Implementing full cycle policies to safeguard national health
2026-07-30
The State Council recently issued the "15th Five Year Plan for National Health", which is based on the new situation, opportunities, and challenges of the development of the health industry in the new stage, and makes systematic and strategic arrangements for the construction of a healthy China in the next five years. Adhering to the priority of health, focusing on the pain points of people's livelihood, strengthening innovation empowerment, and improving collaborative governance, this plan is not only a "roadmap" for continuous struggle, but also an action plan to promote the overall improvement of the health level of the whole nation.
During the 14th Five Year Plan period, China's medical and health service system continued to improve, the public health protection network became more compact, and the national health level steadily improved. By 2025, the average life expectancy per capita will reach 79.25 years, ranking among the top middle and high-income countries, and achieving solid results in the construction of a healthy China. Standing at a new starting point and benchmarking against the goal of achieving an average life expectancy of 80 years by 2030, the healthcare industry still needs to improve and expand, fill in gaps, and address strengths and weaknesses. To this end, it is necessary to continuously improve the balance and accessibility of health services, guide the whole society to establish a proactive health concept, shape a healthy production and lifestyle that is suitable for high-quality development, and comprehensively consolidate the foundation of national health.
To safeguard the health of the whole nation, it is crucial to implement comprehensive policies and provide refined guarantees throughout the entire cycle. One distinctive feature of this plan is to adhere to the principle of prevention as the main focus and move the checkpoint forward, and build a health protection system that covers the entire life cycle and the entire population. Integrating health education into the national education system, promoting the "three reductions" action and the national fitness project on a regular basis, and improving the supporting facilities for grassroots fitness... A series of measures will promote the systematic improvement of the national health literacy.
Focusing on key populations and securing the bottom line of people's livelihoods is the key to improving the quality of health governance. Targeting the "one elderly and one young" group, we will plan and improve the birth support and inclusive childcare system, and consolidate the foundation for children's healthy growth; Continuously deepen health promotion actions for the elderly, including oral, hearing, psychological, nutritional, and dementia prevention and treatment, improve the care system for disabled and dementia elderly, and accurately adapt to the health needs of the elderly. At the same time, we will focus on weak areas such as occupational health, rehabilitation of disabled persons, and assistance for poverty caused by illness, and make up for the shortcomings of health services for special groups, so that the health dividend benefits every group and demonstrates the warmth of people's livelihood and the precision of governance.
Optimizing the allocation of medical resources and reshaping the pattern of diagnosis and treatment services are important measures to solve the problem of people seeking medical treatment. By clarifying the functional positioning of medical institutions at all levels, the plan aims to promote precise stratification and efficient intensification of high-quality medical resources. On the one hand, we will strengthen the advantages of national and provincial high-level hospitals in diagnosis, treatment, and scientific research, gather urgent and critical cases, and tackle difficult and complex diseases, and build a strong barrier for high-end medical services; On the other hand, we will strictly control the disorderly expansion of tertiary hospitals, strengthen the "bottom line" of grassroots medical care, optimize the layout of urban and rural grassroots medical institutions, strengthen central township health centers and community health service centers, and weave a 15 minute basic medical and health service circle. The allocation of medical resources is becoming more optimized, which will effectively solve the problem of "difficult access to medical care" for the masses.
The high-quality development of the health industry cannot be separated from the hard core support of technological innovation. Accelerate the cultivation of a group of strategic scientists, leading talents, and high-level innovative teams in the field of health and hygiene; Strengthen scientific and technological research in the fields of pathogenesis, drugs, vaccines, medical equipment, brain computer interfaces, etc; Accelerate the quality and upgrading of the health industry, and support the development and application of innovative drugs and medical devices throughout the entire chain; Accelerate the construction of a digital health ecosystem, establish a national cross provincial sharing platform for inspection and testing results, and open up real-time query services for residents' electronic health records... A series of deployments are planned to promote the deep integration of digital intelligence technology into diagnosis and treatment, health care, medical insurance and other scenarios, so that the technological dividends can benefit more frontline clinical practice.
The construction of a healthy China is a "big chess game" of coordinated governance by the whole society. The plan will deeply integrate the concept of health into various fields such as urban and rural construction, rural revitalization, and industrial development, coordinate food safety, ecological environment, national fitness, occupational health, etc., and build a multidimensional and systematic health governance system. Only through individual self-discipline, industry performance, and departmental collaboration can a good pattern of everyone paying attention to health, everyone participating in health, and everyone enjoying health be formed. (Outlook New Era)
Edit:Luoyu Responsible editor:Wang Erdong
Source:ECONOMIC DAILY
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