Solving health problems key priority for country

Alasdair Jelfs is managing director of Merck Holding (China) Ltd, a subsidiary of pharmaceutical conglomerate Merck Group KGaA in Germany.

What do you feel has been China's biggest achievement during the past five years and its most notable change?

I have been in China for almost 20 years. In the last two decades, I have seen significant improvements in people's health, including access to medical care and medicine. That is an achievement unparalleled in the world.