Is it the best time for China to enter telemedicine?

Source: China news.com on October 29, 2014, Wei Jianguo, former Vice Minister of the Ministry of Commerce and Secretary General of China International Economic Exchange Center, said in Tianjin on October 28 that it is the best time for China to enter into telemedicine On the same day, the first China (Tianjin) international telemedicine technology exhibition co sponsored by the American Telemedicine Association, Tianjin Telemedicine Association and Tianjin Binhai high tech Industrial Development Zone opened in Tianjin Binhai International Convention and Exhibition Center More than 200 enterprises, medical institutions and financial institutions from the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, Japan and more than 20 provinces and cities in China, including Beijing, Shanghai and Guangdong, came to the scene to exhibit telemedicine related products and technologies Wei Jianguo said in his speech that when telemedicine technology came to China, it was late and should come early He pointed out that the biggest problem facing Chinese people in terms of medicine and medical governance is that it is difficult, expensive and difficult to see a doctor, while telemedicine is to meet the personalized treatment of every community "Telemedicine is also needed to transform the mode of economic growth in our country." According to Wei Jianguo, China's national economy grew at a double-digit rate in the past few years, and recently at a rate of about 7% to 7.5%, but it was all based on investment and export How to boost domestic demand, how to boost the current domestic expansion from health, from our own body, relatively high-quality survival, this is not enough Wei Jianguo said that their difficulties should be solved in cities or villages, or communities, or in more remote mountainous areas Through medical treatment, telemedicine to stimulate domestic demand, solve the problem of difficult to see a doctor, but also make people have a new concept of being served "At present, we need to reform the medical system." Wei Jianguo said that the medical system has developed from barefoot doctors in the 1960s to the present There are three levels of hospitals, and now it covers the whole medical system, but there are also defects We should see that China's national conditions are different from those of other countries, and we need to design a new medical system for China, which is a relatively large country with a large population Wei Jianguo stressed that in the new era, the next step of China, especially the reform of the medical system after the Fourth Plenary Session of the CPC Central Committee, was on the agenda At this time, telemedicine technology came to China, just at the right time He pointed out that this is also a combination of complementary advantages, advantages and strengths with China's new technologies, especially new medical technologies and information industry "Internet and e-commerce have been carried out, so whether we can promote the development of our medical technology and medical equipment through the development of information industry is the need of China." Wei Jianguo believes that relying on a huge Internet Group, if medical technology is spread through the Internet, on mobile phones, computers, families, through remote or remote infrared new technology to learn about patients, and at the same time, combining well-known doctors, this is a good opportunity as well as an opportunity for national industrial innovation "So I think telemedicine technology is a rising industry in China and a new industry." Wei Jianguo said that if we start well from now to the next five to eight years, or three to five years, we will form a huge market and drive the whole Chinese national economy to a higher quality and level