Health and Development: Building a Healthy Society for All

Author: Li Weidong, Hu Guangyu, Hu Linlin (editors)
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Publish Date: 2004-06-01
Features: The process of building a moderately prosperous society in China requires the realization of a "Healthy Society for All." An important task is to establish a "Modern National Health System" and a "National Lifetime Health System." The government must transform its functions, investing in people's health, people's fitness, and creating the largest possible health service industry and health consumption market, making China a truly "Healthy Society for All" with rich connotations. This book explains the new development concept of "people-centered" and the new connotations of building a healthy society for all, explores the support for the modern national health system and industrial development, conducts in-depth theoretical research and policy recommendations on establishing a national lifetime health system and a national fitness system, promoting 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 in universities, and the general public concerned about health.