04-Dec-15 In a move aimed to improve the "sustainability of the health insurance system", Chinese political advisors have suggested cutting red tape to encourage domestic development of generic drugs but also establishing tougher standards to assess their quality. [image: Patty Chen / Reuters]

02-Dec-15 Hua Xia Healthcare has declared plans to spend CNY1.2 bn (USD187 mn) acquiring a target company managing and operating eight hospitals in China. [image: ACN Newswire]

02-Dec-15 The Chinese government wants to privatize 20% of the country’s hospitals by 2020, and Memphis-based Methodist Healthcare wants to be a key component in that mission. Methodist’s strategic partnership with China-based healthcare management group Silver Mountain Capital is the company's latest move into China, in which the two organisations are developing a hospital in Shanghai. [image: Ken West]

28-Nov-15 China is planning more and better non-profit hospitals specializing in Traditional Chinese Medicine in a bid to develop rapidly the country's TCM industry. A comprehensive reform will focus on state-owned TCM hospitals at county and city levels while helping them to "better serve the people," according to the National Health & Family Planning Commission and the State Administration of TCM. [image: China Daily]

25-Nov-15 In Oct-15 China changed its One Child Policy to allow all married couples to have two children. What are the implications? Births are expected to lift dramatically from 16.3 mn in 2015 to 19.6 mn in 2016, benefiting companies targeting the baby/child market. However there will be little impact on overall population or the labour force, and no significant increase in GDP before 2035. [image: Time]