Minister of Health: Unnecessary Food Additives Will Be Banned

The Ministry of Health has just issued a ban on the use of flour whitening agents. Yesterday, the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and Minister of Health Chen Hao, in an interview with reporters before the opening ceremony of the CPPCC National Committee, said that at present, food additives mainly involve abuses, and the Ministry of Health will continue to strengthen Supervision, abuse of unnecessary additives, inappropriate use of additives, etc., will be banned. Chen Xi also stated that the goal of the "12th Five-Year Plan" is to ensure that the people are assured of using drugs, and that the basic drugs are not only quantity but, more importantly, quality. At the same time, the entire pharmaceutical industry, including equipment, must be improved.

Unnecessary additives are gradually canceled When it comes to why the people are very concerned about food safety, Chen Hao said that the melamine incident in 2008 caused a very bad impact, while melamine was not a food additive, but was artificially added to the food industry. Raw material crimes.

Chen Hao said that at present, additives are mainly involved in abuses, and the Ministry of Health is also strengthening supervision. “Some additives that are not necessary are gradually eliminated.” Chen Xi said that for example, flour whitening agents are not necessary, since the people are Like to eat the original ecological flour, why do we have to whiten? In the future, the abuse of unnecessary additives and inappropriate use of additives will be banned, and the crackdown on food safety crimes will be strengthened.

County ** will become a breach of medical reform for the people concerned about the county-level ** into financial issues. Chen Hao said that at present, many local finances and county finances have increased financial support for the county because the county’s government shoulders 70% of the country’s and more than 900 million people’s medical tasks. If the reform can achieve a breakthrough, it is directly beneficial. Min Huimin’s. “The task of public-sector reform this year is very heavy. It will take county-level reform as a breakthrough.”

In addition, the financial investment in medical expenses has increased. How to make good use of the money and increase the reimbursement rate requires the control of medical expenses. This is also a top priority this year.

Taiwan Affairs Office**

In the first half of the year, Chen Hao was released and said that at present Taiwan-funded enterprises in the Mainland have success stories in their sole proprietorship, and they are expected to further liberalize in the first half of the year. However, he also emphasized that according to past experience, Taiwan-funded, private-owned and other non-state-owned government officials mainly focus on high-end services. Therefore, the task of reducing medical expenses must also fall on public-private reforms.

“The policy of foreign investment including Taiwanese investment, including foreign investment in the Mainland, is surely to open more and more widely. The entry of this part of medical resources is more of a supplement to the high-end demand market.” Chen Yu said, Taiwanese investment The advantage lies in high-end services and some specialties. In the future, Taiwan-funded enterprises that enter the mainland market will also choose to operate medical institutions.

Encourage medical masters to run private **

Chen Hao said that when private capital enters the medical and health field, what is mainly lacking is capital, but talented people. To build a good managerial talent and a first-rate medical scientist, this cannot be solved overnight.

After the industry’s explosion of “foreign or private-owned ** who entered the medical market, there will be an impact on public officials, which in turn will lead to brain drain.” Chen Yu said: “This is not a concern. The Ministry of Health even supports and encourages medicine. The masters will combine with private capital.” For example, in Wuhan and other places, there have been precedents for the independent medical staff of senior medical professionals. Most of them are specialists, such as Wuhan Asian Heart Disease.

Chen Hao said that the "doctors practicing doctors at multiple points" currently being implemented in Beijing and other regions are actually in order to encourage the flow of medical professionals. At present, the Ministry of Health is also formulating policies and related policies will be introduced this year.