| Agency Name: | Ministry of Health of the People's Republic of China |
| Formed: | 1954 |
| Preceding1: | Ministry of Health of the Central People's Government |
| Dissolved: | March 2013 |
| Superseding: | National Health and Family Planning Commission |
| Headquarters: | Beijing |
| Chief1 Name: | Madam Li Dequan |
| Chief1 Position: | the first Minister for Health |
| Chief2 Name: | Prof. Chen Zhu |
| Chief2 Position: | the last Minister for Health |
| Agency Type: | Constituent Department of the State Council (cabinet-level executive department) |
| Parent Agency: | State Council |
The Ministry of Health of the People's Republic of China (MOH) was a cabinet-level executive department which plays the role of providing information, raising health awareness and education, ensuring the accessibility of health services, and monitoring the quality of health services provided to citizens and visitors in the mainland of the People's Republic of China. In the reforms of 2013 the ministry has been dissolved and its functions integrated into the now-dissolved agency called the National Health and Family Planning Commission.
The MOH was also involved in the control of illness and disease, coordinating the utilization of resources and expertise where necessary. It also cooperates and keeps in touch with other health ministries and departments, including those of the special administrative regions,[1] [2] [3] and the World Health Organization (WHO).
As part of the National Health and Family Planning Commission it is now headed by Ms. Li Bin. Until 2013 it was headed by the Minister for Health, a position last held by Chen Zhu who was then the only minister in the State Council, and one of the two ministers who are not members of the Chinese Communist Party. He is the chairman of the Central Committee of the Chinese Peasants' and Workers' Democratic Party, one of the eight legally permissible political parties of the PRC.
The MOH reports directly to the State Council. Its functions include:[4]
| № | Name | Took office | Left office | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | November 1949 | January 1965 | ||
| 2 | January 1965 | June 1968 | ||
| 3 | Qiu Guoguang (Chinese: 邱国光) | June 1968 | June 1970 | |
| 4 | Chen Renhong (Chinese: 陈仁洪) | June 1970 | July 1973 | |
| 5 | Liu Xiangping (Chinese: 刘湘屏) | July 1973 | October 1976 | |
| vacant | ||||
| 6 | Jiang Yizhen (Chinese: 江一真) | November 1977 | April 1979 | |
| April 1979 | May 1982 | |||
| 7 | Cui Yueli (Chinese: 崔月犁) | May 1982 | March 1987 | |
| 8 | Chen Minzhang (Chinese: 陈敏章) | March 1987 | March 1998 | |
| 9 | March 1998 | April 2003 | ||
| 10 | April 2003 | April 2005 | ||
| 11 | April 2005 | June 2007 | ||
| 12 | June 2007 | 16 March 2013 | ||