{"id":14808,"date":"2016-01-08T10:32:10","date_gmt":"2016-01-08T02:32:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/westchina.austcham.org\/?p=14808"},"modified":"2016-01-08T10:37:29","modified_gmt":"2016-01-08T02:37:29","slug":"hltp080116","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/westchina.austcham.org\/?p=14808","title":{"rendered":"Healthcare and Life Sciences Talking Points 08-01-2016"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/westchina.austcham.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2016\/01\/health-talking-points.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-14809\" src=\"http:\/\/westchina.austcham.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2016\/01\/health-talking-points-300x86.jpg\" alt=\"Health talking points banner\" width=\"800\" height=\"230\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>China drops approval for first and second children<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The relaxation of China\u2019s one child policy to a two child policy came into effect at the start of the New Year. Along with the introduction of this change, CPC announced the replacement of the previous approval system for a registration system. Under the approval system prospective parents were required to obtain official approval before having a first or second child. Click <a href=\"http:\/\/news.xinhuanet.com\/english\/2016-01\/05\/c_134980505.htm\">here<\/a> for link<\/p>\n<p><strong>Medicinal bush tea revival<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Found in remote Northern Territory the gulbarn plant has been used by Indigenous peoples to soothe coughs and colds for generations. Having similar taste and properties of green tea without containing caffeine, gulbarn tea is attracting interest from buyers across Australia, Taiwan and China. Operated entirely by the Indigenous community, the enterprise is an excellent example of traditional knowledge meeting modern marketing. Click <a href=\"http:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/news\/2015-12-20\/traditional-bush-medicine-finding-new-life-as-gulbarn-tea\/7042550?section=nt\">here<\/a> for link.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Online health market to hit $3.2 billion<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>China\u2019s online health care market is expected to hit $3.2 billion in 2015, up 60%, according to a new report. This follows the big three internet companies expanding their online health care services. With China\u2019s distinct low number of medical professionals servicing an aging population, online health services are seen to be necessary to meet the increasing demand.\u00a0Click <a href=\"http:\/\/news.investors.com\/technology\/123115-787624-alibaba-baidu-tencent-riding-online-health-wave.htm?ntt=alibaba\">here<\/a> for link.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Wanda Group invests in hospitals <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Wanda Group is investing $2.3 billion to build three hospitals in China. Partnering with International Hotels Group, Wanda plans on building a 1000 bed hospital in Shanghai and two other hospitals in Chengdu and Qingdao. Click <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2016-01-06\/wanda-group-to-invest-2-3-billion-to-build-hospitals-in-china\">here<\/a> for link.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>This brief\u00a0summarises a range of publicly available news articles in both Chinese and English and AustCham\u00a0takes no responsibility for the\u00a0accuracy of the information in these articles. In\u00a0addition, the views and opinions reflected in these articles\u00a0are\u00a0not necessarily representative of AustCham.<\/em><em> For more details on how to get involved in the AustCham Beijing Healthcare and Life Sciences Working Group, please contact <\/em><a href=\"mailto:Andrew.Britz@AustCham.org\"><em>Andrew Britz<\/em><\/a><em><u>.<\/u><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>China drops approval for first and second children The relaxation of China\u2019s one child policy to a two child policy came into effect at the start of the New Year. &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[52,26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14808","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-healthcare","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/westchina.austcham.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14808","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/westchina.austcham.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/westchina.austcham.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/westchina.austcham.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/westchina.austcham.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=14808"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/westchina.austcham.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14808\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14811,"href":"https:\/\/westchina.austcham.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14808\/revisions\/14811"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/westchina.austcham.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14808"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/westchina.austcham.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14808"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/westchina.austcham.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14808"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}