I have had the opportunity to learn about healthcare in China from direct experience and other reliable sources and can offer a brief overview.

Assurance from National Health Commission comes amid fears of surging respiratory illness, with disease expert citing slowing trend.

China spent 7.2% of its economic output on healthcare in 2023, the National Health Commission says. That compares with expenditure of 11.5% and 9.7% of GDP in heavily-industrialised and ageing Japan and South Korea respectively, OECD data shows.

There has been a decline in cases of human metapneumovirus (HMPV) in northern provinces and in children under 14, China has said. The spread of the respiratory virus has been causing concern, after images circulated of hospitals overrun with masked patients.

The rate of infections with the flu-like human metapneumovirus (HMPV) in northern China is declining, a health official said Sunday, amid some international concern over a potential pandemic. HMPV, which belongs to the same family as the respiratory syncytial virus,

China will offer better medical care and rehabilitation services to people in extreme hardships and with mental disorders, with the move aiming to protect the people's interest and regulate the operation of mental health welfare institutions.

during a press briefing by China’s National Health Commission. Wang added that the increase in recent years in the number of cases of the virus, first detected in the Netherlands in 2001 ...

The World Health Organization said in January 2025 that China's reported levels of acute respiratory infections, including those caused by the flu-like virus HMPV, were "within the expected range" for winter.

A press conference held by National Health Commission of China on January 12, 2025. Photo: CCTV. There's no new infectious disease emerged in China recently; and overall positive

The initiative is designed to deepen cooperation with members of the Belt and Road Initiative, particularly ASEAN nations, offering new opportunities for collaboration in healthcare and enhancing the well-being of people in both regions, Shi said.

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David Wei had to carry his nephew on his back for 3km after the younger man suffered a heart attack, staggering down a road being repaired in rural