Health and Development: Building a Healthy Society for All

Author: Li Weidong/Hu Guangyu/Hu Linlin (editors)
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Publish Date: 2005-04-01
Features: The process of building a moderately prosperous society in China requires the realization of a "health-focused society for all." A key task is to establish a "modern national health system" and a "national lifelong health system." The government must transform its functions, investing in public health, people's health, and people's fitness, creating the largest possible health service industry and health consumption market, so that China can truly become a "health-focused society for all" with rich connotations. This book explains the new development concept of "people-centered" and the new connotations of building a health-focused society, explores the support for the modern national health system and industrial development, conducts in-depth theoretical research and policy recommendations on establishing a national lifelong health system and a national fitness system, advancing reforms in urban grassroots health services, and the new directions for the development of the health system. The target readers of this book include decision-makers in government departments, managers in the field of public health, practitioners in the health industry, faculty and students of public management majors in universities, and the general public concerned about health.