Academician Wang Chen: China's medical and health expenditure and investment is still insufficient

Aug. 8, Vice President of the Chinese Academy of Engineering
, Director of the
Beijing Concord Medical College and President of the Chinese Academy of Engineering
Wang Chen said in a forward-looking discussion on the global health industry in the era of the "High HCare Global Health Industry Summit" that in the future economic development model, the growth space of the health industry is huge. At the same time, he also pointed out that China's current expenditure and investment in the field of health care is still insufficient, social resources should be fully mobilized to improve the quality of health care as the center.
, Vice President of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, Chinese Medicine
Beijing Concord Medical College, Chinese Academy of Engineering
Wang Chen spoke at the "High HCare Global Health Industry Summit"
"In fact, after solving the problem of food and clothing, the biggest demand and people's livelihood problems are health problems." Wang Chen said there is limited room for growth in areas such as food, clothing and housing, and the World Health Organization has pointed out that after 2020, the world's largest industry is likely to be a health industry.
, health is the most important factor in economic and social development and social security and stability, and there is no vagueness or a strong enough awareness of the issue. Wang Chen said that the development of health industry can truly pool social resources, mobilize practitioners to actively improve human productivity, but also to adapt to the market, meet market demand, China's future is a very important industrial way.
wang Chen said that in the health industry, China has a huge market of 1.4 billion people, the production chain once formed will lead to the formation of a strong consumer market, which can serve both internal and external, the formation of a global market.
Wang Chen introduced, from the perspective of translational medicine, including basic research, clinical research, preventive research, drug research and development, medical device production and other whole process of the entire industrial chain has great advantages, its emphasis on a variety of integration and coordination, that is, to open up basic medicine, clinical applications, all the way to health policy formulation and social behavior and other aspects.
" such a process of integration is the chemical process, the combination of industry, the collision of ideas is very important. Wang Chen said.
is worth noting that Wang Chen believes that the total cost of health as a proportion of GDP should be used to measure whether "more social products are used to focus on national health." "The rise in this proportion is a concrete reflection of social development and healthy economic development, and truly reflect the progress of people's livelihood." Wang Chen said. China's total health costs as a proportion of GDP is 5.2%, far below the world average
Wang Chen believes that in this regard, we should effectively increase government investment and fully mobilize social resources. In his speech, he said that China's total health expenditure as a proportion of GDP is currently 5.2%, well below the world average of 9.9%, in addition, the total health expenditure of the government is only 2.9%, but also with the global average of 5.9%.
"This is an economic indicator of health, not an indicator of the so-called high cost of seeing a doctor. Wang Chen said that in the field of medical and health care, China should change the "cost control as the center" into "to improve the quality of medical care as the center", "the improvement of the quality of medical care must be supported by social resources." In
, Wang Chen proposed the establishment of a national medical health research institute in medical research. Wang Chen and many other medical experts have also called for the establishment of a separate National Medical Health Science Fund over the years to increase investment in Chinese medical research and promote the national medical science and technology innovation system and ecological construction.
experts believe that the establishment of a special National Medical Health Science Fund will enable clinical medical professional research direction to apply for research funds, allow doctors to return to clinical research, but also strengthen public health issues, some small disciplines and basic strategic research support exploration.
In this year's NATIONAL Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference ," the establishment of the National Medical Health Science Fund proposal consultation, Wang Chen said, "some developed countries have set up an independent medical research fund to continue to support medical health-related research, but China does not have a dedicated medical health science fund, which does not actually conform to the advocacy of the meaning of life first." If the occurrence of the new crown pneumonia outbreak can not wake up the mechanism of innovation, it can not adapt to the future of China's health and health new situation of new needs. "
" we should think from these basic industrial design, socio-economic system and framework design, combined with the related problems of translational medicine, through innovation to stimulate and provide the impetus for the development of the entire industry. Wang Chen said.