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This is a '''timeline of [[wikipedia:healthcare in China|healthcare in China]]''', focusing especially on modern science-based medicine healthcare. Major events such as crises, policies and organizations are included.

==Big picture==

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|2500BP-1949||[[wikipedia:Traditional Chinese Medicine|Traditional Chinese Medicine]] prevails in this time which covers most of the [[wikipedia:history of China|history of China]]. [[wikipedia:Chinese herbology|Chinese herbology]], [[wikipedia:acupuncture|acupuncture]], [[wikipedia:dietary therapy|dietary therapy]], [[wikipedia:tai chi|tai chi]], [[wikipedia:tui na|tui na]] and [[wikipedia:qigong|qigong]] thrive.<ref name=TCMNCCIH>Traditional Chinese Medicine, National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health, [http://nccih.nih.gov/health/whatiscam/chinesemed.htm Traditional Chinese Medicine: An Introduction]</ref> Around the 19th century, western-inspired [[wikipedia:evidence-based medicine|evidence-based medicine]] makes its way into the country.
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|1949–1980||With modern medicine already established, after the [[wikipedia:Communist Party of China|Communist Party]] takes over in 1949, healthcare is nationalized. A national "patriotic health campaign" is attempted to address basic health and hygiene education, and basic primary care is dispatched to rural areas through [[wikipedia:barefoot doctors|barefoot doctors]] and other state-sponsored programs. During this period, Infant mortality falls from 200 to 34 per 1000 live births, and life expectancy increases from about 35 to 68 years.<ref>{{cite journal |author1=Winnie Yipa  |author2=William C. Hsiaob  |lastauthoramp=yes |date=25 Feb 2015 |title=What Drove the Cycles of Chinese Health System Reforms |url=http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.4161/23288604.2014.995005 |journal=Health Systems & Reform |volume= 1|issue= |pages= 52–61|doi=10.4161/23288604.2014.995005 |pmc= |pmid= }}</ref>
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|1978–present||Period of economic liberalization. The rural cooperative medical system disintegrates and the barefoot doctors program comes to an end. The increase in the elderly population and their lack of [[wikipedia:health insurance|health insurance]] and pensions will also place enormous pressure on services for their care. All these changes have great impact on the rural health care system, leaving the urban system basically intact, and contribute to the rural-urban disparity in health care. Period of [[wikipedia:one-child policy|one-child policy]].<ref>{{cite journal |author=Shi L |date= |title=Health care in China: a rural-urban comparison after the socioeconomic reforms. |journal= Bull. World Health Organ.|publisher=PubMed |volume= 71|issue= |pages= 723–36|doi= |pmc=2393531 |pmid=8313490 |year=1993}}.</ref>
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==Full timeline==

