INTA 3230 Chapter Notes - Chapter 13: Hukou System, Papaver Somniferum, Wen Jiabao

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Control of infectious diseases, rampant in china before 1949, was an initial priority for the communist government. One of the actions of the new regime after 1941 was the launching of a massive campaign to eradicate sexuality transmitted diseases, involving both political and health service approaches. Prostitutes were arrested and sent for rehabilitation and job training; there was a mass campaign against opium. When the prc was founded in 1949, the life expectancy was 35 years old, but by mid (cid:883)(cid:891)(cid:887)(cid:882)s, it had increased by about (cid:883)(cid:882) years, and the end of mao"s era it had risen. The prc"s health spending shifted strongly toward the construction of a prevention- During mao"s era, people"s commune made it possible to allocate a portion of the called (cid:498)cooperative medical scheme(cid:499) (cid:523)cms(cid:524). Since rural mobility was restricted by commune funds to support such an approach, including rudimentary health insurance system. In late 1970s, over 90% of rural citizens were covered by health insurance system.

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