The research upon which this study is based was generously supported
with trust funds from the U.K. Department for International Development
(DFID). Special thanks are due to Adrian Davis, head of the DFID office.
We are also grateful to Martin Taylor and Qiao Jianrong, health advisors
in the DFID Beijing office. They provided steadfast support and counsel
throughout.
The Chinese government collaborated on this research in many ways.
The team is particularly grateful for the overall guidance provided by
Vice Minister Wang Longde of the Ministry of Health (MOH). The study
team also thanks Dr. Zhu Baoduo and his colleagues in the MOH Foreign
Loan Office for facilitating the many dialogues with departments of the
MOH as well as with other ministries. Without that support, this exercise
could not have been completed. Advice and counsel were also received in
many discussions with officials of the Ministry of Finance (MOF), National
Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), Ministry of Civil Affairs
(MOCA), and Ministry of Labor and Social Security (MOLSS).