Global Health and Healthcare Strategic Outlook: A Shared Vision for 2035

The document proposes a 2035 vision for healthcare based on four pillars: equitable access, system transformation, technology and innovation, and environmental sustainability. It assesses China's alignment with these goals through policies like Healthy China 2030 and the 14th Five-Year Plan on National Health, while identifying systemic barriers such as workforce shortages and funding pressures.

• The 2035 strategic vision for health and healthcare is built upon four pillars: equitable access and outcomes, healthcare system transformation, technology and innovation, and environmental sustainability, with equity serving as the foundational goal.
• China is utilizing a hierarchical healthcare system to improve access, focusing primary health on initial diagnosis and routine management while reserving higher-tier hospitals for critical conditions. To support this, the government is expanding high-quality capacity, with over 76 national and regional medical centres under construction as of March 2023, and aims for family doctor services to cover 75% of the population by 2035.
• China has established a strong position in global pharmaceutical R&D, ranking second globally in the number of new drugs in the development pipeline between 2016 and 2020. The 14th Five-Year Pharmaceutical Industry Development Plan targets R&D spending growth of 10% or more for the pharmaceutical industry by 2025.
• The healthcare industry is a significant contributor to climate change, accounting for approximately 4.4% of global net carbon dioxide emissions. China's strategy to reduce its healthcare climate footprint includes setting carbon emission restrictions for pharmaceutical companies and implementing green production technologies for active pharmaceutical ingredient manufacturing to help reach carbon neutrality before 2060.
• Several systemic barriers hinder the achievement of the 2035 vision in China and globally, including skilled labour shortages, hospital capacity constraints, and unsustainable healthcare spending that outpaces GDP growth. In China specifically, regional discrepancies in the quality of care between urban and rural communities remain a significant challenge.
• Digitalization and AI are identified as critical levers for improving healthcare. China has already connected over 7,000 public hospitals to regional public health information platforms, covering 85% of cities and 69% of counties by the end of 2021.

APA

World Economic Forum (2023). Global Health and Healthcare Strategic Outlook: A Shared Vision for 2035. https://www3.weforum.org/docs/WEF_Global_Health_and_Healthcare_Strategic_Outlook_China_Edition_2023.pdf

Chicago

World Economic Forum. Global Health and Healthcare Strategic Outlook: A Shared Vision for 2035. 2023. https://www3.weforum.org/docs/WEF_Global_Health_and_Healthcare_Strategic_Outlook_China_Edition_2023.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{worldeconomicforum2023global, author = {{World Economic Forum}}, title = {{Global Health and Healthcare Strategic Outlook: A Shared Vision for 2035}}, institution = {World Economic Forum}, year = {2023}, month = jun, url = {https://www3.weforum.org/docs/WEF_Global_Health_and_Healthcare_Strategic_Outlook_China_Edition_2023.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }