications.     

Dalian,Liaoning:Pioneering in Establishing a New Work Mechanism for Population and Family Planning

In line with the requirements of the National Population and Family Planning Commission to reform the existing population and family planning system,in recent years,Dalian has focused on realizing the public functions of the family planning system and the“people first”notion in order to set up a new population and family planning work mechanism.Thanks to their efforts,the population and family planning work in Dalian has made a great leap forward.     

Breakthrough and New Projects for Reform of Household Registration System

Under the comprehensive deepening reform and promoting new urbanization,China launched a new round of reform of household registration system.Reform has a major breakthrough in five areas:to implement new urbanization strategy of human-centric,to achieve equalization of basic public services gradually,to break up land rights and rural migrants,to provide protection for family migrants,and to increase financial support by governments.But the reform still faces many difficulties,how to determine the conditions settled by city size is difficult to implement effectively,financial transfer payment system reform is facing enormous diffi culties,as well as the size of the urban population is diffi cult to determine etc.     

The Current Status of Health Literacy in China

The overall level of health literacy(HL) in China in 2013 stood at 9.48%,contrasting the rural level of 6.92%with theurban level of 13.80%.The level of HL in Eastern China was 12.81%,while it was 6.93%in West China and 7.10%in Central China Region.The level of HL for female was 9.73%,higher than the male level of9.23%.In addition,the HL rates of health knowledge and concept,health skills,and health life-style and behaviors was 20.42%,12.47%and 10.62%respectively.The HL rates of chronic diseases prevention,infectious diseases prevention,basic medical care,afety and first aid,scientific healthconcept,and health information was respectively11.59%,17.12%,8.30%,43.53%,32.12%and 18.46%.The results suggest that the level of health literacy of Chinese urban and rural residents is low,but still differs substantially across different areas and sub-populations.     

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Public Health and Social Services
The public health and social services continued to make progress. By the end of 2013, there were 973,597 medical and health institutions in China, including 24,720 hospitals, 36,978 township health centers, 33,976 community health service centers, 184,058 clinics, 649,080 village clinics, 3,519 epidemic disease prevention centers and 2,994 health monitoring institutions.     

Statistical Communiqué on National Education Development 2012

正In 2012,under the strong leadership of the State Council and energetic support of governments at all levels and with the joint efforts of the whole society,the Priority Development Tactics of Education had been further implemented.The education system had forged ahead and China’s reform on education system moved on steadily.Various kinds of education at all level in China developed vigorously.Fairness     

Family Planning Benefits Reproductive Health——Case Study of Shanghai

Reproductive health is a new concept put forward by the international community in recent years. In April 1994, WHO defined reproductive health as a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being, not merely the absence of disease, in all matters relating to the reproductive system and to its function and processes. The concept gained international recognition at the International Conference on Population and Development held in Cairo in September 1994. Based on the global repro…     

Mudanjiang,Heilongjiang:Reform and Innovation

A Revolutionary Change Reform by nature is a complicated undertaking;the most important thing is to develop a modern spirit and vision first.After more than 30 years of arduous efforts,China achieved a stable,low fertility rate in the late-1990s,an impressive feat.However,the country s population and family planning sector still retained many remnants of the planned-economy era, which is increasingly incompatible with socioeconomic reform.It has become imperative that the family planning sector catch up with the pace of overall reform in China. Reform against such a backdrop has therefore assumed a special importance and urgency.It is not a piecemeal fix of the original system, but rather a revolutionary change. The basic starting point is putting people first and letting people be the greatest beneficiary of reform.     

Guangxi Province Continues to Implement Happiness Project for Maternal and Infant Health and Expand It to 30 Counties

Free premarital examination and prenatal screening subsidy.The Happiness Project for maternal and infant health with the content of "one free service and two subsidies" had achieved decreases in the birth defect rate for two consecutive years. In 2012,Guangxi will continue to implement the project which offers free premarital medical examination and subsidizes prenatal screening and neonatal screening of