Zeng Yixin, vice-minister of the National Health and Family Planning Commission, addresses the conference held in Beijing on July 22.

China has set up 32 national clinical medical research centers spanning 11 areas of diseases, according to a conference held on July 22 in Beijing.

A "national team" on clinical research of major diseases is taking shape, said Wang Zhigang, vice-minister of science and technology.

These centers have achieved great progress in turning research results into real clinical practices, such as working out 151 standards on treatment, said Wang.

It helps improve China’s medical standard and the diagnosis and treatment abilities, while establishing China solutions to illnesses, added Wang.

Speaking on clinical medical research centers, Zeng Yixin, vice-minister of the National Health and Family Planning Commission, called for more efforts in improving clinical research, building a healthy China and providing China solutions to health care challenge around the world.

Building such centers can converge the resources of patients and contribute towards coordinated research, said Zhong Nanshan, a respiratory expert and academic at the Chinese Academy of Engineering.

For a long time, China hasn't paid enough attention to the clinic, and many medical standards and solutions come from foreign countries, which may not be fit for Chinese patients.

The 32 research centers work closely with 2,100 medical establishments nationwide, forming a high-level clinical research platform and collaborative innovation network.

Scientific achievements and patents -- including major new drugs and medical equipment -- averaged 91 each year.