China's first Basic Law in the field of health care has been in force since June

On June 1, the Law of the People's Republic of China on the Promotion of Basic Health Care and Health (hereinafter referred to as the Health Care Law) came into effectThe law, which is divided into 10 chapters and 110 articles, covers basic medical and health services, medical and health institutions and personnel, drug supply guarantee, health promotion, financial security, supervision and management, and so on, is the first "Basic Law" for health and health, and the first basic and comprehensive law in the field of health and healthThe provisions of the Act cover the relevant provisions in the whole health field, from the public welfare embodiment of basic medical and health services, to respond to public health emergencies, to the treatment of medical and patient disputes and other hot issues, are involvedArticle 19 of the Health and Health Law stipulates that the State shall establish and improve the emergency response system for emergencies, formulate and improve emergency plans, organize and carry out health emergency work such as medical treatment, medical investigation and disposal of emergencies and psychological assistance for emergencies, and effectively control and eliminate hazardsIn addition, it provides for "the establishment of the system of prevention and control of infectious diseases by the State", "the state implements the system of vaccination, strengthens immunization planning" and "occupational health protection" and other systemsEmphasize that the primary service system is a very important focus of the Basic Health Care and Health Promotion ActThe Health Care Law seeks to promote this problem by encouraging the promotion of a combination of graded medical treatment system, expansion of public health services and so onThe Law clearly stipulates that the State shall rationally plan and allocate medical and health resources, focus on the grass-roots level, and take various measures to give priority to supporting the development of medical and health institutions at or below the county level and to improve the capacity of medical and health servicesIt is emphasized that the state should strengthen the construction of county-level hospitals, township hospitals, village health rooms, community health service centers (stations) and professional public health institutions, and establish and improve the network of rural medical and health services and urban community health servicesThe Law stipulates that "to promote the implementation of a hierarchical medical treatment system for basic medical services, to guide non-emergency patients to attend primary medical and health institutions first, to implement the system of first consultation and referral audit responsibility system, and to gradually establish a mechanism for primary and first consultation, two-way referral, rapid and slow partition, up and down linkage, and link up and down with the basic medical insurance system." "At the same time, the law provides for the establishment of a system by which health personnel regularly travel to the grass-roots level and in hard and remote areas to work in health careThe State has adopted measures such as targeted free training, volunteering with its counterparts and retirement rehire to strengthen the construction of medical and health teams at the grass-roots level and in hard and remote areasWe will establish a career development mechanism that runs up and down the county and rural areas, and improve the multi-channel subsidy mechanism for the service income of rural medical and health personnel and the old-age policyThe strengthening of this kind of grass-roots service system will be more conducive to the realization of the health of citizens, including the system of public health prevention, which is inseparable from itFrom the provisions of the Health Care Law, the mainstream family doctor service in the future is still promoted with primary health care institutions as the main bodyThe State promotes the implementation of family doctor contracting services in primary health care institutions, the establishment of family doctor service teams, and the signing of agreements with residents to provide basic medical and health services according to the health status and medical needs of residentsArticle 31 of the Health Care Law stipulates that the State shall promote the implementation of family doctor contracting services in primary health care institutions, the establishment of family doctor service teams, and sign agreements with residents to provide basic medical and health services in accordance with the health status and medical needs of residentsArticle 29 of the Health And Wellness Law stipulates that basic medical services are mainly provided by government-run medical and health institutions Encourage the provision of basic medical services in medical and health institutions organized by social forces The Health Law continues to encourage the organization of medical institutions by social forces, including: (1) encouraging and guiding social forces to organize medical and health institutions, encouraging the government-organized medical and health institutions to cooperate with social forces in organizing non-profit medical and health institutions; Medical and health personnel shall enjoy the same treatment as public medical institutions, and (3) non-profit medical and health institutions organized by social forces shall enjoy the same policies as public medical institutions in terms of preferential financial policies and the application of public facilities services (e.g taxation, financial subsidies, land use, water, electricity, gas, heat, etc.) The Health Care Law emphasizes the "public welfare" of the medical and health institutions organized by the government, and makes it clear that medical and health institutions organized by government funds, donated assets or participating in the organization (including in cooperation with social capital) shall not be established as for-profit medical and health institutions, while the Health Care Law stipulates that the health care institutions organized by the government shall not invest in the establishment of medical and health institutions with other organizations with non-independent legal personality Before the introduction of the Wei Jian Law, China's policy experienced a change from a comprehensive tightening to a slightly looser period on the question of whether non-profit medical institutions could distribute surplus The Wei Jian Law reaffirms that non-profit medical institutions shall not distribute or distribute income in disguise to funders and organizers, and are equipped with penalties, once again expressing a prudent attitude towards the issue of surplus distribution of non-profit medical institutions.