The State Council, China's Cabinet, recently issued a document on primary care physicians.

The document proposes establishing a system whereby every 10,000 urban and rural residents are covered by two to three general practitioners by 2020. By 2030 there should be five primary care physicians per 10,000 residents.

The document also requires medical colleges to provide all medical students with general medicine education and general medicine clinical practice. Colleges and universities are encouraged to establish general medicine teaching and research departments, and set up general medicine compulsory courses for students.
Standardized training of resident doctors in general practice will be expanded, and is expected to cover 20 percent of the annual general medicine students enrolled by 2020.

To increase the attractiveness of being a primary care physician, the salary system will be reformed and improved.