Legal Risks and countermeasures of developing international medical tourism in post-epidemic era
As one of the fastest growing health industries in the world,international medical tourism has injec-ted new vitality into our economic development and foreign influence expansion.The post-COVID-19 era is approac-hing,and the development of China's international medical tourism faces great challenges.At present,four medical tourism antecedents have been established in our country to stimulate the entry medical tourism consumption from various developing directions while promoting Chinese traditional medicine and mature medical technology.Howev-er,the development of the emerging international medical tourism industry coexists with risks,among which,the shortage of specialized legislation,the tight restrictions of the current laws on the medical tourism industry,the in-ternational differences between traditional Chinese and Western medicine,the lack of legislation of advanced medical treatment and other problems may bring many legal risks.China needs to learn from the institutional experience of medical tourism in the United States,Japan and South Korea,issue international medical tourism visas,strengthen the policy and legal support for medical tourism institutions,establish a perfect system of international medical tourism laws and regulations,fill the legislative gap of TCM international medical tourism,and support and restrict the development of advanced medical technology.
China International Medical TourismPost-pandemic eraLegal riskStrategy