Fujian province should encourage investors from Taiwan to set up wholly owned hospitals as part of an effort to promote cross-Straits cooperation in the health sector, according to a proposal.

In the proposal to the ongoing annual session of the Fujian legislature, the Fujian committee of the Taiwan Democratic Self-Government League, one of the eight non-Communist parties on the mainland, said the province should open wider in terms of cross-Straits medical cooperation.

According to the proposal, growing demand for high-end medical services shows the huge potential of the mainland's medical services market.