General hospitals play an important role in the prevention and control of emerging infectious diseases, making it imperative to stand by for outbreaks of epidemics in peacetime. This study analyzed the necessity of the mechanism of adapting these hospitals to both peacetime and wartime against emerging infectious diseases. In addition, the authors identified existing problems in dealing with emerging infectious diseases, and put forward corresponding suggestions: readiness in the conversion into epidemic-control; strengthened comprehensive prevention and control of nosocomial infection; strengthened construction of epidemic prevention teambuilding; an emergency material supply guarantee mechanism; an optimized monitoring and early warning mechanism; enhanced risk management and joint prevention and control.

Public hospitals play an important role in independent innovation of basic medicine and clinical medicine. As key players in translation of medical research achievements, they play a pivotal role in promoting the development of medical sciences. At present, these hospitals however, are faced with challenges in the translation, namely system defects, unclear property rights ownership, misleading research project goals, defective assessment mechanism, insufficient funding, and lack of translation channels. In such considerations, the authors suggested based on their experiences to improve the translation system of scientific research achievements, set up special departments for translation, clarify the rights to use and dispose of scientific research achievements and that to yields. They also proposed to actively guide the establishment of clinical application projects, improve the evaluation mechanism, and broaden channels of funding. These measures are expected to accelerate the translation of scientific research achievements.