The paper presents an investigation into the development history and current status of Chinese General Practitioner (GP) system and an exploratory comparison between the same and its British counterpart. The research findings contribute to the theoretical knowledge of the difference and similarity between the UK and Chinese GP systems and facilitate in harnessing the opportunity for British or any other countries’ healthcare service providers willing to access the Chinese healthcare marketplace. This study helps to provide a firsthand account of how the Chinese GP system operates. This knowledge can be of immense help for organizations and countries which have the requisite expertise and are looking at expanding their business horizons. China could be a good opportunity.

People are a crucial element in a nation’s economy and their health condition is one of the key ind-established and performing healthcare system can ensure a well-maintained health standard and effective and efficient medical service to the public (WHO, 2000; and Gu, 2006); it organizes and coordinates institutions, humans, finance and material resources for healthcare provision (Zhang, 2011).

If one sees the healthcare service system as a chain of different components, General Practitioners (GPs) are a very important knot within the chain. In many countries (WHO, 2000; and Allen et al., 2005), GPs (or family doctors) are the first medical contact or “gate keepers” in a majority of the circumstances when people need medical care; China is also encouraging the public to use GPs as their first medical contact, although it is not a compulsory requirement according to the research findings. In some countries such as the UK, the government is giving GPs more rights/responsibilities on issues besides medical treatment and consultation (Bawden and Agencies, 2010).

Business Strategy, Journal, Comparative Study, Chinese, British, General Practitioner (GP), Historical Development, People’s Republic of China (PRC), Connotation.