Targeted Enrollment of Medical Students for Rural China: Prospects and Challenges

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Table 1 Proposed Enrollment of Medical Students into Rural Practice Supported by the Ministry of Finance: 2010–2019

Year	Number of Students in Admission Scheme	Majors	Length of Education & Degrees
2010	5000	Clinical medicine, TCM	5 years for bachelor degree, 3 years for junior college education
2011	5315	Clinical medicine, TCM (including Mongolian medicine)	5 years for bachelor degree
2012	5435	Clinical medicine, TCM, Mongolian medicine, Tibetan medicine	5 years for bachelor degree
2013	5435	Clinical medicine, TCM, Mongolian medicine, Tibetan medicine	5 years for bachelor degree
2014	5610	Clinical medicine, TCM, Mongolian medicine, Tibetan medicine, Uygur medicine	5 years for bachelor degree
2015	5500	Clinical medicine, TCM, Mongolian medicine, Tibetan medicine, Uygur medicine, Kazak medicine	5 years for bachelor degree
2016	5450	Clinical medicine, TCM, Mongolian medicine, Tibetan medicine, Uygur medicine, Kazak medicine	5 years for bachelor degree
2017	5810	Clinical medicine, TCM, Mongolian medicine, Tibetan medicine, Uygur medicine, Kazak medicine, Dai medicine	5 years for bachelor degree
2018	6483	Clinical medicine, TCM, Mongolian medicine, Tibetan medicine, Dai medicine	5 years for bachelor degree
2019	6700	Clinical medicine, TCM, Mongolian medicine, Tibetan medicine, Dai medicine	5 years for bachelor degree

Note: Data from the General office, Ministry of Education, People’s Republic of China.

Table 2 Proposed Enrollment in the National Plan by Province and Major: 2019

Province	Majors					Total
	Clinical Medicine	TCM	Mongolian Medicine	Tibetan Medicine	Dai Medicine
Hebei	160	0	0	0	0	160
Shanxi	270	50	0	0	0	320
Inner Mongolia	80	45	55	0	0	180
Jilin	240	0	0	0	0	240
Heilongjiang	216	50	0	0	0	266
Anhui	170	50	0	0	0	220
Jiangxi	80	30	0	0	0	110
Henan	50	30	0	0	0	80
Hubei	130	50	0	0	0	180
Hunan	300	85	0	0	0	385
Guangxi	600	120	0	0	0	720
Hainan	120	60	0	0	0	180
Chongqing	100	50	0	0	0	150
Sichuan	270	160	0	0	0	430
Guizhou	200	100	0	0	0	300
Yunan	480	179	0	0	30	689
Tibet	200	0	0	60	0	260
Shannxi	200	50	0	0	0	250
Gansu	800	200	0	0	0	1000
Qinghai	40	40	0	0	0	80
Ningxia	50	40	0	0	0	90
Xinjiang^a	350	60	0	0	0	410
Total	5106	1449	55	60	30	6700

Notes: ^aInclude Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps which is located in Xinjiang and regarded as an administrative entity at the provincial level. Data from the General Office, Ministry of Education, People’s Republic of China.

Table 3 Enrollment Vacancy of Rural-Oriented Medical Students in Anhui Province of Central China: 2010–2013

Year	Enrollment Vacancy		Students Not Signing Agreement
	Undergraduate	Junior College	Undergraduate	Junior College
2010	0	–	7	–
2011	27	0	6	40
2012	2	4	16	15
2013	0	5	9	17

Note: Data from Zhu et al.⁵²

Figure 1 Number of physicians per 1000 population in rural China: 2005–2017.⁵³

Notes: Data from National Health Commission of the People's Republic of China. China Health Statistical Yearbook 2018.

Zhu C, Wang W, Chen J, Wu X. Research on rural oriented free medical students training program from the perspective of risk. J Qiqihar Med Coll. 2014;9:1362–1363. (in Chinese).

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