ChinaBio Today -- The big news coming out of China life science last week was the official unveilings of the country’s health reform plans, both the long-term plan ending in 2020 and the more immediate three-year program that culminates in 2011. By 2020, China has set a goal of providing a basic health-care system that can provide safe, effective, convenient and affordable health services to urban and rural residents (see story). Significantly, the long-range plan puts financial responsibility for health care on the government, shifting away from the previous model of a profit-making system.
