Present Situation and Future Development of Occupational Therapy in China

Towards the end of the 1990s, rehabilitation began marching at an ever greater pace in Mainland China. Occupational therapy, however, has lagged behind in its educational development and the context of professionalism has not changed in response to social and economic changes. This paper, as written by a well-known physician and foremost scholar of rehabilitation medicine in China, addresses the dilemmas in the history of development and suggests solutions from Chinese perspectives