National Health Commission

Throughout most of PRC's rule since 1954, the national health portfolio has been the responsibility of the Ministry of Health; superseded in 2013 by the National Health and Family Planning Commission.

In March 2018, it was announced that National Health and Family Planning Commission was dissolved and that its functions were integrated into the new agency, the National Health Commission as part of the deepening the reform of the Party and state institutions.

China is a member of the World Health Organization.{{Cite web|url=http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2019-05/21/c_138075049.htm|title=China shares experiences in primary health care at 72nd World Health Assembly - Xinhua {{!}} English.news.cn|website=www.xinhuanet.com|access-date=2020-01-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200109145000/http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2019-05/21/c_138075049.htm|archive-date=2020-01-09|url-status=dead}} Minister Ma reported in the 92nd World Health Assembly, since 1978, China has been focused on improving primary healthcare, develop universal safety net for residents and improving the quality, efficiency and access to primary health care.

The commission has a role in providing foreign aid through its coordination of China's overseas medical teams.{{Cite book |last=Chen |first=Muyang |title=The Latecomer's Rise: Policy Banks and the Globalization of China's Development Finance |date=2024 |publisher=Cornell University Press |isbn=9781501775857 |location=Ithaca and London}}{{Rp|page=73}}

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The commission is the lead agency in mainland China coordinating the national efforts to combat the COVID-19 pandemic.{{Cite web|url=https://www.9news.com.au/national/coronavirus-sydney-scare-as-china-heads-into-shutdown/71c2e099-d49b-42b9-b4b1-02bc4a0457a6|title='Grave situation' as coronavirus claims another life|website=www.9news.com.au|access-date=2020-01-26}}

On 11 February 2020, in order to manage the ongoing health crisis, the following changes were announced{{citation|title=China fires two senior Hubei officials over coronavirus outbreak|url=https://theguardian.com/world/2020/feb/11/china-fires-two-senior-hubei-officials-over-coronavirus-outbreak|date=2020-02-11|first=Lily|last=Kuo|work=The Guardian}} by the NHC:

• Zhang Jin, chief of the Hubei health commission, was replaced by Wang Hesheng, the deputy director of China National Health Commission.
• Liu Yingzi, director of the Hubei health commission, was replaced by Wang Hesheng.

In December 2022, a week after the NHC said it would no longer release official death tolls from Covid, the NHC said that "China has always been publishing information on Covid-19 deaths and severe cases in the spirit of openness and transparency."{{Cite web |last=AFP |date=2022-12-30 |title=China insists official Covid-19 data on deaths is transparent |url=https://hongkongfp.com/2022/12/30/china-insists-official-covid-19-data-on-deaths-is-transparent/ |access-date=2023-01-04 |website=Hong Kong Free Press HKFP |language=en-GB}}

The following agencies directly report to the commission.

; Sub-ministry-level executive agencies of the State Council administered by the NHC

• National Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine
• National Administration of Disease Control and Prevention

; Institutions directly under the NHC

• Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention
• Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences {{aka}} Peking Union Medical College

; Hospitals directly under the NHC

• {{ill|Beijing Hospital|zh|北京医院}}
• China-Japan Friendship Hospital
• Peking Union Medical College Hospital

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