The historical inspection on the central public health administration in Republican period of China

Abstract

The Health Ministry or Bureau was the central public health administration in Republican period of China as well as the important integral part of the national administrative organization. Because of the political turbulence in the Republican period of China, the central public health administration has been adjusted unceasingly along with the change of political power and the human affairs, and the organization's name also changed frequently. In order to coordinate with the organizational structure and satisfy the needs for foreign exchange and social development, as well as the influence of the TCM circles' struggle for its rights, its internal structure also has adjusted for many times. On personnel assignation, the functional department of central public health administration in Republican period of China has rather high demand to the specialty, quality, physique and the work experience. Its work responsibility also kept pace with the degree of the organization's standardization and the needs for the social development. The historical vicissitude of central public health administration was an epitome that the government functional department improved gradually during the period of social transformation in Republican period of China, reflecting the advancement of modernization of political system in the Republican period of China to a certain degree.