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<p>The Foreign & Commonwealth Office does not provide direct support for care
in the community for the elderly in China. However, this financial year the Foreign
and Commonwealth Office has funded three projects that relate to the provision of
care to the elderly in China, which all involve collaboration between UK and Chinese
partners in the healthcare sector.</p><p> </p><p>The three projects amount to £200,000.
It is worth noting that in December British organisations signed deals worth in excess
of £100 million during the largest ever healthcare trade mission to China. Given wider
demographic trends, the elderly care sector in China is an area of potential future
commercial opportunity, to which UK providers are well-placed to respond. Sharing
world class British expertise in public healthcare will therefore help to create further
commercial opportunities for UK companies in China, which in turn will help safeguard
and create jobs in the UK and strengthen the healthcare sector in the UK.</p>
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