Minister of Health: Unnecessary Food Additives Will Be Banned

The Ministry of Health has just issued a ban on the use of flour whitening agents. Yesterday, the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and Minister of Health Chen Wei, in an interview with reporters before the opening ceremony of the CPPCC National Committee, said that at present, food additives mainly involve abuses, and the Ministry of Health will continue to strengthen Supervision, abuse of unnecessary additives, inappropriate use of additives, etc., will be banned. Chen Xi also stated that the goal of the "12th Five-Year Plan" is to ensure that the people can be assured of using drugs, and that the essential drugs are not only quantity but, more importantly, quality. At the same time, the entire pharmaceutical industry, including equipment, must be improved.

Unnecessary additives gradually phased out When it comes to why the people are now very concerned about food safety, Chen Hao said that the melamine incident in 2008 caused a very bad impact, while melamine was not a food additive, but was artificially added to the food industry. Raw material crimes.

Chen Hao said that at present, additives are mainly involved in the abuse, and the Ministry of Health is also strengthening supervision. “Some additives that are not necessary are gradually eliminated.” Chen Xi said that, for example, flour whiteners are not necessary, since the people are Like to eat the original ecological flour, why do we have to whiten? In the future, the abuse of unnecessary additives and inappropriate use of additives will be banned, and the crackdown on food safety crimes will be strengthened.

County hospitals will become breakthroughs in the reform of Health Care for the county-level hospitals that people are concerned about. Chen Hao said that at present, many local finances and county finances have increased financial support for county hospitals, because county hospitals are responsible for the medical tasks of 70% and more than 900 million people in China. If the reform can achieve a breakthrough, it is directly beneficial to Li Minhui. People's. "The task of public hospital reform this year is very heavy. It will take county hospital reform as a breakthrough."

In addition, the financial investment in medical expenses has increased. How to make good use of the money and increase the reimbursement rate requires the control of medical expenses. This is also a top priority this year.

In the first half of the year, Taiwan-funded hospitals released Chen Hao, saying that currently Taiwan-funded wholly-owned hospitals in the Mainland have had successful cases, and they are expected to be further liberalized in the first half of the year. However, he also stressed that according to past experience, non-public hospitals such as Taiwanese-funded and private-owned hospitals are mostly based on high-end services. Therefore, the task of reducing medical expenses must also fall on the reform of public hospitals.

"The policy of foreign investment including Taiwanese investment in the Mainland to open wholly-owned hospitals is certainly more open and more liberalized. The entry of this part of medical resources is more of a supplement to the high-end demand market." Chen Yu said, the advantages of Taiwan-funded hospitals In terms of high-end services and some specialists, Taiwan-funded hospitals that enter the mainland market in the future will also choose to operate medical institutions.

Encourage medical experts to run a private hospital, said Chen Yu, private capital to enter the medical and health field, the main lack of funding, but talent, build a hospital requires good management personnel, first-rate medical experts, this can not be solved overnight.

Regarding the concerns that the foreign industry or private hospitals would have an impact on public hospitals after entering the medical market, Chen Yu said: “This is not a worrying issue. The Ministry of Health even supports and encourages medical masters. Combined with private capital.” For example, in Wuhan and other places, there have been precedents for independent medical hospitals with high-level medical professionals. Most of them are specialized hospitals, such as the Wuhan Asian Heart Hospital.

Chen Hao said that the practice of “multiple practice for doctors in large hospitals” currently implemented in Beijing and other regions is actually to encourage the flow of medical professionals. At present, the Ministry of Health is also formulating policies and related policies will be introduced this year.

Morning News reporter Chen Lin / Wen