Opinion: A warning for foreign hospitals

Wholly foreign-owned hospitals have been given the green light in certain parts of China. But Nicolas Zhu says many legal uncertainties remain, such as rules regarding acquisition and type of hospitals, foreign doctor licences, local doctor transfers and pricing

4 minute readOctober 28, 2014 at 10:47 AM

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On August 27 2014, the National Health and Family Planning Commission and the Ministry of Commerce jointly published the Circular on the Launching of a Pilot Project for the Establishment of Wholly Foreign-owned Hospitals (关于开展设立外资独资医院试点工作的通知) (Circular). Before this release, wholly foreign-invested hospitals could only be

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