Dr. Armin Müller (Universität Göttingen) Since 2000, the previously neglected rural health sector of the People’s Republic of China has increasingly become a focus of attention. The introduction of a rural health insurance program since 2003 and the New Health Reform since 2009 aim at its stabilization, and the transformation of a commercialized public service […]

Prof. Xiong Yuegen (Jacobs Universiy Bremen; Peking Universität) During the past decade, there has been a growing interest in social policy – making and welfare studies in post – socialist China. Compared to many advanced democracies, the role of Chinese leaders in the social policy – making and welfare politics is extraordinarily influential. This issue […]