As mentioned in Study on Foreign-Invested Medical Institutions (I), although China had at one time implemented a pilot program for establishing wholly foreign-owned hospitals, current policies prohibit full ownership. Currently, foreign ownership of medical institutions is limited to 70% as stipulated by the Interim Measures for the Administration of Sino-foreign Equity Joint and Cooperative Joint Medical Institutions (order of Ministry of Health and Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation, [2000] No. 11, hereinafter referred to as the “Interim Measures”), without reference to qualified Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macao investors.