A brief review of health work in 2005
In the past 2005, under the leadership of the CPC Central Committee with Comrade Hu Jintao as the general secretary, China's health undertakings developed in an all-round way, and the health level of urban and rural areas and people continued to improve. Faced with the threat of highly pathogenic avian influenza and other major infectious diseases, the broad masses of cadres and workers in the health system United and cooperated to effectively prevent and control the epidemic and reduce the harm of the epidemic to public health and society. We firmly grasp the prominent contradictions and problems strongly reflected by the masses, take Scientific Outlook on Development as the guide, promote the reform and development of health care, consciously put health care in the overall goal of building a harmonious socialist society, change our thoughts, concepts, thoughts and styles, focus on strengthening public health construction, study and solve the problems of difficult and expensive medical treatment for the masses, strive to do a good job in 2005, and seriously study and formulate the "Eleventh Five-Year Plan" health development plan.
Over the past year, we have mainly done the following work:
(a) to seriously carry out education activities to maintain the advanced nature of party member. The cohesion and combat effectiveness of Party organizations at all levels in the health system have been significantly enhanced, and the consciousness of party member and medical and health workers in serving the people has been significantly improved. Practicing Theory of Three Represents and Scientific Outlook on Development more consciously and firmly has laid a solid ideological foundation and provided a strong political guarantee for deepening health reform and accelerating health development.
(2) Significant progress has been made in the construction of the public health system. The national disease prevention and control system construction project has been basically completed, and the emergency medical treatment system is progressing smoothly. The goal put forward by the CPC Central Committee and the State Council to establish and improve the emergency mechanism for public health emergencies in three years, and to strengthen the construction of disease prevention and control system and emergency medical treatment system has basically been realized. China's ability to respond to public health emergencies such as major infectious diseases and to prevent and treat major diseases has been significantly improved, and the spread of infectious diseases has been effectively controlled. The vaccine incident in Sixian County, Anhui Province and the infection of Sichuan people with Streptococcus suis have been dealt with in a timely manner, and the prevention and treatment of highly pathogenic avian influenza has been carried out in a thorough and solid manner, and the prevention and treatment measures for major diseases such as SARS, plague, cholera and AIDS have been further implemented. Schistosomiasis, tuberculosis and hepatitis B have been promulgated in the State Council, and vaccination work has been brought into the legal management track. We have formulated the Outline of the National Health Education and Health Promotion Plan (2005-20 10) to vigorously carry out health education. The construction of health supervision system has been smoothly promoted, and the supervision of food hygiene and occupational hygiene law enforcement has been strengthened.
(3) Strengthen rural health work. The executive meeting of the State Council decided to speed up the establishment of the new rural cooperative medical system, and the State Council held a national conference on the pilot work of the new rural cooperative medical system. By the end of September, 2005, there were 67/kloc-0 pilot counties, covering 233 million people, and 65,438+77 million farmers participated in the cooperative medical system, with a participation rate of 75.8%. The medical treatment rate and hospitalization rate of participating farmers have been significantly improved, the economic burden of medical treatment has been reduced, and the phenomenon of poverty and returning to poverty due to illness has been alleviated. The Ministry of Health, together with the National Development and Reform Commission, compiled and launched the Rural Health Service System Construction and Development Plan. In 2005, the state invested 3 billion yuan and arranged 7537 construction projects. The Ministry of Health, together with the Ministry of Finance and state administration of traditional chinese medicine, implemented the "Ten Thousand Health Technicians Supporting Rural Health Project". There are about 4,000 urban quality doctors working in 600 key poverty-stricken counties, and good results have been achieved. The project to reduce maternal mortality and neonatal tetanus in rural areas has been implemented steadily, covering 65,438+0,000 counties in 22 provinces, and the rate of hospitalized delivery of pregnant women has been greatly improved. New progress has been made in improving water and toilets in rural areas and patriotic health campaigns.
(4) Actively explore the ideas of urban medical service system reform. In view of the outstanding problems strongly reflected by the masses, carefully analyze the reasons, grasp the main contradictions, and actively study the policies and measures to solve the problems. According to the actual work, all localities should start from now on, start from themselves, start from the problems that can be solved, actively carry out reform and exploration, and take practical and effective measures to facilitate the masses to seek medical treatment and reduce the burden of medical expenses. Strengthen the structural adjustment of urban health resources, vigorously develop community health services, and create national community health service demonstration zones 107. In China, 95% of cities above the prefecture level, 88% of municipal districts and several county-level cities have carried out urban community health services, and a community health service network covering large and medium-sized cities in China has initially formed.
