The document summarizes the Westminster Hearings on China's Economic Development and the UK, focusing on opportunities for healthcare partnerships between the two countries. It discusses the establishment of a China Task Force and Delivery Group to promote key sectors like healthcare. Memoranda of Understanding were signed between the UK Department of Health and Chinese partners to collaborate in areas such as PPP projects, medical education, and primary care. The Chinese healthcare market is large and growing rapidly, presenting opportunities for areas like medical devices, training, and telemedicine. Challenges also exist around regulations, competition, and IPR protection that partnerships hope to address. An annual UK-China Healthcare Dialogue is proposed to facilitate strategic collaboration over shared priorities.

1. THE WESTMINSTER HEARINGS
ON
CHINA’S ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT & THE UK
- The Healthcare Partnership

2. Partnerships
Healthcare around the world
For the future

3. • NHS Modernisation Programme
World class clinical practice attracts
real interest from countries around the
world
• NHS outstanding progress in
improving the quality of services
Clinical care, access, choice and
environment
• British healthcare industry has
played a vital role in developing
new technology

4. • China increasingly integrated into global economy
following WTO accession
• Major impact on business everywhere

5. • China Task Force
- Chair Deputy Prime Minister
• Healthcare – one of five key sectors
• Joint DHUKTI China Delivery Group

6. Membership
Chair Rt Hon John Prescott
Members
President China Britain Business Council
CEO Standard Chartered Bank
CEO Rolls Royce
President BP China and Chairman of Chamber of Commerce, China
Vice Chancellor Nottingham University
Rector Imperial College
Chief Executive UKT&I
PM’S Economic Advisor
FCO
Health Prof KK Cheng – Director of Public Health – Birmingham
PCT and
University of Birmingham
CHINA TASK FORCE – Science and
Technology
Trade &
Investment
Education
Health
Sustainable
Development
Environment

7. DH/UKT&I China Delivery Group
Chair DoH - Stuart Smalley
Membership UKT&I - Health Sector Group
- China Desk
China/Britain Business Council
ABHI
RCGP
RC Psyc
RCP
BCCB
British Council
Universities UK – VC
Intellect
IFSL
British Healthcare
Medilink
(Imperial, KPMG, Cyril Sweett)
UK eHealth Association

8. Aims
To promote the partnership between China and the UK generally
To promote trade particularly in the field of healthcare products and services.
Objectives
To develop a country healthcare strategy supported by operational plans to
secure delivery
Within the framework of the two Memoranda of Understanding, ensure
proposals are submitted to enhance commercial opportunities particularly in
- PPP
- Education, Finance – Shanghai International Medical
Zone
- GP training
Medical Education – inc Management
Development of Primary Care
EHealth and Telemedicine
To develop a model of partnership working on a bilateral basis with Chinese partners to
secure ownership and commitment within specialist areas.

9. New Trade UK China Working Group –
Membership – UKTI/DH
- Representatives from Industry
Medical Devices
Pharmaceuticals
- Trade Associations
- CBBC
- Universities
To address
IPR/Copyright
Regulatory Approval
Product registration
Clinical trials

10. Department of Health
(in conjunction with UKTI)
• Scoping mission to China
- recommended China as a priority market
• Healthcare Industries Task Force
- included China as one of top five global
markets
• DH International has hosted 40 inward
missions to NHS

11. • Series of PPP presentations in
Shanghai, Hangzhou, Guangzhou and
Hong Kong
• UK workshop for delegates from
Shanghai. Hosted by DHI/IFSL and
Clifford Chance
• DH Ministerial visit to China (June
2004)
• Memorandum of Understanding
- Ministry of Health
- Shanghai Peoples Government

12. MEMORANDA OF UNDERSTANDING
Shanghai Peoples Government
• PFI - Guangming Hospital
• GP training programmes
• Continuing Medical Education / Professional Development
• Traditional Chinese Medicine
• Supporting the Shanghai International Medical Zone
Ministry of Health
• Infectious Diseases
• Health inequalities
• Primary Care development
• Nutrition
• Healthcare financing

13. OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES - OPPORTUNITIES
CHINESE MEDICAL MARKET
• MEDICAL TREATMENT - $100 bn pa + 20% pa
• MEDICAL EQUIPMENT/DEVICES $50 bn pa + 15%
TECHNOLOGY BREAKTHROUGHS ($1 billion + 26% pa)
• UPDATING CURRENT EQUIPMENT
• JOINT VENTURES – Hi tech businesses
CHANGES IN HEALTHCARE
• INCREASING DEMAND WITH ECONOMIC GROWTH 9.1%
• SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT

14. OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES - CHALLENGES
• BARRIERS TO ENTER CHINESE MARKET
- REGULATIONS AND POLICIES
- ADMINISTRATIVE/GOVERNANCE CHALLENGES
• COMPETITION FROM GLOBAL AND CHINESE GIANT PLAYERS
• IPR PROTECTION IN RESEARCH AND BUSINESS COLLABORATION

15. OPPORTUNITIES
• PFI/PPP’S
• HEALTH REFORMS
• MANAGEMENT TRAINING &
EDUCATION
• MANAGEMENT CONSULTANCY

16. OPPORTUNITIES
• MEDICAL DEVICES
• CLINICAL TRAINING
• TELEMEDICINE

18. UK/China Healthcare Dialogue – A Proposal
AIM
• To create the conditions and high level contact
necessary for sustaining a co-ordinated and long term
strategic partnership with China on healthcare.
OBJECTIVES
• Establish a pattern of annual bilateral meetings to review
existing programmes of work and table new proposals.
• Facilitate the exchange of information about China/UK
needs and priorities on healthcare.
• Assist UK and Chinese healthcare companies to develop
stronger, mutually beneficial positions in each others
countries.

19. Early focus on following themes
I) Developing community – based healthcare, across a
spectrum of priority topics including primary care
management, GP training and smoking cessation
projects.
II) Healthcare emergency response systems.
IV) Combating infectious diseases, especially pandemic
threats.

20. Opportunities
– to feed into annual ministerial level
Dialogue on health matters

21. CONCLUSIONS
• RICH AND FERTILE GROUND FOR MOUNTING TRADE
INITIATIVES
• REAL INTEREST IN UK
• “BITE SIZED CHUNKS”