China's global health strategy

China has increasingly emerged as an important player in global health, 1 Han Q Chen L Evans T Horton R China and global health. Lancet. 2008; 372: 1439-1441 Summary Full Text Full Text PDF PubMed Scopus (36) Google Scholar especially after the World Bank reclassified China as an upper-middle-income country in 2011. What is China doing for global health? Is China's engagement distinctive or similar to that of other countries? What does the evidence show about China's global health engagement? In this issue of The Lancet, Peilong Liu and coauthors 2 Liu P Guo Y Qian X Tang S Li Z Chen L China's distinctive engagement in global health. Lancet. 2014; 384: 793-804 Summary Full Text Full Text PDF PubMed Scopus (74) Google Scholar address these questions in a paper on global health with Chinese characteristics. China's distinctive engagement in global healthChina has made rapid progress in four key domains of global health. China's health aid deploys medical teams, constructs facilities, donates drugs and equipment, trains personnel, and supports malaria control mainly in Africa and Asia. Prompted by the severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) outbreak in 2003, China has prioritised the control of cross-border transmission of infectious diseases and other health-related risks. In governance, China has joined UN and related international bodies and has begun to contribute to pooled multilateral funds. Full-Text PDF