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|11th Century BC – 771 BC||Organization||In the [[wikipedia:Western Zhou|Western Zhou dynasty]], imperial doctors are divided into four departments: Dietetic (food and beverage hygiene); Diseases (internal medicine); Sores (external medicine); and Veterinary.<ref name=Historical-Timeline-of-Chinese-Medicine>{{cite web|url=http://www.traditionalstudies.org/historical-timeline-of-chinese-medicine/|title=Historical Timeline of Chinese Medicine}}</ref>||
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|770 BCE – AD 221 || Compilation ||Medical researchers compile the written records and oral knowledge of Chinese medicine from the previous ages and write the [[wikipedia:Huangdi Neijing|Yellow Emperor’s Classic of Internal Medicine]]. This book systematizes and consolidates ancient medical experience and theory into one compendium.<ref name=Historical-Timeline-of-Chinese-Medicine/> ||
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|265 AD – 907 AD||Development||During the [[wikipedia:Jin dynasty (265–420)|Jin]] and [[wikipedia:Tang dynasty|Tang]] dynasties, Chinese medicine experiences great development. In the study of the origins of disease, diagnosis, pharmacology, specialization, medical training, and other aspects, great achievements are made.<ref name=Historical-Timeline-of-Chinese-Medicine/>||
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|960 AD – 1368 AD||Development||During the [[wikipedia:Song dynasty|Song]] and [[wikipedia:Yuan dynasty|Yuan]] periods, due to the invention of printing technology and further advances in paper making, large quantities of Chinese medical texts are printed and published. This causes Chinese medicine to spread, giving rise to widespread and deep research.<ref name=Historical-Timeline-of-Chinese-Medicine/>||
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|1700s||Development||The earliest contemporary hospitals begin to appear in China in the form of missionary hospitals run by western churches.<ref name=historical-evolution-of-chinese-healthcare-system-a-brief-overview>{{cite web|url=http://research-methodology.net/historical-evolution-of-chinese-healthcare-system-a-brief-overview/|title=Historical Evolution of Chinese Healthcare System}}</ref>
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|1844||Organization (hospital)||[[wikipedia:Renji Hospital|Renji Hospital]] is founded.<ref>{{cite web|title=About Renji|url=http://www.renji.com/En/History/List_d91d111bf3594974bfad8a577dc6d190|website=renji.com|accessdate=23 December 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Renji Hospital of Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine|url=http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/m/shanghai/lujiazui/2014-11/18/content_18936282.htm|website=chinadaily.com.cn|accessdate=23 December 2016}}</ref>||[[wikipedia:Shanghai|Shanghai]]
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|1876–1879||Crisis||[[wikipedia:Northern Chinese Famine of 1876–79|Northern Chinese Famine]] kills an estimated 13 million people.<ref>{{cite web|title=Epidemic Chinese Famine |url=http://www.faculty.kirkwood.edu/ry/ost/Famine.htm |accessdate=6 December 2012 |deadurl=yes }}</ref> || [[wikipedia:Shaanxi|Shaanxi]], [[wikipedia:Hebei|Hebei]], [[wikipedia:Henan|Henan]], [[wikipedia:Shandong|Shandong]] and [[wikipedia:Jiangsu|Jiangsu]]. 
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|1883||Organization (hospital)||[[wikipedia:Sheng Jing Hospital|Sheng Jing Hospital]] is established.<ref>{{cite web|title=Josai Visits China Medical University|url=http://www.josai.jp/en/news/2011/20111026a_e.html|website=josai.jp|accessdate=21 December 2016}}</ref>||[[wikipedia:Shenyang|Shenyang]]
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|1894||Organization (medical school)||[[wikipedia:Hebei Medical University|Hebei Medical University]] is established.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hebmu.org/|title=Hebei Medical University|author=|date=|accessdate=6 August 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Hebei Medical University|url=http://www.chinaeducenter.com/en/mbbs/hebmu_mbbs.php|website=chinaeducenter.com|accessdate=23 December 2016}}</ref>||[[wikipedia:Shijiazhuang|Shijiazhuang]] 
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|1901||Organization (hospital)||[[wikipedia:Haikou City People's Hospital|Haikou City People's Hospital]] is founded.<ref>{{cite web|title=Haikou City People's Hospital|url=http://www.tophealthclinics.com/clinic/1420536028262520/Haikou+City+People's+Hospital|website=tophealthclinics.com|accessdate=21 December 2016}}</ref>||[[wikipedia:Haikou|Haikou]]
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|1905|| Policy || The central government establishes a Sanitary Department.<ref name=Public-Health-Education-in-India-and-China>{{cite web|title=Public Health Education in India and China|url=http://www.publichealthreviews.eu/upload/pdf_files/9/Bangdiwala.pdf}}</ref>||
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|1907||Organization (hospital)||[[wikipedia:Ruijin Hospital|Ruijin Hospital]] is founded.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rjh.com.cn/chpage/c1352/|title=Ruijin Hospital|author=|date=|accessdate=6 August 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Ruijin Hospital|url=http://www.smartshanghai.com/venue/650/Ruijin_Hospital_shanghai|website=smartshanghai.com|accessdate=23 December 2016}}</ref>||[[wikipedia:Shanghai|Shanghai]]
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|1907||Organization (medical school)||[[wikipedia:Tongji Medical College|Tongji Medical College]] is established.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.who.int/workforcealliance/members_partners/member_list/tmc/en/|title=Tongji Medical College|author=|date=|accessdate=6 August 2016}}</ref>||[[wikipedia:Wuhan|Wuhan]]
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|1908||Organization (medical school)||[[wikipedia:Kung Yee Medical School and Hospital|Kung Yee Medical School and Hospital]] is established.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/pdf/10.2105/AJPH.11.9.807|title=Kung Yee Medical School and Hospital|author=|date=|accessdate=6 August 2016}}</ref>||[[wikipedia:Guangzhou|Guangzhou]] 
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|1912||Organization (medical school)||[[wikipedia:Wenzhou Medical College|Wenzhou Medical College]] is established.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.chinaeducenter.com/en/mbbs/wzmc_mbbs.php|title=Wenzhou Medical College|author=|date=|accessdate=6 August 2016}}</ref>||[[wikipedia:Wenzhou|Wenzhou]]
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|1912||Organization (medical school)||[[wikipedia:Zhejiang University School of Medicine|Zhejiang University School of Medicine]] is established.<ref>{{cite web|title=Zhejiang University School of Medicine|url=http://www.cmm.zju.edu.cn/english/column.php?id=90|website=cmm.zju.edu.cn|accessdate=21 December 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cmm.zju.edu.cn/english/|title=Zhejiang University School of Medicine|author=|date=|accessdate=6 August 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Zhejiang University|url=http://www.chinaeducenter.com/en/mbbs/zju_mbbs.php|website=chinaeducenter.com|accessdate=23 December 2016}}</ref>||[[wikipedia:Hangzhou|Hangzhou]]
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|1912||Organization (medical school)||[[wikipedia:Peking University Health Science Center|Peking University Health Science Center]] is established.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://english.bjmu.edu.cn/administration/aintroduction/index.htm|title=Peking University Health Science Center|author=|date=|accessdate=6 August 2016}}</ref>||[[wikipedia:Beijing|Beijing]]
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|1912||Organization (medical school)||[[wikipedia:Suzhou Medical College|Suzhou Medical College]] is established.<ref>{{cite web|title=Overview - School of Biology & Basic Medical Sciences Soochow|url=http://jysw.suda.edu.cn/en/portal/Info.asp?PID=3D8B3162-B0C2-4F1F-BCF3-DCF441EB8E21|website=suda.edu.cn|accessdate=21 December 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.suda.edu.cn/|title=Suzhou Medical College|author=|date=|accessdate=6 August 2016}}</ref>||[[wikipedia:Suzhou|Suzhou]] 
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|1917||Organization (medical school)||[[wikipedia:Peking Union Medical College|Peking Union Medical College]] is established.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Macy|first1=Josiah|title=Western medicine in a Chinese palace: Peking Union Medical College, 1917-1951|date=1972|publisher=Jr. Foundation|pages=250|url=https://books.google.com.ar/books/about/Western_medicine_in_a_Chinese_palace_Pek.html?id=Dj5rAAAAMAAJ&redir_esc=y|accessdate=21 December 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pumc.edu.cn/|title=Peking Union Medical College|author=|date=|accessdate=6 August 2016}}</ref>||[[wikipedia:Beijing|Beijing]] 
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|1919||Organization (medical school)||[[wikipedia:Shanxi Medical University|Shanxi Medical University]] is established.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.study-in-china.org/SchoolSearch/SearchDetail.asp?ID=480|title=Shanxi Medical University|author=|date=|accessdate=6 August 2016}}</ref>||[[wikipedia:Shanxi|Shanxi]]