(5) Resolutely crack down on illegal medical practice and actively carry out hospital management year activities. A number of illegal medical institutions were closed, and a number of illegal people and things were investigated. Continue to carry out in-depth rectification work in the industry and explore mechanisms and measures to control unhealthy practices in the industry from the source. All kinds of medical institutions at all levels in China have carried out in-depth activities of "taking patients as the center and improving the quality of medical services". The Ministry of Health organized the inspection and supervision of tertiary hospitals nationwide, which caused great shock in the whole industry. All localities actively improve the level of medical services, ensure the safety of medical services, enhance the ability of medical services, establish and improve the management system, and strive to explore a long-term mechanism to strengthen hospital evaluation and supervision and safeguard the interests of the people.
(six) to strengthen the work of Chinese medicine. Adhere to the Scientific Outlook on Development to guide the development of traditional Chinese medicine, further develop the characteristics and advantages of traditional Chinese medicine, and play a unique role in medical treatment, prevention and treatment of major diseases and rural and community health services. We have made gratifying progress in antiviral research of traditional Chinese medicine, improving the level of clinical syndrome differentiation of traditional Chinese medicine, enriching the means of diagnosis and treatment, innovating the evaluation method of curative effect, carrying out the "training plan for outstanding clinical talents of traditional Chinese medicine" and promoting the modernization of traditional Chinese medicine.
(7) Strengthen international cooperation in the field of health. * * * The host country (territory) has received 37 batches of overseas high-level visiting delegations, 9 new projects for international cooperation, and committed about 630 million yuan in funds. Held 18 international conferences, and successfully held high-level conferences such as "China-US Health Care Forum" and "China-Sweden Health Forum". At the 58th World Health Assembly, the Taiwan Province provincial authorities' attempt to squeeze into the World Health Organization and split the motherland was defeated again, and national sovereignty and dignity were defended. Strengthening foreign aid medical work, * * * sent 43 medical teams to 3 countries in Asia, Africa, Europe and South America, which was welcomed by governments and people of all countries.
(eight) to strengthen the construction of health personnel and scientific and educational work. Strive to build a team of health talents with reasonable structure, both ability and political integrity and excellent quality. Take business training, advanced studies and other ways to strengthen the capacity building of disease prevention and control personnel, medical service personnel and health supervision personnel, and improve the quality and level of services. Strengthening health science and education, a number of major preventive health care and medical technology research projects have achieved positive results, and a number of appropriate medical and health technologies suitable for rural areas and grassroots units have been popularized and applied.
Over the past year, all localities have actively explored and adopted many effective measures around the key issues of concern to the people, creating vivid experiences. Zhejiang has implemented the plan of building a healthy province, focusing on six key projects, namely, farmers' health project and community health promotion project, and coordinating urban and rural health development. Xinjiang, Hebei and other places attach importance to the health protection of poor and vulnerable groups, and actively organize medical services to benefit the people. The ideas are clear, the measures are appropriate, and the results are obvious. Shenyang, Liaoning Province has implemented a basic medical assistance system for some diseases, benefiting poor residents who have not participated in the basic medical insurance for urban workers. Jining, Shandong, Xinyang, Henan and other places have implemented a single-disease maximum price system to explore and solve the problem of expensive medical treatment for the masses. Ningxia and Sichuan have continuously improved the operation mechanism of community health service institutions, ensured that government guarantees are in place, and the services are of high quality and low price, and actively carried out medical assistance to benefit the people. Fujian strictly controls the growth of medical expenses, and clearly requires medical institutions at all levels to achieve zero growth in per capita medical expenses for outpatients and inpatients from 2005 to 2006. Gansu actively carried out the project of urban doctors supporting rural health, and transferred more than 1000 professional technicians from the whole province to support 43 poverty-stricken county hospitals and 360 township hospitals, actively alleviating the problem of farmers' difficulty in seeing a doctor.
