新疆农村合作医疗始于五十年代末期,至1978年底,全区已有97%的行政村实行了合作医疗,给当时缺医少药的广大农牧民解决了很大问题。至90年代初,新疆农村经济体制发生了较大的变化,合作医疗进入低谷,但仍有20%左右的行政村在顽强坚持实行合作医疗。到1999年底,全区开展合作医疗的 Rural cooperative medical service in Xinjiang began in the late 1950s. By the end of 1978, 97% of the administrative villages in the district had implemented cooperative medical care, which solved a lot of problems for the vast numbers of farmers and herdsmen who lacked medicine at that time. By the early 1990s, Xinjiang’s rural economic system had undergone major changes, and cooperative medical services had entered a low point. However, about 20% of the administrative villages still stubbornly persisted in implementing cooperative medical care. By the end of 1999, the district started cooperation in medical treatment.