According to the Legal Affairs Committee of the Standing Committee of Hainan Provincial People's Congress, Hainan Boao Lecheng International Medical Tourism Pioneer Zone (hereinafter referred to as Pioneer Zone) is the first national development park in China with international medical tourism services, low-carbon ecological communities and international organizations gathering as its main contents. The Regulations institutionalize and legalize the management system, development and construction, industrial development, service management, etc. of the pioneer zone, further release the free trade port policy dividend, promote the high-level reform and opening up of the pioneer zone by legislation, and promote the pioneer zone to become a world-class medical tourism destination and medical science and technology innovation platform.
According to reports, in promoting the development of high-level medical service institutions and scientific research institutions in the pioneer area, the "Regulations" mainly stipulate the following aspects: First, support the franchise of public hospitals' brands, trademarks, patents, technology, services and management, and encourage public hospitals to settle in the pioneer area. At the same time, domestic and foreign capital is encouraged to invest and set up medical institutions in the pioneering area, and the restrictions on the share ratio of overseas capital are relaxed. Private medical institutions enjoy the same treatment as public hospitals in obtaining medical services and social insurance. The second is to support the introduction and cultivation of international advanced health management institutions, medical tourism health care centers, third-party medical testing institutions and other medical institutions in the pioneering area. The third is to support the construction of advanced technology clinical medical research centers, key laboratories and other medical research institutions in the pioneering area, and establish medical colleges in conjunction with world-renowned medical colleges. Encourage domestic and foreign key scientific research institutes and medical colleges, state key laboratories and well-known enterprises to set up branches in the entrepreneurial zone. Fourth, support the pioneering area to build a national pilot demonstration base for the transfer and transformation of medical achievements, and encourage the construction of industrial production bases, service platforms and trading centers for the transfer and transformation of medical technological achievements.
In order to speed up the improvement of medical service level and actively promote the combination of medical care and nursing, the regulations stipulate that medical institutions in the pioneer area can carry out research and transformation applications of new technologies such as stem cells, immune cell therapy, monoclonal antibodies, gene therapy and tissue engineering in the pioneer area. Encourage the application research of clinical real data in the pilot field, explore the application of clinical real data in the registration of drugs and medical devices, and shorten the time to market. Establish regional preparation centers, distribute and use preparations from medical institutions. It should be made clear, and the record management of traditional Chinese medicine preparations entrusted by medical institutions and prepared by traditional techniques should be stipulated. In addition, support the development of all kinds of characteristic medical and health services, take medical and health products and services such as preparation dispensing, high-end physical examination, health management, TCM health preservation and characteristic health care in medical institutions as the main direction of the development of medical tourism integration in the pioneer area, and do a good job in the design and development of medical tourism extension projects.
The Legislative Affairs Committee of the Standing Committee of Hainan Provincial People's Congress introduced that the regulations further optimized the open development environment of the pioneer area. In terms of facilitating the diagnosis and treatment of medical personnel and patients at home and abroad, first, patients in medical institutions in the pioneer area are allowed to take qualified imported drugs out of the pioneer area for use in accordance with the relevant regulations of Hainan Province after filing commitments. The second is to require foreign medical staff, patients and their entourage to go to the pioneer area for treatment and enjoy the policies and measures of Hainan Free Trade Port to facilitate entry, exit and stay. Third, it is stipulated that medical practitioners (including overseas) whose main practice institutions are in the pioneer area can directly practice in other medical institutions in the pioneer area. Nurses (including overseas) can practice more in the pioneer area. Fourth, encourage the development of diversified, characteristic and personalized commercial health insurance products, simplify claims settlement procedures, explore the establishment of commercial health insurance services linked to the international commercial insurance payment system, and support insurance financial institutions to cooperate with overseas institutions to develop cross-border commercial health insurance products in the pioneering areas.
With regard to the free and convenient flow of cross-border funds, the Regulations stipulate that, in accordance with the relevant provisions of Hainan Free Trade Port, a system of liberalization and facilitation of cross-border capital flows will be implemented in the pioneer zone, restrictions on foreign direct investment, cross-border financing and individual cross-border transactions will be relaxed, and procedures such as foreign exchange registration, foreign debt registration, fund remittance, settlement and purchase of foreign exchange will be simplified.
In terms of tax system, the regulations clarify that enterprises and individuals in the pioneer area enjoy preferential policies in terms of tariffs, corporate income tax and personal income tax in accordance with the relevant provisions of the tax system of Hainan Free Trade Port.
In terms of improving the talent development policy, the regulations stipulate that high-level talents at home and abroad and talents in urgent need will be introduced in the pioneer area, and high-level talents will be identified independently, and the qualifications such as academic qualifications, age and professional titles will be appropriately relaxed for talents in urgent need. And allow the pioneer area to independently carry out the evaluation of senior professional and technical titles of health series in accordance with the relevant provisions of the state and Hainan Province. At the same time, it is also clear that professional technical and management talents such as medical and health care and tourism in state-owned enterprises and institutions can work part-time or part-time in the pioneering area according to regulations.