The achievements made in health work in 2005 are the result of the great attention and correct leadership of the CPC Central Committee and the State Council, the strong support of party committees, governments and central ministries at all levels, the unity and joint efforts of the broad masses of cadres and workers in the national health system, and the care and help of all walks of life and the people. Here, on behalf of the Ministry of Health, I would like to express my heartfelt thanks and high respect to party committees, governments, central ministries and commissions at all levels, all walks of life and the news media, as well as the vast number of medical and health workers and the people.
While affirming the achievements, we should also clearly see the problems and shortcomings in our work. There is still a big gap between public health and medical services and the requirements of the CPC Central Committee and the State Council and the wishes of the people. The institutional, mechanism and structural contradictions that restrict the development of health undertakings have not been fundamentally solved, and the masses have strongly reflected on the problems of difficulty and expensive medical treatment. We should conscientiously implement the spirit of the Fifth Plenary Session of the 16th CPC Central Committee, adhere to the people-oriented principle, adhere to the Scientific Outlook on Development, make overall plans, blaze new trails, be pragmatic, do solid work, and strive to create a new situation in health work.
Two, thoroughly study and implement the spirit of the Fifth Plenary Session of the 16th CPC Central Committee, and comprehensively promote the reform and development of health undertakings.
The Fifth Plenary Session of the 16th CPC Central Committee is an extremely important meeting held at the critical moment of China's reform and development. The plenary session deliberated and adopted the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China's Proposal on Formulating the Eleventh Five-Year Plan for National Economic and Social Development (hereinafter referred to as the "Proposal"), which clarified the guiding principles, objectives, main tasks and important measures of China's economic and social development, described the grand blueprint of China's economic and social development in the next five years, and also put forward clear development goals and tasks for health work. We are required to "improve China's comprehensive strength, international competitiveness and anti-risk ability with a high sense of historical responsibility, a strong sense of hardship and a broad world vision, and strive to push forward the cause of Socialism with Chinese characteristics". The general requirements and basic ideas of the proposal are four sentences and 24 words, which are: "based on scientific development, focusing on independent innovation, improving institutional mechanisms and promoting social harmony". These 24 words not only put forward the strategic task of seizing opportunities and accelerating development, but also put forward the clear requirements that we must adhere to scientific development, rely on independent innovation, improve the system and mechanism to accelerate development and promote social harmony. This is the party's further enrichment and perfection of the development theory, forming a complete theoretical and ideological system.
Health work is an important part of the work of the party and the government. To do a good job in health work under the new situation, we must take studying and implementing the spirit of the Fifth Plenary Session of the Sixteenth Central Committee as the primary political task at present and in the future, unify our thoughts and actions with the spirit of the Fifth Plenary Session, and condense our wisdom and strength to accomplish various health work tasks and requirements; We should further unify our thinking, define our goals, be determined to reform, speed up development, and faithfully serve people's health and a harmonious society. It is necessary to comprehensively understand and implement the spirit of the Fifth Plenary Session of the 16th CPC Central Committee in combination with the reality of health work, and earnestly grasp the "five profound understandings".
(1) Deeply understand the great achievements made in China's health development during the Tenth Five-Year Plan period and enhance confidence in reform and development. During the Tenth Five-Year Plan period, China has made great achievements in economic and social development, with steady and rapid economic growth, comprehensive progress in social undertakings, alleviation of the contradiction of uncoordinated economic and social development, and continuous improvement of people's lives. Unprecedented progress has also been made in health care.
First, the construction of public health medical service system has been continuously strengthened, and the scale, conditions, technology and level of medical and health services have been greatly improved. After the fight against SARS, according to the deployment and requirements of the CPC Central Committee and the State Council, we strengthened the construction of public health system, and the conditions and capabilities of disease prevention and control system, medical emergency system, emergency health team and health supervision system have been greatly improved. The disease surveillance network has been continuously improved, and the timeliness, accuracy and effectiveness of legal infectious disease reports have been continuously improved. The prevention and control measures of "four exemptions and one care" for AIDS have been implemented, the prevention and treatment level of major infectious diseases such as tuberculosis, hepatitis and schistosomiasis has been continuously improved, and a national prevention and control system has been established to effectively deal with the epidemic situation of emerging infectious diseases. Over the years, some major problems affecting the development of public health have begun to be solved.
