廖新波 (LiàoXīnbō): Liao Xinbo (b. 1954), former deputy director of the Guangdong Provincial Health Department; widely followed health-policy commentator known on Weibo as 医生哥波子 ("Doctor Bozi")

Meanings

1 Liao Xinbo (b. 1954), former deputy director of the Guangdong Provincial Health Department; widely followed health-policy commentator known on Weibo as 医生哥波子 ("Doctor Bozi")

Characters

廖

Examples

卫生厅副厅长廖新波长期关注医改问题。

Wèishēngtīng fù tīngzhǎng Liào Xīnbō chángqī guānzhù yīgǎi wèntí.

Deputy health department director Liao Xinbo has long focused on healthcare reform.

廖新波在微博上拥有大量粉丝。

Liào Xīnbō zài Wēibó shàng yōngyǒu dàliàng fěnsī.

Liao Xinbo has a large following on Weibo.

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culture

Rare among Chinese bureaucrats, Liao became a social-media personality while still in office — his Weibo handle '医生哥波子' (Doctor Bozi) made complex healthcare reform debates accessible to the public during the 2009–2015 medical reform era.