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(2) Ensuring the comprehensive emergency capacity for biological protection and emergency
medical and critical care network, enhancing the response.
accessibility of remote healthcare services. (3) Implementing diverse prevention and innovative
(3) Promoting organ donation, patient autonomy, strategy, reducing the TB occurrence rate and
and the integration of palliative care to enhance HIV infectiousness.
the environment for dignified end-of-life care. (4) Strengthening quarantine monitoring and
(4) Improving the practice environment for medical regional collaboration to prevent the transmission
professionals, promoting the legalization of of infectious diseases from overseas.
medical dispute resolution. 6. Optimizing a safe environment for food and drugs,
(5) Enhancing the training system for traditional protecting the health and safety of the general
Chinese medicine clinical practice and improving public
the management of folk therapy professions. (1) Ensuring the food production and sales network,
(6) Strengthening global exchanges and cooperation drugs, medical equipment and cosmetics whole-
and getting involved in international health and life cycle management.
welfare organizations. (2) Enhancing the harmonization of regulations on
5. Establishing an excellent epidemic prevention an international level and developing intelligent
system and consolidating national epidemic food and drug testing technologies.
prevention security (3) Refining the Chinese medicine (materials) quality
(1) Providing excellent vaccination services, management system, increasing Chinese
establishing a flexible vaccine procurement and medicine industry capacity.
emergency response mechanism. (4) Raising the level of research and development
(2) Upgrading the high-sensitivity infectious disease capability, promoting the development of the
surveillance system, enhancing the national biomedical industry.

Figure 1-3 Administrative Goals of the MOHW, 2022

Promoting the Health and Being the Most Trustworthy
Mission Vision
Well-Being for All Citizens Ministry

Administrative Goal

1 Reinforcing the welfare service system and giving priority to care for vulnerable groups
2 Setting up a high-quality long-term care system and preparing holistic long-term care service resources

3 Creating a mutual assistance society and improving the protective services system

4 Expanding current systems of healthcare and safeguarding people’s rights to seek medical assistance

5 Establishing an excellent epidemic prevention system and consolidating national epidemic prevention security

6 Optimizing a safe environment for food and drugs, protecting the health and safety of the general public

7 Constructing a healthy and supportive environment to facilitate holistic health

8 Improving the National Health Insurance system to ensure the integrity of social insurance

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