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英国医疗集团Circle将在中国开设诊所 Circle Holdings has teamed up with Chinese investors to develop and manage a medical clinic in Shanghai, joining a wave of foreign operators seeking to capitalise on the nation’s ageing population. Circle Holdings与中国投资者合作，将在上海开发和管理一家医疗诊所，加入一批寻求从中国日渐老龄化的人口获利的外国医疗运营商的行列。 The Aim-quoted company has formed a joint venture to design, build and operate 10 medical clinics throughout China in the next five years. 这家伦敦另类投资市场(AIM)上市公司已经成立了一家合资公司，将在接下来的5年时间里，在中国各地设计、建造和运营10家医疗诊所。 The first will open on the site of a refurbished hotel in Shanghai in 2017, offering a range of GP, diagnostic, outpatient and treatment services aimed at wealthier patients who can take membership or pay-as-you-go treatment. 其中第一家将于2017年在上海的一家翻修酒店开业，提供全科医生服务、诊断、门诊和治疗服务，定位于能够接受会员制或者即付即治方式的较富裕的患者。 Circle’s move underscores the growing appetite by western healthcare companies to expand in China after Beijing removed a cap on foreign ownership of private hospitals in 2012. Circle的举措凸显出，在北京方面2012年取消对私立医院外资所有权限制后，西方医疗保健企业在中国扩张的兴趣越来越大。 Just 7 per cent of Chinese healthcare is provided by the private sector but companies have been encouraged to expand after Beijing’s decision to extend medical insurance to private hospitals. 中国仅有7%的医疗保健服务是由私营部门提供的，但北京方面将医保覆盖到私立医院的决定鼓舞了企业扩张。 Steve Melton, chief executive of Circle, said it hoped to press forward with the other openings quite quickly once the infrastructure has been established. Circle首席执行官史蒂夫.梅尔顿(Steve Melton)表示，一旦基础设施建成，该公司希望迅速推进其余医疗诊所开业。 He added that the deal proved that the UK’s horizons remain global in the wake of Britain’s decision to leave the European Union. 他补充道，该项目证明英国依然放眼全球，即使英国决定退出欧盟(EU)。 A government initiative to shift treatment away from hospitals — where many Chinese are treated for minor ailments — to care by family doctors and local clinics should also boost the market along with the increasing urbanisation of its 1.4bn population, Mr Melton said. 梅尔顿表示，随着中国14亿人口的城市化日益推进，政府将医疗从医院——许多中国人在医院治