摘要
I. Introduction The Chinese national government has launched a new stage of rural development. The construction of a new socialist countryside has been regarded as a new rural development strategy in the recently ended National People＇s Congress and as the top policy priority of the Eleventh Five-Year Plan. Increasing investment in rural areas and ensuring good public services, such as health care and education, have been the key elements of these documents. However, while recognizing the new opportunities for improving the rural health care system, it is important to understand the evolutionary process of the current rural health service system and the likely impact on household healthcare.