Second, the policy of rural health work has been gradually implemented. During the Tenth Five-Year Plan period, China launched the new rural cooperative medical system and the rural health infrastructure construction plan, which won the heartfelt support of farmers. The central and local governments have raised funds for farmers and established a cooperative medical system, which is a great breakthrough in the history of China, and reflects the Party Central Committee and the State Council's firm determination to attach great importance to the "three rural issues" and protect farmers' health. Compared with 2000, in 2004, the immunization coverage rate of children in China increased from 85.3% to 87.3%, the proportion of people benefiting from water improvement in rural areas increased from 92.4% to 93.8%, the penetration rate of tap water in rural areas increased from 55.2% to 60%, and the penetration rate of sanitary toilets in rural areas increased from 44.8% to 53./kloc-0%.
Third, the health indicators of urban and rural residents continued to improve. In 2004, the hospital delivery rate of urban pregnant women reached 965,438+0.4%, while the hospital delivery rate of rural pregnant women increased to 77.65,438+0%. The infant mortality rate dropped from 32.2‰ in 2000 to 265,438 0.5 ‰, the mortality rate of children under 5 years old dropped from 39.7‰ to 25.0‰, and the maternal mortality rate dropped from 53/65,440 ‰. The changes of these important indicators fully reflect the great achievements made in China's health undertakings during the Tenth Five-Year Plan period.
Fourth, the work concept, work style, work function and work focus of the health administrative department have changed obviously, accumulated valuable experience and made important steps on the road of scientific development.
-We have established the concept that safeguarding people's health must be the top priority in health work, and insist on whether the masses can enjoy safe, effective, fair and cheap medical and health services as an important criterion for testing health work.
-We propose that health undertakings must adhere to the purpose of serving people's health and the nature of public welfare, and oppose public health institutions blindly pursuing economic interests and using medical services to seek benefits for individuals.
—— We propose that the development of health care must adhere to the road in line with China's national conditions, not blindly copy foreign models, and strive to build a medical and health service system based on rural and community health and supported by large medical and health institutions to develop health care in Socialism with Chinese characteristics.
-We propose that the development of health care must adhere to the combination of government leadership and market mechanism, strengthen the government's responsibilities in planning, financing, service and supervision, pay attention to guiding and giving play to the role of market mechanism, introduce social funds to develop medical services, and expand people's medical and health needs.
-The long-term weakness of the public health system and the rural health system has been improved by implementing the policy of giving priority to prevention and focusing on rural areas.
-Dare to face up to and expose contradictions, problems and deficiencies in work. According to the requirements of Scientific Outlook on Development, we deeply analyzed the institutional, mechanistic and structural contradictions in health undertakings, and initially formed the basic ideas to solve the problems, which laid the foundation for deepening reform and accelerating development in the future.
(2) Deeply understand the situation faced by China's health development, face up to the difficulties and challenges faced, and enhance the sense of urgency and responsibility. The law of social development tells us that the development of anything will not be smooth sailing, nor can it be done once and for all. In social development, old contradictions are solved and new contradictions will appear again. With the rapid development of economy and society and the continuous improvement of public demand, some new contradictions may become more prominent. In this regard, we should treat it correctly with the vision of development, rational wisdom and the courage of reform. You can't just see the achievements, but you can't see the shortcomings; You can't just see the problems and obliterate the achievements. The present situation of health work can be summarized in three sentences: first, great progress has been made in health undertakings, but some outstanding and even acute problems have not been solved; Second, we have a clear understanding of the existing problems, and we need to work hard to formulate plans, policies and measures, and study and explore the basic ideas for solving problems; Third, the health department, together with the relevant departments, has made great efforts to solve the problem from the reality, but because the ideological, conceptual and institutional obstacles accumulated for a long time have not been overcome, the masses feel that the results are not significant enough. The problem that health services cannot meet people's health needs is mainly manifested in five aspects: First, one-sided attention is paid to the development of large hospitals, while rural and community health services are neglected. There is a big gap in service conditions and levels between urban and rural areas and between regions, and the development of health undertakings is not comprehensive and coordinated. Second, the public health system is not perfect, the disease prevention and control system and the ability to deal with emergencies are not strong, and some major diseases still seriously threaten people's health. Third, public medical institutions lack stable financial funds and rely on service charges to maintain their business development. The operating mechanism does not conform to the nature of public welfare undertakings. Some medical institutions are seriously profit-seeking, blindly expanding their scale and pursuing economic benefits, and the medical expenses continue to rise, which makes it difficult and expensive for people to see a doctor. Fourth, the affiliation of health institutions is complex and scattered, and it is difficult to implement localized industry-wide supervision, and medical and health supervision is weak. Fifth, the internal management system of medical and health institutions is not perfect, the scientific and democratic decision-making system is not perfect, the income distribution mechanism is not standardized, and there is no scientific and effective incentive and restraint mechanism.
