Better Medical Education

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang has instructed education and health authorities to push forward the country’s medical education reform and improve professional training to build a “healthy China.”

In a written instruction for a national conference on medical education reform held in Beijing on July 4, Li urged the Ministry of Education, the National Health and Family Planning Commission and the State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) to step up innovation and further coordinate medical practice with education.

They should take into account China’s conditions while learning from other countries, put TCM and Western medicine on an equal footing, and cultivate more qualified medical professionals to provide better health services, Li said.