Reforming China's health care: for the people, by the people?

摘要

On Oct 14, 2008, the Chinese Government published a draft of its Healthcare Reform Plan, to solicit comments from the public. Inviting people to participate in the development of public policies is unprecedented in China. The invitation reveals signs of how far the world's largest developing country has gone and where it might be going, and indicates open-mindedness in the current leadership or at least shows that they want to be perceived as being good listeners.