Special Features

  1. First-time adoption of interactive dialog in the discussion of issues in focus
Issues in focus--
Essential medi-care catalog; Drug prices; Drug patents;
Centralized vendor bidding and procurement of drugs
2. First-time high-level symposium in the "International Week" activities
Highest ranking official to attend the symposium--
Mr. Wu Jieping, Vice Chairman, Standing Committee of National People's Congress of PRC
3. First-time joint presence of leaders at the symposium for the International Week from the Ministry of Labor and Social Security, the Ministry of Public Health, and the State Drug Administration
Leaders to attend the symposium--
Mr. Wang Dongjin, Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Labor and Social Security
Mr. Zhu Qingsheng, Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Public Health
Mr. Zheng Xiaoyu, Director of the State Drug Administration