China has 140,000-plus private-owned medical institutions

Chinanews, Beijing, November 22 – Currently there are more than 300,000 medical institutions in China, including 140,000-odd private-owned ones. Private-owned medical institutions take up 20% of the total number of medical institutions in Beijing, Hebei, Henan, Shandong and Jilin.

“We have a large number of private-owned TCM institutions, which have contributed a lot to the health of the Chinese people,” said Wang Guoqiang, Vice Minister of Health.