Medical dispute is one of prominent issues in the field of public health. The reappearance of the phenomenon of police officers holding the post of vice chairmanship in hospitals reflects the ineffectiveness of the legal mechanism for the resolution of medical disputes. In order to overcome the lack of legal basis and incoherencies and conflicts of procedures in medical disputes settlement，the Tort Law of the People’s Republic of China enacted this year includes a special chapter on medical liability. Meanwhile，the Chinese government has also adopted the Opinions on Strengthening the Work of People’s Mediation Relating to Medical Disputes，which are playing a positive role in legitimizing non-governmental medical dispute resolution organizations and guaranteeing the development of specialized medical dispute resolution system.