为优化医疗资源配置，引导优质医疗资源下沉，形成科学有序的就医格局，我国将建立分级诊疗制度作为医改的重要内容推进。分级诊疗制度的推进为独立医学实验室发展带来了前所未有的机遇，独立医学实验室将在实现区域医疗资源共享方面发挥重要作用。但是，我国独立医学实验室的发展较国外差距还很大，同样面临很多挑战。

To optimize the distribution of medical resources and promote the flow of high quality medical resources to grass-root medical institutions, and form an orderly medical-care-seeking pattern ultimately, China has put the establishment of the hierarchical medical system as an important part of the health care reform. The policy of hierarchical medical system promotion has brought many opportunities to independent clinical laboratories, and independent clinical laboratories are playing more and more important roles in regional sharing of health care resources. However, the independent clinical laboratories in China still have a very big disparity with developed countries, and are facing many challenges.