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|1921||Organization (medical school)||[[wikipedia:Xiamen University|Xiamen University]] is established.<ref>{{cite web|title=Xiamen University|url=http://www.xmu.edu.cn/en/about/xmu_at_a_glance|website=xmu.edu.cn|accessdate=21 December 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.xmu.edu.cn/|title=Xiamen University|author=|date=|accessdate=6 August 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Xiamen University|url=http://www.topuniversities.com/universities/xiamen-university|website=topuniversities.com|accessdate=23 December 2016}}</ref>||[[wikipedia:Xiamen|Xiamen]]
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|1921||Organization (medical school)||[[wikipedia:Medical College of Nanchang University|Medical College of Nanchang University]] is established.<ref>{{cite web|title=Nanchang University|url=http://www.qmul.ac.uk/international/partnerships/jointprogrammes/nanchang/index.html|website=qmul.ac.uk|accessdate=21 December 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jxmu.edu.cn/|title=Medical College of Nanchang University|author=|date=|accessdate=6 August 2016}}</ref>||[[wikipedia:Nanchang|Nanchang]]
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|1927||Organization (medical school)||[[wikipedia:Fudan University Shanghai Medical College|Fudan University Shanghai Medical College]] is established.<ref>{{cite web|title=Fudan University Shanghai Medical College|url=http://www.besteduchina.com/fudan_university_shanghai_medical_college.html|website=besteduchina.com|accessdate=21 December 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://shmc.fudan.edu.cn/|title=Fudan University Shanghai Medical College|author=|date=|accessdate=6 August 2016}}</ref>||[[wikipedia:Shanghai|Shanghai]]
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|1928–1930||Crisis||[[wikipedia:Chinese famine of 1928–30|Famine]] kills about 3 million people.<ref>''Through Chinese eyes: tradition, revolution, and transformation'' by E. Vernoff and P. J. Seybolt.</ref> || [[wikipedia:Henan|Henan]], [[wikipedia:Shaanxi|Shaanxi]], and [[wikipedia:Gansu|Gansu]] 
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|1930-1939||Development||The [[wikipedia:Rural Reconstruction Movement|Rural Reconstruction Movement]] pioneers village health workers trained in basic health as a part of a coordinated system of rural uplift programs in the areas of health, education, employment etc.<ref name=Chinese-cooperation-in-health-sector>{{cite web|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-131297|title=Chinese cooperation in health sector}}</ref>||
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|1933||Organization (medical school)||[[wikipedia:Kunming Medical University|Kunming Medical University]] is established.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.csc.edu.cn/studyinchina/universitydetailen.aspx?collegeId=57|title=Kunming Medical University|author=|date=|accessdate=6 August 2016}}</ref>||[[wikipedia:Kunming|Kunming]]
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|1934||Organization (medical school)||[[wikipedia:Nanjing Medical University|Nanjing Medical University]] is established.<ref>{{cite web|title=Nanjing Medical University|url=http://english.njmu.edu.cn/p6247c5310/list.htm|website=njmu.edu.cn|accessdate=21 December 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Nanjing Medical University International New Students Scholarship|url=http://www.csc.edu.cn/studyinchina/universityscholarshipdetailen.aspx?collegeId=345&id=471|website=csc.edu.cn|accessdate=23 December 2016}}</ref>||[[wikipedia:Zhenjiang|Zhenjiang]]
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|1935||Organization (hospital)||[[wikipedia:Shanghai Mental Health Center|Shanghai Mental Health Center]] is founded.<ref>{{cite web|title=Shanghai Mental Health Center|url=http://www.sinoaid.cn/hospital-in-shanghai/city-level-hospital/shanghai-mental-health-center.html|website=sinoaid.cn|accessdate=21 December 2016}}</ref>||[[wikipedia:Shanghai|Shanghai]]
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|1937||Organization (medical school)||[[wikipedia:Fujian Medical University|Fujian Medical University]] is founded.<ref>{{cite web|title=Introduction to FJMU|url=http://en.fjmu.edu.cn/s/3/t/2/p/2/c/27/list.htm|website=fjmu.edu.cn|accessdate=21 December 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Fujian Medical University|url=http://www.csc.edu.cn/studyinchina/universitydetailen.aspx?collegeId=34|website=csc.edu.cn|accessdate=23 December 2016}}</ref>||[[wikipedia:Fuzhou|Fuzhou]]
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|1937||Organization (hospital)||[[wikipedia:Shanghai Children's Hospital|Shanghai Children's Hospital]] is founded.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.shchildren.com.cn/shchildren_website/html/shetEnglish/portal/index/index.htm|title=Shanghai Children's Hospital|author=|date=|accessdate=6 August 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=A Two-Way Street to China|url=http://www.uchicagokidshospital.org/about/shanghai/|website=uchicagokidshospital.org|accessdate=23 December 2016}}</ref>||[[wikipedia:Shanghai|Shanghai]]
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|1941||Organization (medical school)||[[wikipedia:Fourth Military Medical University|Fourth Military Medical University]] is established.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://en.fmmu.edu.cn/|title=Fourth Military Medical University|author=|date=|accessdate=6 August 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Fourth Military Medical University (FMMU)|url=https://www.natureindex.com/institution-outputs/china/fourth-military-medical-university-fmmu/513906bb34d6b65e6a000151|website=www.natureindex.com|accessdate=23 December 2016}}</ref>||[[wikipedia:Xi'an|Xi'an]]
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|1942–1943||  Crisis|| [[wikipedia:Chinese famine of 1942–43|Famine]] kills 2 to 3 million people.<ref>Micah S. Muscolino (2011). 'Violence against people and the land: The environment and refugee migration from China's Henan Province, 1938–1945.'  ''Environment and History'' (17), pp. 301–302.</ref>||[[wikipedia:Henan|Henan]]
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|1945||Organization (medical school)||[[wikipedia:Chengde Medical College|Chengde Medical College]] is founded.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://chengdemedicaluniversity.com/|title=Chengde Medical College|author=|date=|accessdate=6 August 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Chengde Medical College|url=http://www.university-directory.eu/China/Chengde-Medical-College.html|website=university-directory.eu|accessdate=23 December 2016}}</ref>||[[wikipedia:Hebei|Hebei]]
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|1946||Organization (medical school)||[[wikipedia:Changzhi Medical College|Changzhi Medical College]] is established.<ref>{{cite web|title=Changzhi Medical College|url=http://epoch-abroad.com/institution/7123.htm|website=epoch-abroad.com|accessdate=21 December 2016}}</ref>||[[wikipedia:Changzhi|Changzhi]]
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|1946||Organization (medical school)||[[wikipedia:Liaoning Medical University|Liaoning Medical University]] is established.<ref>{{cite web|title=Liaoning Medical University|url=https://www.china-admissions.com/liaoning-medical-university/|website=china-admissions.com|accessdate=21 December 2016}}</ref>||[[wikipedia:Jinzhou|Jinzhou]] 
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|1947||Organization (medical school)||[[wikipedia:Chengdu Medical College|Chengdu Medical College]] is established.<ref>{{cite web|title=Chengdu Medical College|url=http://haltenraum.com/article/chengdu-medical-college|website=haltenraum.com|accessdate=21 December 2016}}</ref>||[[wikipedia:Chengdu|Chengdu]]
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|1947||Organization (medical school)||[[wikipedia:Dalian Medical University|Dalian Medical University]] is founded.<ref>{{cite web|title=DLM Highlights|url=http://school.cucas.edu.cn/Dalian-Medical-University-72/|website=cucas.edu.cn|accessdate=21 December 2016}}</ref>||[[wikipedia:Dalian|Dalian]]
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|1949||Background|| Inauguration of the People’s Republic of China. At this time the country has 40,000 doctors to care for a population of nearly 540 million. Despite a low urbanization rate, most physicians are concentrated in cities.<ref name=arthur-daemmrich>{{cite journal |author=Arthur Daemmrich |date= |title=The political economy of healthcare reform in China: negotiating public and private |journal= Springerplus|publisher= |volume= 2|issue= |pages= 448|doi= 10.1186/2193-1801-2-448|pmc=3776089 |pmid= 24052932 |year=2013}}</ref>||
