Strategy of health - sector planning in the People"s Republic of China

There are two questions which immediately emerge. First, what is the nature of this strategy for health, and its role within the context of Chinese development program. Second, what has been the impact of these programs of the health of the Chinese people. Since health is a component of a larger strategy for the socioeconomic development of the Chinese people, the author discusses in Section 2 the rationale underlying the emphasis accorded to health by the Chinese leaders. In Section 3, the author examines these adaptations to the traditional strategy of preventive health, and stresses what is appealing from the vantage point of development economics. These issues are discussed in Section 4. Finally, in Section 5, the author examines which elements of the Chinese strategy are likely to be applicable to other LDC"s.