In the context of the country's continued deepening of healthcare reform, the outsourcing of public hospital services provides logistical support and protection for clinical, scientific and educational activities in public hospitals through the introduction of third-party services.
In 2018, the National Health Commission and other departments jointly issued the Circular on Further Reform and Improvement of Approval of Medical Institutions and Physicians, which allows hospitals to entrust independent medical testing laboratories, device sterilization companies and other institutions to provide testing, device sterilization and other medical services under the precondition of ensuring medical quality and safety.