People pass an LED billboard of online healthcare firm Haodf.com in Beijing. MAO XUQIAN/FOR CHINA DAILY 

Data from the National Health Commission showed China already has more than 1,100 internet-based hospitals, and more than 7,700 grade-2 and above physical hospitals providing internet-based services like online appointments.

来自国家卫健委的数据显示，中国现有1100多家互联网医院，此外，7700多家二级及以上实体医院提供网上预约等互联网服务。

The first five months of 2020 saw the number of newly established internet-based hospitals reach the full-year figure for 2019, and in November last year, the figure exceeded 900, before hitting 1,100 in a few more months.

去年前5个月，仅新建互联网医院的数量就达到2019年的总数，去年11月，互联网医院总数超过900家，几个月后就达到1100家。

The rise is attributed to people's desire to avoid visiting hospitals during the COVID-19 pandemic if they could help it.

新冠疫情期间，大家都希望尽量避免去医院，互联网医院的迅猛增加即是顺应了这一需求。

The government's timely policies to improve business environment and efforts to facilitate high-quality development have paved the way for the rapid growth of the online healthcare industry in China.

中国政府及时出台政策改善营商环境，积极促进高质量发展，这些举措为在线医疗产业的快速发展铺平了道路。

telemedicine   远程医疗 （请戳往期链接）

health literacy rate  健康素养水平 （请戳往期链接）

Sound aged care industry clusters  健康养老产业集群 （请戳往期链接）

Collected and edited by Lv Yun

Source: China Daily

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