Some of the above problems in health work are left over from history, some are restricted by the current level of economic development, and some are unresolved problems in reform and development. Because the causes are complex and involve the adjustment of various interests, it takes a long and arduous process to solve it, and it is also inseparable from the support of relevant government departments and the help of all walks of life. However, these problems involve the practical interests of the people and affect the healthy development of health undertakings. We can't turn a blind eye to them, let alone hide them. We should strengthen our sense of urgency and responsibility, firmly grasp the strategic opportunity period of the 11th Five-Year Plan, deepen health reform, speed up health development, strictly supervise and manage, take practical actions as loyal guardians to promote people's health, and live up to the expectations of the Party and the people.
(three) a deep understanding of the overall requirements, basic objectives and guiding principles of health development during the Eleventh Five-Year Plan period. The "Program" of the Fifth Plenary Session pointed out: "Increase the government's investment in medical and health care and improve the public health and medical service system. Improve the ability of disease prevention and control and medical treatment services, strive to control major infectious diseases such as AIDS, schistosomiasis and hepatitis B, and actively prevent and control occupational diseases and endemic diseases. Strengthen maternal and child health care and vigorously develop community health services. Deepen the reform of the medical and health system, rationally allocate medical and health resources, and rectify the order of drug production and circulation. Seriously study and gradually solve the problem of difficult and expensive medical treatment for the masses. Support the development of Chinese medicine and cultivate modern traditional chinese medicine industry. " This is not only the task of health development during the Eleventh Five-Year Plan period, but also the goal that must be achieved. In order to achieve the goals set by the central authorities, we must adhere to the following principles: First, we must maintain the steady and rapid development of health undertakings. It is necessary to have fast development speed and good development quality; We should not only pay attention to the level and efficiency of health services, but also pay attention to the fairness and harmony of health services. Second, we should speed up the structural adjustment of medical and health resources, start with the weakest links of health work and the links that people need most, and focus on rural and community health, so as to effectively change the tendency of paying one-sided attention to the development of large hospitals. Third, change the mode of health development, rely on strict supervision and management, improve the quality of health personnel, and promote the sustainable development of health undertakings. Take improving service level, enhancing service capacity and improving service quality as the central link of health development, and change the tendency of relying solely on expanding scale and purchasing large-scale equipment for development. Fourth, we should strive to build a harmonious doctor-patient relationship, which is an important goal and necessary condition for healthy development. We should start with solving practical problems that the people care about, pay more attention to the fairness of medical and health services, and let the people enjoy the fruits of health development; Properly handle all kinds of interest relations and put safeguarding the interests of the masses in the first place; Oppose the supremacy of money, disregard the interests of the masses, and blindly pursue the interests of units and individuals. Fifth, we should deepen health reform and implement the policy of joint development of medical and health undertakings by the government, society and individuals. Implement regional health development planning, transform the operating mechanism of public medical institutions, and promote the healthy development of health undertakings.
After the fight against SARS, Party committees and governments at all levels attached great importance to people's health and hygiene. The CPC Central Committee with General Secretary Hu Jintao adhered to Scientific Outlook on Development's aim of building the Party for the public and governing for the people, and made a series of major decisions for the development of health care. The situation in which the whole society cares about and supports health development has initially taken shape. This is a rare historical opportunity for health development. Under the guidance of Scientific Outlook on Development, we should establish the Scientific Outlook on Development, innovate the way of thinking, reform the unreasonable system and mechanism, and formulate and implement policies and measures to safeguard the interests of the masses. We are convinced that under the strong leadership of the CPC Central Committee and the State Council, with the strong support of party committees and governments at all levels, and with the understanding and active participation of the whole society, the development of health undertakings will surely usher in a vibrant spring.
