The Change of Public Health Emergency Policy in China: Course, Logic, and Prospect

With the frequent occurrence of various public health events, systematic analysis of public health emergency policies is urgently needed. Based on the historical institutional framework, it can be found that China's public health emergency policy has experienced four stages: slow start, rapid development, gradual adjustment and comprehensive improvement since the founding of the People's Republic of China. From the perspective of deep structure, economic level, social governance concept and scientific and technological development affect the evolution of public health emergency policy; From the perspective of path dependence, the policy is strengthened by increasing returns. From the perspective of dynamic mechanism, the interaction between key nodes and policy stakeholders promotes policy development. In the new era, the future development of China's public health emergency policy should grasp the key nodes of institutional change, enrich the policy system, improve the social participation mechanism, and encourage emergency technical innovation, and then realize the comprehensive improvement of China's public health emergency response capacity.