Pursuinguniversal coverage is anongoing “globalhealth
transition” [67], for which China’s experience offers several
lessons. First, China joined a group of countries (e.g.,
Japan and Korea) that achieved universal health insurance
coverage before becoming high-income countries [68]. The
significance of China’s experience is that it reached universal
coverage during its process of industrialization and
urbanization, setting an encouraging example for other
countries involved in similar processes