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National Health Commission of China / 国家卫健委

The National Health Commission of China appears in 177.日本医保基金为何要支持免费的国民体检? as the Chinese public-health authority behind recent obesity and weight-management signals. The source names obesity diagnosis guidance, weight-management clinics, chronic-disease management, and broader national-health planning as signs that China is shifting more policy attention from treatment to active health management.

The episode contrasts the commission’s public-health role with 国家医保局 as the payer-side institution. Its comparison point is Japan, where Japanese Specific Health Checkups / 日本特定健诊 are more directly tied to insurer duties and prevention accountability.

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