Rare diseases refer to
diseases characterized by very low
prevalence rate but causing serious
public health problem in the society. The
diagnosis and
treatment of the
diseases pose great challenges.During the period of 13th Five-Year,
China has accelerated the pace in all aspects targeting on
policy support and scientific
research in the
rare diseases and on
patients having the
diseases. The efforts include establishing the cataglog for
rare disease, introducing a series of
policies to accelerate the R & D of
drugs, upgrading the
standardization of the
diagnosis and
treatment competences and so forth. In addtion, the establishment of National
Rare Diseases Registry System(NRDRS) has been instrumental in knowing the burden of the
diseases and enhancing the scientific
research to
rare diseases.