Healthcare

Yan Bin is Chairman of the Reignwood Group and a member of the 13th National Committee of CPPCC. Here he talks about his role as an advisor to the Chinese government   As a CPPCC committee member, what are your thoughts on the way the Chinese government has handled COVID-19 so far? The two sessions were delayed this year from March to May due to pandemic. When the Coronavirus disrupted …

Liu Xiaoming, Chinese Ambassador to the UK, took questions from CBBC members over a webinar on May 5th, and discussed the obstacles the world now faces following the Covid-19 pandemic and the opportunities it offers UK-China relations. Below is a transcript from the speech he gave and follow up questions from CBBC’s Chair, Sir Sherard Cowper-Coles. Thanks to modern technology, we are able to exchange views online, on some very …

It’s a family affair The consequences of families being confined to their apartments for such long and intense periods might well lead to a spike in Summer divorces and November babies, but more seriously it is likely to have a long-term impact on the average person’s awareness of their work-life balance. People have, for the most part, enjoyed spending more time with their loved ones, and are recognising the importance …

Strong governmental promotion of Traditional Chinese Medicine might be good for the Chinese economy but not for its people, writes Tom Pattinson Since 2016, China has been heavily promoting Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) as an alternative to expensive Western drugs. The State Council has a national strategy that promised “universal access” to TCM by 2020 and a “booming industry” by 2030. The TCM industry is becoming a “new source of …

New College Lanarkshire (NCL) is one institution that has successfully taken educational and vocation training programmes that they provide in the UK and exported them to China. NCL has been exporting dental nurse courses to China and providing guest lectures, teacher training, assessments and certification with partner institutes since 2011 when the college was first approached by an agent from China. “Dental nursing programmes were in their infancy in China …

Following the Chinese government’s announcements to reduce the financial burden on the private sector, 27 local governments have reduced the mandatory contribution to the pension fund from 20 percent to 16 percent for local companies. Although this is good news for businesses, China is nonetheless facing increasing pressure to reform its pension system. With an aging population, local governments are confronted with rising costs for its senior citizens at the …

As China gets older, the country faces huge challenges but what could a booming senior services sector mean for British business? asks Amy Snelling Forecasts about China’s rapidly greying population paint an ailing picture of the country nicknamed the ‘World’s Factory’ largely for its seemingly infinite manufacturing workforce that both it and global markets have come to depend on. At the end of 2018, the National Bureau of Statistics put …

With technological and social changes transforming the food market in China, British business can thrive if marketed correctly, writes Tom Pattinson Retail in China, like much of the rest of the world, has been steadily moving online, and food retail is no exception with big players such as JD.com, Alibaba and Taobao now selling food. This has had an impact on traditional bricks and mortar food retail stores and a …

Healthcare reforms have improved China’s medical care significantly in recent years. An upcoming UK-China Oncology Congress will go a step further in helping cancer patients, writes Tom Pattinson Healthcare reform in China has helped improve the lives of millions in recent years. “Healthy China 2020” plans to provide universal healthcare and treatment for all by 2020, and in 2016, “Healthy China 2030” was launched to further promote healthy living and …

AstraZeneca has been in China now for 25 years, what have you learnt along the way? We are always learning as China is rapidly evolving. As new challenges and opportunities continually drive AstraZeneca’s objective to reshape healthcare in China, one important aspect we have learned is to lead change in tandem with our partners. While we continue to focus on understanding and tackling the critical unmet health needs in China, …