Shanghai Should Establish Top Public Health School, Political Advisor Says
A child tries out an throat swab sampling robot at an exhibition in Beijing on Sept. 6.
Shanghai should establish a university specializing in public health as part of efforts to plug a shortage of skilled medical practitioners in this field, said a senior member of the city’s political advisory body, just as China sees a resurgence in Covid-19 outbreaks a year into the pandemic.
Yao Jianjian, a member of the Shanghai Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) proposed turning Shanghai University of Medicine and Health Sciences into the city’s first national-level public health institute.