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|1949||Organization (hospital)||[[wikipedia:Tianjin First Central Hospital|Tianjin First Central Hospital]] is founded.<ref>{{cite web|title=Tianjin First Center Hospital|url=http://www.tj-fch.com/en/index.html|website=tj-fch.com|accessdate=21 December 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Investigative Report: A Hospital Built for Murder|url=http://www.theepochtimes.com/n3/1958171-china-hospital-built-for-murder/full/|website=theepochtimes.com|accessdate=23 December 2016}}</ref>||[[wikipedia:Tianjin|Tianjin]] 
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|1950-1959||Campaign|| Period of the [[wikipedia:Patriotic Health Campaign|Patriotic Health Campaign]]s.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://heapro.oxfordjournals.org/content/15/3/269.full|title=Critical health literacy: a case study from China in schistosomiasis control}}</ref>||
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|1951||Organization (pharmaceutical company)||[[wikipedia:Guangzhou Pharmaceuticals|Guangzhou Pharmaceuticals]] is founded as a pharmaceutical wholesaling and distribution company.<ref>{{cite web|title=Company Overview of Guangzhou Pharmaceuticals Corporation|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=5547738|website=bloomberg.com|accessdate=22 December 2016}}</ref>||[[wikipedia:Guangzhou|Guangzhou]]
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|1951||Organization (medical school)||[[wikipedia:Tianjin Medical University|Tianjin Medical University]] is established. It is the first medical institution approved by the [[wikipedia:State Council of the People's Republic of China|State Council of the People's Republic of China]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Tianjin Medical University|url=http://www.tijmu.edu.cn/s/2/t/250/p/3/c/1080/list.htm|website=tijmu.edu.cn|accessdate=22 December 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Tianjin Medical University|url=https://www.healthsciencessc.org/organization/tianjin-medical-university/90|website=healthsciencessc.org|accessdate=23 December 2016}}</ref>||[[wikipedia:Tianjin|Tianjin]] 
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|1951||Organization (medical school)||[[wikipedia:Southwest Medical University|Southwest Medical University]] is established.<ref>{{cite web|title=Luzhou Medical College (Southwest Medical University)|url=http://school.sicas.cn/Luzhou-Medical-College-(Southwest-Medical-University)-488|website=sicas.cn|accessdate=23 December 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Southwest University|url=http://www.csc.edu.cn/studyinchina/universitydetailen.aspx?collegeId=58|website=csc.edu.cn|accessdate=23 December 2016}}</ref>||[[wikipedia:luzhou|luzhou]]
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|1951||Organization (hospital)||[[wikipedia:Women's Hospital, Zhejiang University|Women's Hospital, Zhejiang University]] is founded.<ref>{{cite web|title=Women's Hospital, Zhejiang University|url=https://www.morebooks.de/store/gb/book/women-s-hospital,-zhejiang-university/isbn/978-613-2-93737-7|website=morebooks.de|accessdate=23 December 2016}}</ref>||
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|1951||Organization (medical school)||[[wikipedia:Weifang Medical University|Weifang Medical University]] is established.<ref>{{cite web|title=Weifang Medical University|url=http://mbbs.cucas.edu.cn/HomePage/Univ_30.shtml|website=cucas.edu.cn|accessdate=22 December 2016}}</ref>||[[wikipedia:Weifang|Weifang]]
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|1951||Organization (medical school)||[[wikipedia:Southern Medical University|Southern Medical University]] is established.<ref>{{cite web|title=Southern Medical University|url=http://portal.smu.edu.cn/en/AS/History/2015-10-26/65229.html|website=smu.edu.cn|accessdate=22 December 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=STMU Highlights|url=http://school.cucas.edu.cn/Southern-Medical-University-273/|website=school.cucas.edu.|accessdate=23 December 2016}}</ref>||[[wikipedia:Guangzhou|Guangzhou]]
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|1951||Organization (medical school)||[[wikipedia:Sichuan Medical University|Sichuan Medical University]] is established.<ref>{{cite web|title=North Sichuan Medical University MBBS Program|url=http://www.chinaeducenter.com/en/mbbs/nsmc_mbbs.php|website=chinaeducenter.com|accessdate=23 December 2016}}</ref>||[[wikipedia:Luzhou|Luzhou]]
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|1951||Organization (medical school)||[[wikipedia:North Sichuan Medical University|North Sichuan Medical University]] is established.<ref>{{cite web|title=川北医学院历史沿革|url=http://www.nsmc.edu.cn/zh/summary/history/|website=nsmc.edu.cn|accessdate=22 December 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=North Sichuan Medical University|url=http://www.chinaeducenter.com/en/mbbs/nsmc_mbbs.php|website=chinaeducenter.com|accessdate=23 December 2016}}</ref>||[[wikipedia:Nanchong|Nanchong]]
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|1953||Organization (pharmaceutical company)||[[wikipedia:North China Pharmaceutical Group Corp|North China Pharmaceutical Group Corp]] is founded.<ref>{{cite book|title=China Medical and Pharmaceutical Industry Handbook Volume.1 Strategic ...|publisher=IBP USA|url=https://books.google.com.ar/books?id=qWXwqFqs-BUC&pg=PA178&lpg=PA178&dq=%221953%22+%22North+China+Pharmaceutical+Group+Corp%22&source=bl&ots=3RiwgtRP6L&sig=4f29uM5n03xSNmgYd6VuGIg1ds8&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi74KD-1IbRAhVFC5AKHdCyDrIQ6AEIQDAH#v=onepage&q=%221953%22%20%22North%20China%20Pharmaceutical%20Group%20Corp%22&f=false|accessdate=22 December 2016}}</ref>||
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|1954 || Organization ||The [[wikipedia:Ministry of Health of the People's Republic of China|Ministry of Health of the People's Republic of China]] (MOH) is established.<ref>{{cite web|title=中華人民共和國國家衛生和計劃生育委員會|url=http://law.chinalawinfo.com/fulltext_form.aspx?Gid=1090524279&Db=introduction&EncodingName=big5|website=chinalawinfo.com|accessdate=22 December 2016}}</ref>||
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|1956||Organization (medical school)||[[wikipedia:Xinjiang Medical University|Xinjiang Medical University]] is established.<ref>{{cite web|title=Xinjiang Medical University|url=http://www.universityscholarship4china.com/xinjiang-medical-university-c-260_372.html|website=universityscholarship4china.com|accessdate=22 December 2016}}</ref>||[[wikipedia:Xinjiang|Xinjiang]]
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|1956||Organization (medical school)||[[wikipedia:Beijing University of Chinese Medicine|Beijing University of Chinese Medicine]] is founded.<ref>{{cite book|title=北京中医药大学校志: 1956年-1992年|date=2002|publisher=学苑出版社|isbn=7800601943|pages=740|url=https://books.google.com.ar/books/about/%E5%8C%97%E4%BA%AC%E4%B8%AD%E5%8C%BB%E8%8D%AF%E5%A4%A7%E5%AD%A6%E6%A0%A1%E5%BF%97.html?id=GsIjQwAACAAJ&redir_esc=y|accessdate=22 December 2016}}</ref>||[[wikipedia:Beijing|Beijing]]
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|1956||Organization (medical school)||[[wikipedia:Chongqing Medical University|Chongqing Medical University]] is founded.<ref>{{cite web|title=About Chongqing|url=http://english.cqmu.edu.cn/s/64/t/292/p/1/c/3949/d/3953/list.htm|website=cqmu.edu.cn|accessdate=22 December 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=CQMU Highlights|url=http://school.cucas.edu.cn/Chongqing-Medical-University-211/|website=school.cucas.edu.cn|accessdate=23 December 2016}}</ref>||[[wikipedia:Chongqing|Chongqing]]
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|1956||Crisis||An outbreak of the [[wikipedia:Influenza A virus subtype H2N2|Influenza A virus subtype H2N2]] occurs.<ref>Goldsmith, Connie. [2007] (2007) Influenza: The Next Pandemic?  21st century publishing.  ISBN 0-7613-9457-5</ref>||[[wikipedia:Guizhou|Guizhou]]
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|1957||Organization (hospital)||[[wikipedia:Shanghai Chest Hospital|Shanghai Chest Hospital]] is founded.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.shmtppp.com/hospitals/chest/|title=Shanghai Chest Hospital|author=|date=|accessdate=6 August 2016}}</ref>||[[wikipedia:Shanghai|Shanghai]]
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|1957||Report||There are over 200,000 village doctors across the nation, enabling farmers to receive basic health care at home and work every day.<ref name=barefoot-doctors>{{cite web|url=http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/86/12/08-021208/en/|title=China’s village doctors take great strides}}</ref>|| 
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|1958||Organization (medical school)||[[wikipedia:Bengbu Medical College|Bengbu Medical College]] is founded.<ref>{{cite web|title=蚌埠医学院|url=http://edu.people.com.cn/GB/82947/91673/92022/|website=people.com.cn|accessdate=22 December 2016}}</ref>||[[wikipedia:Bengbu|Bengbu]]
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|1958||Organization (medical school)||[[wikipedia:Ningxia Medical University|Ningxia Medical University]] is founded.<ref>{{cite web|title=Ningxia Medical University|url=http://www.ningxiamedical.com/History.htm|website=ningxiamedical.com|accessdate=22 December 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.csc.edu.cn/studyinchina/universitydetailen.aspx?collegeId=295|website=www.csc.edu.cn|accessdate=23 December 2016}}</ref>||[[wikipedia:Yinchuan|Yinchuan]]