(4) Deeply understand the key links of health development during the Eleventh Five-Year Plan period, and take strengthening the construction of public health system and seriously studying and gradually solving the problem of difficult and expensive medical treatment for the masses as a major historical task. Public health is related to people's health and social stability, and it is difficult and expensive to see a doctor, which is the most strongly reflected by the masses. During the Eleventh Five-Year Plan period, we must firmly grasp these two key links, intensify our work and strive for a breakthrough.
First of all, we must be clear about the purpose of developing health undertakings. The Fifth Plenary Session of the 16th CPC Central Committee pointed out that development is for the people, development depends on the people, and the fruits of development are enjoyed by the people. This is the Party's high generalization of Scientific Outlook on Development. The majority of health workers must consciously put personal interests and industry interests above the people's interests, and cannot harm the people's interests for personal interests; It is necessary to establish awareness of the overall situation, responsibility and service, strive to create a fair medical and health environment, and let the people get safe, convenient, effective and low-cost health services; We must adhere to the purpose of serving people's health, and the fruits of development should benefit all members of society and be enjoyed by the broad masses of the people.
Second, we must make clear the way of health development. In the era of planned economy, we only emphasize the role of the government in the development of health care, ignoring the power of market mechanism, forming a situation in which the government takes all the responsibility and the development of health care is slow. Under the conditions of the socialist market economy system, we should not only adhere to the leading role of the government, increase government input, and assume the responsibility of public health and public medical services; We should also give play to the role of market mechanism, guide and standardize social funds to enter the field of medical services, and expand the supply of medical services under the supervision and management of the government. However, the introduction of market mechanism is not equal to "marketization", and the responsibility of protecting people's health cannot be pushed to the market, let alone "the people advance and the country retreats", forming a "selling hospital style". It is necessary for medical institutions with different sources of investment to play a role in the medical service system and form a situation of complementary resources and orderly competition. Government-owned public medical institutions should concentrate their financial resources, increase investment, change their operating mechanisms, and truly become public welfare institutions that faithfully serve the masses.
Third, we must make clear the way of health development. The development of health undertakings must adapt to the level of China's economic and social development and the affordability of the people. We must not be divorced from China's national conditions, blindly compare with developed countries, and blindly pursue high-tech and luxurious facilities. We must focus on rural areas, give priority to prevention, pay equal attention to Chinese and Western medicine, rely on science and technology education, mobilize the whole society to participate, and establish a relatively perfect medical and health service system that adapts to China's national conditions. Efforts should be made to build resource-saving medical and health services, vigorously tap the potential of existing health resources, give priority to the use of appropriate medical and health technologies with low cost and good effect, improve the efficiency of resource utilization, and prevent acts of exceeding national strength, repeating construction, purchasing and wasting resources, and strive to realize the transformation from extensive scale extension to efficient quality connotation. Strictly restrict public hospitals from using loans to compete for large-scale advanced equipment and build luxury medical places, reduce excessive drug prices and reduce the burden of people's drug expenses. Firmly establish the concept of serving the people and provide safe, effective and cheap health services for the masses.
Fourth, it is necessary to clarify the relying power of health development. It is necessary to give full play to the leading role of the government, mobilize all positive factors and social forces, and constantly develop and expand health undertakings to meet the growing health needs of the people. This depends on the hard work and active dedication of 6 million health workers. The medical and health team in China is generally a high-quality, good-thinking and reliable team. The vast majority of medical staff are sincerely serving the masses, and many advanced model figures have emerged. The current doctor-patient relationship is that there are local disharmonies in basic harmony and small disharmonies in great harmony. We must resolutely investigate and deal with a few acts that harm the interests of the masses. At the same time, we should not exaggerate the individual "black sheep" in the medical and health team and obliterate the good image of the majority of medical staff. Health administrative departments at all levels should pay attention to protecting, guiding and mobilizing the enthusiasm of medical and health workers and maintain their own image with good services. We must rely on the understanding and support of the broad masses of people. Health development must rely on the people, and it is very important to gain the understanding of the masses. While being close to and convenient for the masses, we should strengthen communication with the masses, publicize the achievements of health work, analyze the difficulties faced by health work, explain the objective laws of medical science, respect the people's right to know and choose, enhance understanding and resolve contradictions, so that both doctors and patients can become partners in the fight against diseases.
