The competent department of health of the people's government at or above the county level and other relevant departments shall formulate a training plan for doctors, and conduct classified training for doctors in various forms to provide conditions for doctors to receive continuing medical education. The state formulates a plan for training doctors, establishes a mechanism for training doctors and balancing supply and demand to meet the needs of the industry and society, coordinates the needs of all kinds of medical talents, and strengthens the training of professionals in general practice, pediatrics, psychiatry and geriatrics who are in short supply. The state takes measures to strengthen the cooperation between doctors and teachers and improve the system of medical college education, post-graduation education and continuing education.

Through various channels, the state strengthens the training and deployment of primary medical and health personnel with general practitioners as the focus. The state takes measures to improve the education system of mutual learning between Chinese and Western medicine, and to train high-level talents and general practitioners who can provide integrated Chinese and Western medicine services. The state establishes and improves the standardized training system for residents, improves the incentive mechanism for clinical teaching, ensures the treatment of residents during training, and strictly manages the training process and completes the assessment. The state establishes and improves the standardized training system for specialists, and constantly improves the level of specialist diagnosis and treatment for clinicians.

Legal basis: Article 40 of the Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) on Doctors.

Medical and health institutions should rationally allocate human resources to ensure that their doctors receive continuing medical education in accordance with regulations and plans.

The health administrative department of the people's government at or above the county level shall organize and coordinate the medical and health institutions at or above the county level in a planned way to train the medical and health personnel of grassroots medical and health institutions such as township hospitals, village clinics and community health service centers, so as to improve their medical professional and technical ability and level.

Relevant industry organizations should provide services and create conditions for doctors to receive continuing medical education and strengthen the organization and management of continuing medical education.