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|1958||Organization (medical school)||[[wikipedia:Wannan Medical College|Wannan Medical College]] is established.<ref>{{cite web|title=Wannan Medical College|url=http://www.4icu.org/reviews/12658.htm|website=4icu.org|accessdate=22 December 2016}}</ref>||[[wikipedia:Wuhu|Wuhu]]
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|1958||Campaign ||The [[wikipedia:Four Pests Campaign|Four Pests Campaign]] is initiated by [[wikipedia:Mao Zedong|Mao Zedong]], who identifies the need to exterminate mosquitoes, flies, rats, and sparrows.<ref>{{cite book|last=Shapiro|first=Judith Rae|year=2001|title= Mao's War Against Nature: Politics and the Environment in Revolutionary China|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn= 0-521-78680-0}}</ref>||
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|1958||Organization (hospital)||[[wikipedia:Xinhua Hospital|Xinhua Hospital]] is founded.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.xinhuamed.com.cn/|title=Xinhua Hospital|author=|date=|accessdate=6 August 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Xinhua Hospital Affiliated to School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University|url=http://www.chinaorganharvest.org/hospitals/xinhua-hospital-affiliated-to-school-of-medicine-shanghai-jiao-tong-university/|website=chinaorganharvest.org|accessdate=23 December 2016}}</ref>||[[wikipedia:Shanghai|Shanghai]]
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|1958–1959||Campaign||  The massive [[wikipedia:Great Leap Forward|Great Leap Forward]] campaign is set to rapidly transform China into a modern communist society.<ref name=Public-Health-Education-in-India-and-China/>||
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|1959–1961||Crisis|| The [[wikipedia:Great Chinese Famine|Great Chinese Famine]] leads to from about 15 million excess deaths (government statistics) to 30 million (scholarly estimates)<ref>Holmes, Leslie. ''Communism: A Very Short Introduction'' ([[wikipedia:Oxford University Press|Oxford University Press]] 2009). ISBN 978-0-19-955154-5. p. 32 "Most estimates of the number of Chinese dead are in the range of 15 to 30 million."</ref> It is widely considered to be the direct consequence of the Great Leap Forward. ||
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|1960||Organization (medical school)||[[wikipedia:Capital University of Medical Sciences|Capital University of Medical Sciences]] is founded.<ref>{{cite web|title=学校简介|url=http://15.myuall.com/|website=myuall.com|accessdate=22 December 2016}}</ref>||[[wikipedia:Beijing|Beijing]]
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|1965|| ||[[wikipedia:Mao Zedong|Mao Zedong]]'s speech on [[wikipedia:health care|health care]] mentions the concept of "[[wikipedia:barefoot doctor|barefoot doctor]]".<ref name=Chinese-cooperation-in-health-sector/>||
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|1965||Organization (medical school)||[[wikipedia:Hubei University of Medicine|Hubei University of Medicine]] is established.<ref>{{cite web|title=湖北医学院|url=http://www.chinashuijing.com/lunwen5rmW5YyX5Yy75a2m6Zmi.html|website=chinashuijing.com|accessdate=22 December 2016}}</ref>||[[wikipedia:Shiyan|Shiyan]]
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|1967||Campaign||The [[wikipedia:Project 523|Project 523]] is launched with the purpose of finding new drugs for [[wikipedia:malaria|malaria]], a disease claiming many lives at the time. More than 500 Chinese scientists recruited. [[wikipedia:Artemisinin|Artemisinin]] is discovered.  Officially terminated in 1981.<ref name="wei">{{cite journal |last = Weiyuan |first = C |title = Ancient Chinese anti-fever cure becomes panacea for malaria |journal = Bulletin of the World Health Organization |year = 2009 |volume = 87 |issue = 10 |pages = 743–744 |doi = 10.2471/BLT.09.051009 |pmid = 19876540 |pmc = 2755319}}</ref> ||
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|1968||Policy|| The [[wikipedia:barefoot doctors|barefoot doctors]] (farmers who receive minimal basic medical and paramedical training) program becomes integrated into national policy. In areas lacking medicine or urban-trained doctors, village doctors can go through short-term training – three months, six months, a year – before returning to their villages to farm and practise medicine.<ref name=barefoot-doctors/><ref name="zhang">{{cite journal
| doi=10.1016/S0140-6736(08)61355-0
| last=Zhang
| first=Daqing
|author2=Paul U. Unschuld
| title=China's barefoot doctor: Past, present, and future
| journal=The Lancet
| volume=372
| issue=9653
| pages=1865–1867
| year=2008
| pmid=18930539}}
</ref>||
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|1970||Organization (medical school)||[[wikipedia:Binzhou Medical College|Binzhou Medical College]] is established.<ref>{{cite web|title=BINZHOU MEDICAL UNIVERSITY (MBBS)|url=http://studyabroad.page4.me/102.html|website=studyabroad.page4.me|accessdate=22 December 2016}}</ref>||[[wikipedia:Binzhou|Binzhou]] 
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|1971||Organization (pharmaceutical company)||[[wikipedia:Yangtze River Pharmaceutical Group|Yangtze River Pharmaceutical Group]] is founded.<ref>{{cite web|title=Company Overview of Jiangsu Yangtze River Pharmaceutical Group Company Ltd.|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=40239651|website=bloomberg.com|accessdate=23 December 2016}}</ref>||[[wikipedia:Taizhou, Jiangsu|Taizhou]]
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|1976 ||Background||[[wikipedia:Mao Zedong|Mao Zedong]] dies.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.biography.com/people/mao-tse-tung-9398142|title=Mao biography}}</ref> || 
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|1978||Background||The [[wikipedia:Communist Party of China|Communist]] [[wikipedia:Deng Xiaoping|Deng Xiaoping]] becomes [[wikipedia:paramount leader|paramount leader]] of China, giving birth to a new era of reforms.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.biography.com/people/deng-xiaoping-9271644|title=Deng Xiaoping}}</ref>||
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|1979||Organization (medical school)||[[wikipedia:Clinical Medicine College of Hangzhou Normal University|Clinical Medicine College of Hangzhou Normal University]] is founded.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.biei.edu.cn/e_hzdx.asp|title=Clinical Medicine College of Hangzhou Normal University|author=|date=|accessdate=6 August 2016}}</ref>||[[wikipedia:Hangzhou|Hangzhou]]
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|1980||Policy ||[[wikipedia:One-child policy|One-child policy]] is introduced as a part of the family planning policy.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.china.org.cn/e-white/familypanning/|title=Family Planning in China}}</ref> ||
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|1980–1989|| Study || The [[wikipedia:China–Cornell–Oxford Project|China–Cornell–Oxford Project]] is  conducted to examine the diets, lifestyle, and disease characteristics of 6,500 people.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20090223222003/http://www.nutrition.cornell.edu/ChinaProject/ "China-Cornell-Oxford Project"], Cornell University.
*[http://www.ctsu.ox.ac.uk/~china/monograph/ "Geographic study of mortality, biochemistry, diet and lifestyle in rural China"], Clinical Trial Service Unit & Epidemiological Studies Unit, University of Oxford, accessed February 3, 2011.</ref> || 65 rural counties
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|1981||Organization||The [[wikipedia:National Family Planning Commission|National Family Planning Commission]] is formed. Dissolved in 2003.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Hemminki|first1=Elina|last2=Cao|first2=Guiying|last3=Viisainen|first3=Kirsi|last4=Wu|first4=Zhuochun|title=Illegal births and legal abortions – the case of China|doi=10.1186/1742-4755-2-5|url=https://reproductive-health-journal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/1742-4755-2-5|accessdate=23 December 2016|volume=2|journal=Reproductive Health|pages=5|pmid=16095526|pmc=1215519|year=2005}}</ref>||
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|1984|| Reform||The government starts to implement free-market reforms. Free medical care is abolished.<ref name=what-china-can-teach-the-world-about-successful-health-care/>||
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|1985|| Policy || The Ministry of Health officially cancels the title of barefoot doctor.<ref name=Public-Health-Education-in-India-and-China/> Those able to pass qualifying examinations are now termed “rural doctors”, while others are re-categorized as health workers or medical aides.<ref name=arthur-daemmrich/> ||
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|1985||Organization||[[wikipedia:China’s State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine|China’s State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine]] (SATCM) is established.<ref>{{cite journal |author=Qihe XuEmail, Rudolf Bauer, Bruce M Hendry, Tai-Ping Fan, Zhongzhen Zhao, Pierre Duez, Monique SJ Simmonds, Claudia M Witt, Aiping Lu, Nicola Robinson, De-an Guo and Peter J Hylands |date=13 June 2013 |title=The quest for modernisation of traditional Chinese medicine |url=http://bmccomplementalternmed.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/1472-6882-13-132 |journal= BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine|publisher=BioMed Central  |volume= 13|issue= |pages= 132|doi= 10.1186/1472-6882-13-132 |pmc= 3689083|pmid= 23763836}}</ref> || 
