As an important component of the new health sector reform, uidelines for the Public Hospital Reform Trials will soon be published, and corresponding regional trials will simultaneously be set in motion. uidelines?are not specific about management distribution and public hospital subsidization, two key points of public interest. Instead it inclines for regions to make conclusions based on their own circumstances. Current regional trials indicate that before the ultimate goal for reform is realized, the formality of management distribution and blind subsidization only serves to create new problems.