China News Service, Qionghai, June 21 (Liu Liang) On February 28, 2013, the State Council officially approved the establishment of the Boao Lecheng International Medical Tourism Pioneer Zone (hereinafter referred to as Lecheng Pioneer Zone), and granted nine articles with extremely high gold content Preferential policies (referred to as "National Nine Articles") can be simply summarized as: "Four Concessions" preferential policies for concessionary medical treatment, concessionary research, concession operation, and concessionary international medical exchange.

  Through the state-provided "National Nine Articles" and the "Implementation Plan for Supporting the Construction of the Boao Lecheng International Medical Tourism Pioneer Area" and other pilot-first pilot policies, in just 7 years, the first case of Lecheng Pioneer District's import of licensed medical devices exceeded 100 For example, up to 100 new anti-tumor drugs and rare disease drugs are available.

Environment of the leading area of ​​Boao Lecheng Photo by Liu Liang

  "The breakthrough from zero to'Double Hundred' not only reflects the effectiveness of Lecheng's medical concession policy, but also benefits more sick patients." Liu Zhefeng, deputy director of the Boao Lecheng International Medical Tourism Pioneer District Administration, said in the concession policy Under the circumstance, rare disease drugs can be used to diagnose and treat patients without registration in the country.

  According to incomplete statistics, the number of people who seek medical treatment overseas exceeds 600,000 each year. In Liu Zhefeng's view, there are many inconveniences to see a doctor abroad, including inconvenient language communication, high transportation costs and time costs. "The development of the Lecheng Pioneer Zone means that more patients will not have to go overseas to seek medical treatment in the future. In the Lecheng Pioneer Zone, they will be able to enjoy the most advanced international medicines and treatment technologies."

  Taking artificial cornea as an example, in November 2019, Boao Super Hospital in Lecheng Pioneer District completed 1 case of Boston Type I corneal prosthesis and 1 case of Boston Type II corneal prosthesis. This type of surgery is currently performed in Boao, except for abroad, and the cost of foreign operations is about 800,000 yuan, which is less than a quarter of the price of Lecheng.

  In addition, in terms of cancer treatment, the Lecheng Pioneer District has also introduced new international special drugs approved by the US FDA or the European Union, but China has not yet been marketed, including anti-tumor drugs such as targeting and immunity.

  In order to further reduce the burden of patients with tumors and rare diseases, the Lecheng Pioneer District is currently preparing to launch on-site and overseas special medicine cost-compensated medical insurance, so that more domestic patients can not only use it, but also afford the international "life-saving medicine" . "Lecheng is not the legendary "tall", but it really hopes to solve the most urgent needs of Chinese patients." Liu Zhefeng said.

  From the implementation of the first cochlear implant surgery in mainland China to the vaccination of the first nine-valent HPV vaccine in mainland China, the Lecheng Pioneer District has witnessed many "first cases". Today, the Lecheng Pioneer District has gathered major well-known medical companies at home and abroad and domestic academician expert teams to initially achieve the "three synchronization" of medical technology, drugs, equipment and the international advanced level, making the Lecheng Pioneer District more nationals to solve the pain New destination.

  It is worth mentioning that the reporter saw in the display panel of the patient demand database of the comprehensive service center that not only attracted many domestic patients from Anhui, Guangdong, Jiangxi, Henan and other places, but also many from the Philippines, Bangladesh, Zambia, Overseas patients in Cambodia and other countries.

  When it comes to Boao, many people may think of the Boao Forum for Asia first. But in the future, with the development of the Lecheng Pioneer District, this is becoming the "second movement" of Boao development. (Finish)