Healthy China Initiative to transform industry

The government's guideline to implement the Healthy China Initiative focusing on disease prevention, chronic disease management and high-quality treatment will lead to an overhaul and transformation of the health industry, prompting companies to provide better products and services for people in the country, industry insiders said.

The State Council, China's cabinet, issued the guideline on July 15 for the initiative, which was in a blueprint released in 2016 by the Communist Party of China Central Committee and the State Council. The initiative covered areas such as public health services, environment management, the medical industry, and food and drug safety.

"The guideline and action plan cover all the urgent challenges Chinese society is facing in the health sector, especially in disease education and prevention, chronic disease management, and control of diseases causing great burdens, such as cancer, diabetes, and respiratory disease," said Shi Lichen, founder of medical consultancy Beijing Dingchen Consultancy.