Private healthcare services on the rise in Shenzhen
05-Sep-16, Shenzhen Daily
Yang Lihuai, Chairwoman of Shenzhen Longcheng Hospital, said the hospital is planning to build a 1,200-bed health-care center on a 18,900-square-meter lot that it has obtained.
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Yang said the 13-year-old private hospital has exhibited fast growth in recent years thanks to government support for private investment in the medical care sector. The Longcheng hospital has become one of the largest rehabilitation hospitals in Guangdong Province.
The Shenzhen city government started to encourage private investment in the sector three years ago. The city’s health commission said in 2015 that the city government would offer a reward of RMB20 mn (USD3.3 mn) to private investors who set up, or upgraded a medical facility to become, a top-level hospital in Shenzhen, and provide a variety of other types of financial support, including a RMB20 subsidy for every outpatient and a RMB60 subsidy for every in-patient, to encourage private investment.