Establishment of Foreign-Invested Medical Institutions in China No Longer Requires Central Government Approval
Under the MOH Notice, applications for establishing foreign-invested medical institutions may be approved by provincial-level health administrative agencies after preliminary review at the municipal level. Similarly, changes to existing foreign-invested medical institutions in such key respects as joint-venture partners, legal representative, address, total amount of investment, scale, clinical departments, and term of operations may also be approved at the provincial level. The MOH Notice also affirms that foreign investors may establish both for-profit and not-for-profit medical institutions.
The MOH Notice applies only to the medical institution side of the approval process. Establishment of the foreign-invested company itself remains subject to commerce bureau/commission approval at the provincial level.
Authors
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Lester Ross
Partner
Partner-in-Charge, Beijing Office
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