Adhere to Chinese and Western Medicine and Stress Scientific Development

(Reporter Feng Lei Xu Xueli) On January 7, the National Health Work Conference in 2011 closed in Beijing. Zhang Mao, secretary of the Party group secretary of the Ministry of Health, emphasized in his concluding speech: To realize the scientific development of the health undertaking, we must always adhere to the public welfare nature of public health care, adhere to the principle of prevention, focus on rural areas, and attach equal importance to the basic health work principles of Chinese and western medicine, and insist on government-led The principle of whole society participation and the benefit of the whole people, insisting on deepening medical reform, using basic medical and health systems to solve outstanding problems, and laying the foundation for people-oriented scientific development in the field of health.

The closing ceremony was presided over by the Minister of Health Chen Wei. Vice Ministers of Health Huang Jiefu, Wang Guoqiang, Ma Xiaowei, Chen Xiaohong, Shao Mingli, Liu Qian, and Yin Li attended the meeting. Li Xi, head of the discipline inspection team of the Central Discipline Inspection Commission, attended the meeting.

Zhang Mao pointed out that we must adhere to the scientific concept of development to lead the work of health, adhere to the overall consideration, promote the comprehensive and coordinated development of the health industry, give full play to the role of Chinese medicine and Western medicine as the "one body and two wings" of China's medical and health industry, and promote the coordinated development of Chinese and Western medicine.

He said that 2011 is the third year for the completion of the immediate tasks of the medical reform determined by the State Council. Health departments at all levels must combine the five key tasks of medical reform and focus on resolving key and difficult issues, and constantly push medical reform into depth. First, in improving the basic drug system of the country, we must focus on standardizing the bidding and procurement of essential drugs and implementing zero-difference sales policies for essential drugs. Second, we should accelerate the pilot reform of public hospitals. Third, we must focus on strengthening the refinement of the new rural cooperative medical system. Management, to further improve the level of fund supervision and operation; Fourth, in improving the grassroots medical and health service system, we must give prominence to the comprehensive reforms and building of talents at the primary health care institutions. Fifth, we must promote the gradual equalization of basic public health services. Focus on system management and balanced promotion work.

Zhang Mao pointed out that we must attach great importance to the unbalanced progress of the tasks of public health services. To solve these problems, we must first raise the importance attached to the promotion of this basic system, strengthen management, and earnestly implement practical work; Second, we must strengthen the coordination and cooperation among departments to form a synergy; Third, we must adjust and fully engage in public health services according to the needs of the task. Personnel, to strengthen business training, improve the level of work; Fourth, we must strengthen the assessment of supervision, timely detection and resolution of outstanding issues.

Zhang Mao emphasized that the task of reform and development is arduous and complicated. All departments should innovate work methods, improve work style, and improve work efficiency; strengthen supervision and supervision, implement the responsibility system for the goal of medical reform; improve communication and coordination, and form a joint force to promote reform; Investigation and study, summarizing the promotion experience; mobilizing the enthusiasm of medical personnel to play the role of the main force of medical reform; establishing a social stability risk assessment mechanism for major issues of the health system, ensuring the healthy development of medical and health undertakings and achieving the goal of medical reform.