Online healthcare service provider opens first offline clinic
2017-03-20
A major Chinese online healthcare service provider opened its first bricks-and-mortar primary care clinic in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, on March 19.
China sleep quality index released
2017-03-19
Sleep quality for Chinese has consistently improved in the past five years, according to the latest China Sleep Quality Index 2013-2017 report.
Experts in TCM help battle drug resistance
2017-03-19
China has recruited a team of specialists in traditional Chinese medicine, including China's first Nobel laureate in medicine, Tu Youyou, to help find solutions to the rising threat of antimicrobial resistance.
Taking measures to control cardiovascular diseases
2017-03-15
During the Two Sessions, NPC deputies and CPPCC members gave their remarks on chronic disease prevention. They thought that "Healthy China" has been positioned as a national strategy and chronic disease prevention and control is one of its key tasks, which should be a shared responsibility of the whole society.
China to match export quality for domestic market products
2017-03-14
China will intensify efforts to improve product quality for domestic consumption so they match the same standards and quality of those for export, Sun Dawei, head of China’s Certification and Accreditation Administration, said at a news conference.
Long-term care insurance may become mandatory
2017-03-13
As part of the national effort to defuse a demographic "time-bomb", China is very likely to introduce compulsory long-term care insurance to cope with ever-increasing care needs, particularly for the elderly who have a difficult time living independently due to age, illness or disability, said a national political advisor.
NPC deputies’ remarks on the two sessions’ health topics
2017-03-13
During the two sessions, NPC deputies and CPPCC members gave their remarks on chronic disease prevention.
China strengthens supervision of antibiotic drug use
2017-03-12
China's top health authority has urged tightened supervision over the clinical use of antibiotic drugs to contain drug-resistance strains, according to a circular.
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