9:
responsible
for writing the report of this briefing, I
shall not repeat myself here but, in my opinion, it was the
-best briefing we received. Mr LU is a professional
economist who was able to give a very clear and concise but
comprehensive briefing. We had a stimulating question and
answer session afterwards.
Japanese
lunch
Rather
significantly,
the
to which we were treated was the only
official meal we had which was not Chinese. It was almost
as if the
·
Commission was underlining the message that it
was open to foreign ideas and influences.
response
to
During lunch, in
my question, Mr LJ replied that Czechoslovakia
and Hungary had asked for
their economies along the
they
were
encountering
considerable problems
China's help in restructuring
lines of a 'mixed economy' as
in the
conversion from socialist to capitalist economies.
.
Ministry of Public Health (MPH)
19.
The briefing was conducted by Professor WANG
五賀祥
Hexiang (
) Chief of the General and Planning
Division in the Department
of Health and Epidemic
Prevention,
and some of his colleagues. Since 1949, the
ministry's policy has been to serve the people and prevent
disease, and unite western and traditional Chinese
medicine. A multi-purpose network of medical care has been
established throughout the country ranging from village
clinics to major hospitals at city and provincial levels.
There is a shortage of beds, particularly for convalescent