Ministry of Health of the People's Republic of China

Ministry of Health
of the People's Republic of China

中华人民共和国卫生部 Zhōnghuá Rénmín Gònghéguó Wèishēngbù
Agency overview
Formed	1954
Preceding Agency	Ministry of Health of the Central People's Government
Dissolved	March 2013
Superseding agency	National Health and Family Planning Commission
Jurisdiction	People's Republic of China
Headquarters	Beijing
Agency executives	Madam Li Dequan, the first Minister for Health Dr Chen Zhu, the last Minister for Health
Parent agency	State Council
Website	www.moh.gov.cn/

The Ministry of Health of the People's Republic of China (MOH) was an executive agency of the state which plays the role of providing information, raising health awareness and education, ensuring the accessibility of health services, and monitoring the quality of health services provided to citizens and visitors in the mainland of the People's Republic of China. In the reforms of 2013 the ministry has been dissolved and its functions integrated into the new agency called the National Health and Family Planning Commission.

The MOH is also involved in the control of illness and disease, coordinating the utilisation of resources and expertise where necessary. It also cooperates and keeps in touch with other health ministries and departments, including those of the special administrative regions,^[1][2][3] and the World Health Organization (WHO).

As part of the National Health and Family Planning Commission it is now headed by Ms. Li Bin (Simplified Chinese:李斌;Hanyu Pinyin:Lǐ Bīn). Until 2013 it was headed by the Minister for Health, a position last held by Dr Chen Zhu (陈竺) who was then the only minister in the State Council, and one of the two ministers who are not members of the Communist Party of China. He is the chairman of the Central Committee of the Chinese Peasants and Workers Democratic Party, one of the "8 democratic parties" of the PRC.

Functions and responsibilities

The MOH reports directly to the State Council. Its functions include: ^[4]

• Drafting laws, regulations, plans and policies related to public health
• Formulating policies for maternity and child-care programs
• Overseeing disease prevention and treatment
• Controlling the spread of epidemics
• Supervising blood collection
• Reforming medical institutions
• Overseeing state hospitals
• Drawing up medical science and technology development projects
• Setting quality standards for foods and cosmetics
• Overseeing medical education and setting related standards
• Controlling the Beijing Medical College and the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences; and
• Overseeing the State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine

List of Health Ministers

See also

• State Council of the People's Republic of China
• Ministries of China

References

External links

• Ministry of Health
• The State Council
• Ministry of Health (Chinese)
• "Critical health literacy: a case study from China in schistosomiasis control"
• "Children's Health and Care" in China.
• "Relationship with China's Ministry of Health and the Chinese Nursing Association" in the University of Michigan.

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