China looks to West to help it boost healthcare provision
20-Dec-17, International Investment
That China regards its health care system as a matter of national importance and government focus is hardly new; in fact, better public health care provision has been a priority of Beijing’s for decades. Nevertheless, the country’s public health system has struggled to keep up with the ageing population and the private health care system is thriving.
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Behind the bamboo curtain, there’s a revolution going on: in China’s healthcare sector. And it’s a revolution that major western private medical insurers, healthcare providers, private equity providers and investors are increasingly involved in – with the apparent blessing of China’s leaders.