Six months into a campaign to rout out corruption from the Chinese healthcare industry, many of the underlying issues in the sector remain unchanged.
Surgeons operate on a patient in Chongqing, China, August 18, 2023. Credit: Costfoto/NurPhoto via Getty Images
Last summer, China’s ongoing corruption crackdown found a new target: the healthcare sector.
In an effort to lower medical costs at a time of slowing economic growth, the Chinese government targeted unscrupulous doctors, hospital officials, and pharmaceutical executives.
By mid-August, more than 170 hospital administrators were under investigation, according to state media, a dozen Chinese healthcare companies had withdrawn IPO plans, and $142 billion worth of value in Chinese heal
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