Professor MENG Qingyue, Dean of the Peking University School of Public Health and Director of the China Center for Health Development Studies at Peking University, will share his deep experience with research and policy advising about health and healthcare in the PRC. In the colloquium, Professor Meng will summarize the achievements of China’s health system reforms as well as the formidable challenges remaining -- strengthening primary care, reforming payment incentives, and multiple other reform priorities.

Professor Meng is lead author of the first-ever comprehensive overview of the PRC health system [http://www.wpro.who.int/asia_pacific_observatory/hits/series/chn/en/], which documents that the PRC has made great strides in raising health status and improving access to medical care, in large part thanks to emphasis on cost- effective public health programs, renewed commitments of government financing, expansion of social health insurance and other forms of financial protection, and investments in the healthcare delivery system. However, challenges remain in the form of large and in some cases growing inequalities in health and healthcare – across regions, urban-rural areas, or involving migrants and other vulnerable groups– as well as in improving the quality of healthcare, reforming public hospitals, and making expenditure growth sustainable through payment reforms and improved strategic purchasing.

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Professor Meng Qingyue (MD, PhD), is Professor in Health Economics and Policy, Dean of Peking University School of Public Health, and Executive Director of Peking University China Center for Health Development Studies.

He obtained his Bachelor degree in medicine from Shandong Medical University (now Shandong University), Masters in public health from Shanghai Medical University (now Fudan University), Masters in economics from University of the Philippines, and PhD in health economics and policy from Karolinska Institutet in Sweden.

Before taking the current position, he was the Dean of Shandong University School of Public Health and Director of Shandong University Center for Health Management and Policy. His research interests include health financing policy and health provider payment systems.

He has led a team doing dozens of research projects supported by both domestic and international funding sources. He has been Member of the Expert Committee on Health Policy and Management to China Ministry of Health over the past decade. He is the Board Member of Health Systems Global elected from the Asia and Pacific Region.