中国卫生经济学会第八次学术年会距１９９７年在杭州召开的第七次学术年会已近三年，三年来随着宏观经济体制改革的不断深化，医药卫生体制改革已进人攻坚阶段，它是以往２０多年来改革的延续与深化，不仅要求理顺关系，进行严格规范的管理，而且要进行综合性配套改革，实行制 The eighth academic annual meeting of the Chinese Health Economics Association was nearly three years away from the seventh academic annual meeting held in Hangzhou in 1997. With the continuous deepening of the reform of the macroeconomic system in the past three years, the reform of the medical and health system has entered a critical stage. It is a continuation and intensification of reforms in the past more than 20 years. It not only requires rationalization of relations and strict and standardized management, but also comprehensive reforms and implementation.