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|1989||Project||The [[wikipedia:China Health and Nutrition Survey|China Health and Nutrition Survey]] is started.<ref>{{cite journal |vauthors=Zhang B, Zhai FY, Du SF, Popkin BM |date= |title=The China Health and Nutrition Survey, 1989-2011 |journal= Obes Rev|publisher=PubMed |volume= 15 Suppl 1|issue= |pages= 2–7|doi= 10.1111/obr.12119|pmc=3869031 |pmid=24341753 |year=2014}}</ref>||
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|1989||Organization (pharmaceutical company)||[[wikipedia:CSPC Zhongrun|CSPC Zhongrun]] is founded as a pharmaceutical manufacturer.<ref>{{cite web|title=Company background of CSPC Hebei Zhongrun Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.|url=http://www.cnchemicals.com/Product/ContentByte/t/16572-company_background_of_cspc_hebei_zhongrun_pharmaceutical_co_ltd.html|website=cnchemicals.com|accessdate=23 December 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Hebei Zhongrun Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd (CSPC Zhongrun) - See more at: http://www.companiess.com/hebei_zhongrun_pharmaceutical_co_ltd_cspc_zhongrun_info1808943.html#sthash.TWbRSfN9.dpuf|url=http://www.companiess.com/hebei_zhongrun_pharmaceutical_co_ltd_cspc_zhongrun_info1808943.html|website=companiess.com|accessdate=23 December 2016}}</ref>||
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|1989||Organization (medical school)||[[wikipedia:Changsha Medical University|Changsha Medical University]] is founded.<ref>{{cite web|title=CHANGSHA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY|url=http://www.admissions.cn/csmu/|website=admissions.cn|accessdate=23 December 2016}}</ref>||[[wikipedia:Changsha|Changsha]]
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|1993||Organization (pharmaceutical company)||[[wikipedia:Jilin Aodong Medicine|Jilin Aodong Medicine]] is established as a state-owned enterprise that manufactures patent drugs and pharmaceutical packaging products.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Porter|first1=Valerie|last2=Alderson|first2=Lawrence|last3=Hall|first3=Stephen J.G.|last4=Sponenberg|first4=D. Phillip|title=Mason's World Encyclopedia of Livestock Breeds and Breeding, 2 Volume Pack|url=https://books.google.com.ar/books?id=2UEJDAAAQBAJ&pg=PA1011&lpg=PA1011&dq=%221993%22+%22Jilin+Aodong+Medicine%22&source=bl&ots=8_8-MtxnD1&sig=EeBuKGJxatQeTZEBfNbpmthUvoQ&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjdqLHKo4nRAhWHHpAKHdleAPoQ6AEINTAG#v=onepage&q=%221993%22%20%22Jilin%20Aodong%20Medicine%22&f=false|accessdate=23 December 2016}}</ref>||[[wikipedia:Dunhua|Dunhua]]
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|1994||Organization (pharmaceutical company)||[[wikipedia:Tasly|Tasly]] is founded. Notably producer of traditional Chinese medicines.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tasly.com/en_web/about_tasly.aspx|title=Tasly|author=|date=|accessdate=7 August 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Tasly Pharmaceutical Group Co Ltd|url=http://www.reuters.com/finance/stocks/overview?symbol=600535.SS|website=reuters.com|accessdate=23 December 2016}}</ref>||[[wikipedia:Tianjin|Tianjin]]
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|1995||Organization (pharmaceutical company)||[[wikipedia:Tiens Group|Tiens Group]] is founded.<ref>{{cite web|title=Company Overview of Tiens Group Co., Ltd.|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=46986759|website=bloomberg.com|accessdate=23 December 2016}}</ref>||[[wikipedia:Tianjin|Tianjin]]
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|1995||Organization (Healthcare provider)||[[wikipedia:Shenzhen Goldway Industrial|Shenzhen Goldway Industrial]] is founded as a manufacturer of medical devices.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/Research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapid=29474992|title=Shenzhen Goldway Industrial|author=|date=|accessdate=7 August 2016}}</ref>||[[wikipedia:Shenzhen|Shenzhen]]
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|1995||Organization (pharmaceutical company)||[[wikipedia:China Nepstar|China Nepstar]] is founded as a drugstore chain.<ref>{{cite web|title=About Us|url=http://www.nepstar.cn/eng/about_1.asp|website=nepstar.cn|accessdate=23 December 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=China Nepstar Chain Drugstore Ltd|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/quote/NPD:US|website=bloomberg.com|accessdate=23 December 2016}}</ref>||[[wikipedia:Shenzhen|Shenzhen]]  
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|1997||Background|| [[wikipedia:Deng Xiaoping|Deng Xiaoping]] dies.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.biography.com/people/deng-xiaoping-9271644|title=Deng Xiaoping biography}}</ref>||
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|1998|| Policy ||Health insurance becomes available for working urban residents through the [[wikipedia:Urban Employee Basic Medical Insurance (UEBMI)|Urban Employee Basic Medical Insurance (UEBMI)]] program, which covers employees in private and state-owned enterprises, government, social organizations, and non-profits.<ref name=arthur-daemmrich/>||
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|1998||Organization (hospital)||[[wikipedia:Shanghai Children's Medical Center|Shanghai Children's Medical Center]] is founded.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://english.shsmu.edu.cn/default.php?mod=article&do=detail&tid=1009147|title=Shanghai Children's Medical Center|author=|date=|accessdate=6 August 2016}}</ref>||[[wikipedia:Shanghai|Shanghai]]
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|1999||Organization (pharmaceutical company)||[[wikipedia:Haifu|Haifu]] is established as a manufacturer of non-invasive ultrasound therapeutic systems for tumors.<ref>{{cite web|title=About Haifu|url=http://www.haifumedical.com/About%20Haifu/About%20us/|website=haifumedical.com|accessdate=23 December 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Chongqing Haifu expands international market|url=http://www.thechinatimes.com/online/2012/11/5566.html|website=thechinatimes.com|accessdate=23 December 2016}}</ref>||[[wikipedia:Chongqing|Chongqing]] 
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|2000||Organization (pharmaceutical company)||[[wikipedia:Guizhentang Pharmaceutical company|Guizhentang Pharmaceutical company]] is founded as a company that profits from extracting [[wikipedia:bile|bile]] out of [[wikipedia:Bile bear|Bile bear]]s to make traditional Chinese medicine.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Ricard|first1=Matthieu|title=A Plea for the Animals: The Moral, Philosophical, and Evolutionary ...|url=https://books.google.com.ar/books?id=bTLuDAAAQBAJ&pg=PA189&lpg=PA189&dq=%222000%22+%22Guizhentang+Pharmaceutical+company%22&source=bl&ots=9Qo8QCfXnT&sig=vtnfMau1hKGqeNVClleLR-L9oOs&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiNjsWZp4nRAhWGIZAKHbfRAHkQ6AEIPTAG#v=onepage&q=%222000%22%20%22Guizhentang%20Pharmaceutical%20company%22&f=false|accessdate=23 December 2016}}</ref>||[[wikipedia:Quanzhou|Quanzhou]]
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|2000||Organization (pharmaceutical company)||[[wikipedia:WuXi PharmaTech|WuXi PharmaTech]] is founded.<ref>{{cite web|title=About Us|url=http://www.wuxiapptec.com/about_us.html|website=wuxiapptec.com|accessdate=23 December 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Company Overview of WuXi PharmaTech (Cayman) Inc.|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=8285067|website=bloomberg.com|accessdate=23 December 2016}}</ref>||[[wikipedia:Shanghai|Shanghai]]
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|2000||Organization (healthcare provider)||[[wikipedia:Zhuhai Fornia Medical Device Company|Zhuhai Fornia Medical Device Company]] is founded as a Chinese-American [[wikipedia:joint venture|joint venture]] that manufactures medical devices.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rfornia.com/zh-CN/index.html|title=Zhuhai Fornia Medical Device Company|author=|date=|accessdate=7 August 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=ZHUHAI FORNIA MEDICAL DEVICE COMPANY|url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/topic/Zhuhai-Fornia-Medical-Device-Company|website=economictimes.indiatimes.com|accessdate=23 December 2016}}</ref>||[[wikipedia:Zhuhai|Zhuhai]]
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|2000||Organization (pharmaceutical company)||[[wikipedia:Sinovac Biotech|Sinovac Biotech]] is founded as a manufacturer of vaccines against human infectious diseases.<ref>{{cite web|title=About Sinovac|url=http://www.sinovac.com/?optionid=452|website=sinovac.com|accessdate=23 December 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Sinovac Biotech Ltd.|url=https://scrip.pharmamedtechbi.com/companies/200400309|website=scrip.pharmamedtechbi.com|accessdate=23 December 2016}}</ref>||[[wikipedia:Beijing|Beijing]]
