21-Oct-15 GlaxoSmithKline's chief executive is joining a new panel to promote trade between Britain and China, just over a year after the drugmaker was handed a record fine of nearly USD500 mn (GBP323 mn ) for bribing Chinese doctors. The group has since been rebuilding its position in China. [image: Reuters / Luke Macgregor]

20-Oct-15 By understanding how China’s demographic profile will change we can see the opportunities that may emerge in future years. Education is important as it influences not only the productivity of a worker but it also influences many aspects of society such as reducing the propensity to have more than one child, lifestyle choice and health. The challenge now is to reduce the differential between provinces. [image: Global Demographics]

16-Oct-15 Malaysia based IHH Healthcare is teaming up with Shanghai Broad Ocean Investments to set up a 350-bed tertiary hospital in Chengdu, China, in a move to be a leading provider in Greater China. The new Parkway Health Chengdu Hospital will be IHH’s first tertiary facility in Western China. [image: Perennial]

09-Oct-15 The Shanghai Medical Tourism Products & Promotions Platform is positioning the city for a mega-boom in medical tourism among mainlanders and foreigners alike, most notably in surgery, cosmetic procedures, TCM, dentistry and stem cell research. Shanghai may not have any beaches, but as its state-of-the-art public and private hospitals will soon become a major hub for health tourism. [image: Formosa Travel]

08-Oct-15 China will spend RMB9.8 bn (USD1.54 bn) to subsidise public hospital reform in 2016, the Ministry of Finance said. China's healthcare reform drive is facing a number of obstacles, including a perceived lack of support from central government and challenges of private firms working within the huge, fragmented public sector. [image: AFP / Ed Jones]