Doctors encouraged to work second jobs

The top health authority vowed to further facilitate private operators to enter the nation's overloaded healthcare market, particularly at the high end, said Li Bin, head of the National Health and Family Planning Commission.

To enable that, the administration is encouraging physicians to practice medicine at more than one medical institution, including private operators, by reforming the doctor registration system on a trial basis at first, Li said at the annual work conference of the commission on Wednesday.

"Limited resources of talent will be optimized among hospitals of various types under the initiative, which helps with the sustainable and healthy development of privately funded medical institutions," she said.