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|2002|| Policy || The system of [[wikipedia:Centers for Disease Control|Centers for Disease Control]] (CDC) is established by the [[wikipedia:Chinese Academy of Preventive Medicine|Chinese Academy of Preventive Medicine]], creating a nationwide infrastructure for disease control and prevention.<ref name=Public-Health-Education-in-India-and-China/> ||
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|2002–2003||Crisis||The [[wikipedia:Severe acute respiratory syndrome|Severe acute respiratory syndrome]] (SARS) epidemic outbreaks in China.<ref>{{cite journal|year=2006|title=Responding to global infectious disease outbreaks, Lessons from SARS on the role of risk perception, communication and management|journal=[[wikipedia:Social Science and Medicine|Social Science and Medicine]]|volume=63|issue=12|pages=3113–3123|doi=10.1016/j.socscimed.2006.08.004|pmid=16978751|author=Smith, R. D.}}</ref>||[[wikipedia:Guangdong|Guangdong]] Province
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|2003||Organization (pharmaceutical company)||[[wikipedia:China National Pharmaceutical Group|China National Pharmaceutical Group]] is founded. It is the largest pharmaceutical company in China.<ref>{{cite web|title=Company Overview of China National Pharmaceutical Group Corporation|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=22516491|website=bloomberg.com|accessdate=23 December 2016}}</ref>||[[wikipedia:Beijing|Beijing]]
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|2003||Organization (pharmaceutical company)||[[wikipedia:Nanjing Ange Pharmaceutical|Nanjing Ange Pharmaceutical]] is founded as a drug manufacturer.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.worldofchemicals.com/company/nanjing-ange-pharmaceutical-co-ltd/7207.html|title=Nanjing Ange Pharmaceutical|author=|date=|accessdate=7 August 2016}}</ref>||[[wikipedia:Nanjing|Nanjing]]
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|2003|| Organization || The [[wikipedia:National Population and Family Planning Commission|National Population and Family Planning Commission]] (NPFPC) supersedes the [[wikipedia:National Family Planning Commission|National Family Planning Commission]]. Dissolved in 2013.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.chinapop.gov.cn/|title=National Population and Family Planning Commission}}</ref>||
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|2005||Organization (hospital)||[[wikipedia:Beijing New Century International Hospital for Children|Beijing New Century International Hospital for Children]] is founded.<ref>{{cite web|title=Beijing Childrens Hospital|url=https://www.omicsonline.org/universities/Beijing_Childrens_Hospital/|website=omicsonline.org|accessdate=23 December 2016}}</ref>||[[wikipedia:Beijing|Beijing]] 
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|2007||Organization||[[wikipedia:Zhejiang Xinhua Compassion Education Foundation|Zhejiang Xinhua Compassion Education Foundation]] is founded as an [[wikipedia:Non-governmental organization|NGO]] to address malnourished children in rural China.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.chinacsrmap.org/Org_Show_EN.asp?ID=1478|title=Zhejiang Xinhua Compassion Education Foundation}}</ref> ||
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|2007||Execution|| [[wikipedia:Zheng Xiaoyu|Zheng Xiaoyu]], the former head of the [[wikipedia:China Food and Drug Administration|State Food and Drug Administration]], is executed for corruption.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/07/09/AR2007070900689_pf.html|title=China Ex-Food and Drug Chief Executed}}</ref>||
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|2008||Crisis||	[[wikipedia:2008 Chinese milk scandal|Chinese milk scandal]]: It involves milk and [[wikipedia:infant formula|infant formula]] along with other food materials and components being adulterated with [[wikipedia:melamine|melamine]]. An estimated 300,000 victims reported.<ref>{{cite news|url= https://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/dec/02/china|location=London|work=The Guardian| first=Tania|last=Branigan|title=Chinese figures show fivefold rise in babies sick from contaminated milk|date=2 December 2008|accessdate=2 April 2010|archiveurl=//web.archive.org/web/20081205093042/http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/dec/02/china|archivedate=5 December 2008}}</ref> Six infants die from [[wikipedia:kidney stone|kidney stone]]s and other [[wikipedia:renal failure|kidney damage]] with an estimated 54,000 babies being hospitalized.<ref name="sick">{{cite news|author=Scott McDonald|url= http://www.nbcnews.com/id/26827110/|title=Nearly 53,000 Chinese children sick from milk|agency=Associated Press|publisher=Google|date=22 September 2008|archiveurl=//web.archive.org/web/20140210003653/http://www.nbcnews.com/id/26827110/|archivedate=10 February 2014}}</ref><ref name="sick2">{{cite news|author=Jane Macartney|url= http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article4800458.ece|title=China baby milk scandal spreads as sick toll rises to 13,000|work=The Times|location=London|date=22 September 2008|accessdate=2 April 2010}}</ref>||
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|2010||Study|| The [[wikipedia:Chinese Family Panel Studies|Chinese Family Panel Studies]] (CFPS) is launched in 2010 by the Institute of Social Science Survey (ISSS) of [[wikipedia:Peking University|Peking University]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.src.isr.umich.edu/international/china-family-panel-studies/|title=China Family Panel Studies}}</ref>|| 
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|2011||Study|| The [[wikipedia:The Chinese Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study|The Chinese Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study]] (CHARLS) is conducted in order to examine health and economic adjustments to rapid ageing of the population in China.<ref>{{cite journal |vauthors=Zhao Y, Hu Y, Smith JP, Strauss J, Yang G |date= |title=Cohort profile: the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS). |journal= Int J Epidemiol|publisher=PubMed  |volume= 43|issue= |pages= 61–8|doi= 10.1093/ije/dys203|pmc=3937970|pmid=23243115 |year=2014}}</ref> ||
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|2011||Report||Medical and healthcare institutions around the country number 954,000, licensed doctors (assistants) reach 2,466,000, or 1.8 per thousand people, registered nurses total 2,244,000, or 1.7 per thousand people, hospital beds reach 5,160,000, or 3.8 per thousand people.<ref name=china-embassy>{{cite web|url=http://www.china-embassy.org/eng/zt/bps/t1001641.htm|title=Medical and Health Services in China}}</ref>||
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|2012||Achievement|| Health insurance reaches 95 percent of the Chinese population.<ref name=what-china-can-teach-the-world-about-successful-health-care>{{cite web|url=http://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2015/04/03/397158218/what-china-can-teach-the-world-about-successful-health-care|title=What China Can Teach The World About Successful Health Care}}</ref> ||
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|2013||Organization||The [[wikipedia:National Health and Family Planning Commission|National Health and Family Planning Commission of the People's Republic of China (NHFPC)]] supersedes the [[wikipedia:National Population and Family Planning Commission|NPFPC]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nhfpc.gov.cn/|title=NHFPC}}</ref> || {{w|Beijing}} 
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|2015 || Policy|| The Chinese news agency [[wikipedia:Xinhua|Xinhua]] announces plans of the government to abolish the one-child policy, now allowing all families to have two children.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-34665539|title=China to end one-child policy and allow two}}</ref>||
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| 2019 || Crisis || The first known case of {{w|COVID-19}} is identified in {{w|Wuhan}} in December 2019.<ref name="WSJ-20210226">{{cite news | vauthors = Page J, Hinshaw D, McKay B |title=In Hunt for Covid-19 Origin, Patient Zero Points to Second Wuhan Market – The man with the first confirmed infection of the new coronavirus told the WHO team that his parents had shopped there |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/in-hunt-for-covid-19-origin-patient-zero-points-to-second-wuhan-market-11614335404 |date=26 February 2021 |work=[[The Wall Street Journal]] |access-date=27 February 2021 }}</ref> The disease would since spread worldwide, leading to the {{w|COVID-19 pandemic}}.<ref name="NYT-20210226">{{cite news | vauthors = Zimmer C |author-link=Carl Zimmer |title=The Secret Life of a Coronavirus – An oily, 100-nanometer-wide bubble of genes has killed more than two million people and reshaped the world. Scientists don't quite know what to make of it. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/26/opinion/sunday/coronavirus-alive-dead.html |date=26 February 2021 |access-date=21 June 2021}}</ref> || {{w|Wuhan}}
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== Numerical and visual data  ==

