CDRF Visits Zhuhai, Guangdong for Research on Commercial Health Insurance
On June 8-9, 2023, a team from the China Development Research Foundation
(CDRF) went to Zhuhai, Guangdong to conduct research on commercial health
insurance. The team was led by Yu Jiantuo, Deputy Secretary General of CDRF. The
team was joined by Jin Chenggang, Professor of School of Social Development and
Public Policy of Beijing Normal University, Chen Chengcheng, Associate Professor
of School of Public Administration of Beijing Information Science and Technology
University, personnel from China Insurance and Social Security Research Center
of Fudan University, Dong FuReng Institute of Economics and Social Development
of Wuhan University, School of Finance of Nankai University and relevant staff
from the Research Department II of CDRF.
The team held a discussion on commercial health insurance with experts and
scholars from Zhuhai Healthcare Security Bureau, China Life, Beihang University,
and Kevin Haninger, Vice President of PhRMA. At the seminar, Wang Xia, the
second-level researcher of Zhuhai Medical Security Bureau, talked about the
innovation and pioneering elements of Zhuhai's additional supplementary medical
insurance program; Cheng Shuiping, the deputy general manager of the health
insurance department of China Life Zhuhai Branch, spoke about the operation of
the Zhuhai supplementary program; and Zhang Xiaotian, the former deputy director
and researcher of Zhuhai Human Resources and consultant of Zhuhai Medical
Insurance Research Association, introduced to the team the current status and
development of commercial health insurance in the multi-leveled healthcare
security system in Zhuhai. Yu Jiantuo gave concluding remarks.
The team also went to service windows of Zhuhai Healthcare Security Center
and The Fifth Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, and conducted
research and discussion on the basic operations of local basic healthcare
insurance, critical illness insurance and commercial health insurance, and
gained an in-depth understanding of the emerging model of local commercial
health insurance, its development prospects and current challenges. The visit
provided the team with a vivid reference and practical inspiration for the
research on commercial health insurance.