(5) Deeply understand the important role of innovation in the development of health undertakings, strengthen the construction of health talents and science and education, and continuously deepen the reform of institutional mechanisms. To realize the coordinated and sustainable development of health undertakings, we must rely on the progress of medical technology and the improvement of the quality of health personnel. Conscientiously implement the strategy of rejuvenating medicine through science and education and strengthening medicine through talents, and take enhancing innovation ability as the strategic focus of development and the central link of changing development mode.
First, it is necessary to strengthen the construction of health personnel, strive to build a medical and health team with correct thinking, excellent business, solid style and dedication, and give full play to the key role of talents in medical and health services. Pay attention to training and selecting outstanding talents to work in key positions, so that they can stand out and display their talents. Health departments at all levels should firmly establish the concept that human resources are the first resource, use Scientific Outlook on Development to guide the construction of health talents, conscientiously implement the policy of "respecting labor, knowledge, talents and creativity", firmly grasp the three links of cultivating talents, attracting talents and making good use of talents, and actively develop medical education in various senior high schools. Conscientiously implement the "the State Council's Decision on Vigorously Developing Vocational Education" and earnestly strengthen the construction of health talents. We should not only strive to build a high-level talent team with high technology and cutting-edge skills, but also pay attention to building a talent team that serves the grassroots and masters appropriate medical and health technologies. It is necessary to continuously optimize the allocation of human resources, innovate the management system and working mechanism conducive to talent growth and creativity, and strive to improve the overall quality of the health talent team.
Second, we should actively promote medical research and innovation. Medicine is an important field of high-tech competition today, and many major medical discoveries have greatly promoted economic and social development. At present, China's medical and health innovation ability is not strong, and there is a big gap with developed countries. We should make full use of limited resources, focus on key issues affecting people's health, vigorously carry out basic research and applied research, and strive for a breakthrough. We should pay special attention to public health research, carry out scientific and technological research on AIDS, highly pathogenic avian influenza, SARS, hepatitis B and other major diseases, strive to achieve important results in vaccine research, therapeutic drugs and intervention measures, and make positive contributions to safeguarding people's health and life safety and promoting social stability.
Scientific and technological innovation is inseparable from good international cooperation and exchanges. At present, international cooperation and exchange in the field of health has become an important part of China's foreign exchanges. We should seize the opportunity to carry out extensive and in-depth multilateral and bilateral scientific and technological cooperation, constantly broaden cooperation channels, expand cooperation areas, enrich cooperation contents, improve cooperation quality and enhance the level of health science and technology in China.
Third, we should strengthen the research on health management theories, policies and regulations. Health reform and development can not be separated from forward-looking health policy research, comprehensive, timely and accurate decision-making information and institutionalized legal protection. Some problems in the reform and development of health care are, in the final analysis, due to our lack of in-depth theoretical and practical research on the reform and development of health care, lack of theoretical basis, lack of decision-making information and imperfect legal system construction. China's health reform is in a transitional period, experiencing unprecedented profound changes. The administrative department of health should strengthen the research on major, long-term and strategic issues, be good at translating the research results into policies and measures in time, and enter the legislative process when conditions are ripe to guide the practice of health reform and development. We should learn from the experience and lessons of international health development, improve the theoretical system, promote practical exploration, and strengthen the construction of health management theory and policies and regulations in combination with China's national conditions. Health administrative departments at all levels, especially those at the central, provincial and municipal levels, should enrich the research and work teams, ensure working conditions, promote academic prosperity and application of achievements, strive to improve the level of scientific management and scientific decision-making, and vigorously promote administration according to law.
Fourth, we must persist in deepening reform and enhance the vitality of development. General Secretary Hu Jintao pointed out that reform is a powerful driving force and institutional guarantee to promote economic and social development. Without reform, there would be no great situation of development today. For medical reform, we should adhere to the two-point theory, we should not only see the achievements, but also see the existing problems, not just the trees, but also the forests. It is necessary to put health reform in the overall situation of economic and social development, deeply understand the new challenges and new requirements of profound economic and social changes for health reform, enhance the sense of urgency and responsibility of reform, persist in emancipating the mind, seeking truth from facts, strive to grasp the law and keep innovating.