=== Mentions on Google Scholar ===

The following table summarizes per-year mentions on Google Scholar as of May 31, 2021.

{| class="sortable wikitable"
! Year
! healthcare in China
! universal healthcare in China
! private healthcare in China
! healthcare in china access
! traditional chinese medicine
|-
| 1980 || 89 || 32 || 40 || 47 || 1,820
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| 1985 || 91 || 15 || 36 || 51 || 3,430
|-
| 1990 || 250 || 55 || 117 || 136 || 6,620
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| 1995 || 1,050 || 194 || 325 || 486 || 14,200
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| 2000 || 3,350 || 780 || 1,370 || 2,160 || 32,900
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| 2002 || 5,780 || 1,310 || 2,520 || 3,790 || 48,900 
|-
| 2004 || 9,470 || 2,020 || 3,730 || 5,760 || 71,700 
|-
| 2006 || 14,900 || 3,180 || 5,580 || 9,020 || 97,600
|-
| 2008 || 26,700 || 4,900 || 8,140 || 14,660 || 116,000
|-
| 2010 || 43,500 || 6,860 || 11,300 || 24,500 || 148,000 
|-
| 2012 || 76,500 || 10,500 || 16,100 || 50,400 || 167,000   
|-
| 2014 || 97,100 || 12,600 || 20,700 || 72,500 || 131,000  
|-
| 2016 || 105,000 || 16,200 || 24,400 || 83,100 || 118,000  
|-
| 2017 || 107,000 || 17,600 || 23,400 || 85,700 || 117,000 
|-
| 2018 || 99,200 || 20,200 || 28,300 || 87,700 || 96,800  
|-
| 2019 || 85,500 || 23,000 || 30,200 || 74,200 || 75,800
|-
| 2020 || 90,900 || 29,100 || 34,300 || 63,600 || 58,400   
|-
|}

[[File:Healthcare in China tb.png|thumb|center|700px]]

=== Google Trends ===
The image below shows {{w|Google Trends}} data for Healthcare in China (Search term) from January 2004 to February 2021, when the screenshot was taken. Interest is also ranked by country and displayed on world map.<ref>{{cite web |title=Healthcare in China |url=https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=all&q=Healthcare%20in%20China |website=Google Trends |access-date=24 February 2021}}</ref>

[[File:Healthcare in China gt.png|thumb|center|600px]]

=== Google Ngram Viewer ===
The chart below shows {{w|Google Ngram Viewer}} data for Healthcare in China from 1950 to 2019.<ref>{{cite web |title=Healthcare in China |url=https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=Healthcare+in+China&year_start=1950&year_end=2019&corpus=26&smoothing=3&case_insensitive=true |website=books.google.com |access-date=24 February 2021 |language=en}}</ref>

[[File:Healthcare in China ngram.png|thumb|center|600px]]

=== Wikipedia Views ===
The chart below shows pageviews of the English Wikipedia article {{w|Healthcare in China}}, on desktop, mobile-web, desktop-spider, mobile-web-spider and mobile app, from July 2015 to January 2021.<ref>{{cite web |title=Healthcare in China |url=https://wikipediaviews.org/displayviewsformultiplemonths.php?page=Healthcare+in+China&allmonths=allmonths-api&language=en&drilldown=all |website=wikipediaviews.org |access-date=24 February 2021}}</ref>

[[File:Healthcare in China wv.jpg|thumb|center|600px]]

[[File:China malaria reported confirmed cases.png|thumb|center|400px|Number of reported confirmed cases of malaria in China for the period 2002–2014.<ref name="China statistics summary (2002 - present)">{{cite web|title=China statistics summary (2002 - present)|url=http://apps.who.int/gho/data/node.country.country-CHN?lang=en|accessdate=18 November 2016}}</ref>]]


==Meta information on the timeline==

===How the timeline was built===

The initial version of the timeline was written by [[User:Sebastian]].

{{funding info}} is available.

===What the timeline is still missing===

[http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0168851015001864]

===Timeline update strategy===

==See also==

* [[wikipedia:Healthcare in China|Healthcare in China]]
* [[wikipedia:Health in China|Health in China]]
* [[Timeline of universal healthcare}}
* [[wikipedia:Timeline of healthcare in India|Timeline of healthcare in India]]
* [[wikipedia:Timeline of healthcare in Japan|Timeline of healthcare in Japan]]

==External links==

==References==

{{reflist|30em}}

{{Health in the People's Republic of China|state=expanded}}
{{China topics|state=autocollapse}}
{{Asia topic|Health in}}
{{Public health}}

[[wikipedia:Category:Health in China| ]]
[[wikipedia:Category:Health-related timelines|Category:Health-related timelines]]