China Unveils Sweeping Health Care Plan to Curb Mega-Hospitals and Boost AI

The Chinese government has unveiled its 15th Five-Year Plan for National Health, a sweeping blueprint aimed at raising average life expectancy to 80 years by 2030 while reining in the expansion of massive urban hospitals and accelerating the use of artificial intelligence across the pharmaceutical sector.

Issued by the State Council, the plan outlines 24 key tasks to modernize the country’s health care system over the next five years. The strategy signals a national pivot from treating illnesses to a broader focus on disease prevention, aiming to elevate China’s clinical medicine to advanced global standards and align its core health indicators with those of high-income nations.