Xi Jinping Stresses at the National Conference on Health: Unswervingly Follow the Path of Health Development with Chinese Characteristics and Ensure Decisive Progress in Building a Healthy China During the 15th Five-Year Plan Period

Xi Jinping called for improving mechanisms for managing drug supply and use, refining the essential medicines system, and strengthening quality and safety oversight.

Xi Jinping stressed that reform is a powerful driving force for the development of health services. Promoting coordinated development and governance of medical services, medical insurance and pharmaceuticals must remain the main focus of medical and health system reform. Reform plans for public medical and health institutions should be fully implemented, public hospital reform should be deepened with a public-interest orientation, and operational support for medical institutions at county, district and primary levels should be strengthened. A multilevel medical security system should be established, and policies on centralized procurement of medicines and medical consumables, medical insurance payments and the use of funds should be optimized to ensure secure fund operations, sound hospital operations and reasonable burdens on the public. Mechanisms for ensuring medicine supplies and managing medicine use should be improved, the national essential medicines system should be refined, and oversight of medicine quality and safety should be strengthened.

Xi Jinping called for strengthening comprehensive prevention and control of chronic diseases and improving services across the full continuum of care.

Xi Jinping pointed out that comprehensively improving medical services is a key task in building a Healthy China. The project to strengthen the foundations of medical and health services should be implemented in depth, the functions and structural layout of medical and health institutions should be optimized, and tiered diagnosis and treatment should be promoted so that people can obtain accessible, effective treatment close to home. Comprehensive prevention and control of chronic diseases should be strengthened, and services spanning the entire chain of prevention, treatment, rehabilitation and management should be improved. Mechanisms for preserving, innovating and developing traditional Chinese medicine should be improved, and coordination and integration between Chinese and Western medicine should be strengthened. Basic research and original innovation in health should be strengthened, scientific and technological achievements should be translated into practical applications, and the health industry should be expanded and strengthened. The patient experience should be improved to continually increase the convenience of and public satisfaction with medical care.

Relevant central leaders attended the conference.

Members of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, secretaries of the CPC Central Committee Secretariat, vice chairmen of the Central Military Commission, relevant leading officials of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, state councilors, the procurator-general of the Supreme People's Procuratorate, and relevant leading officials of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference attended the conference.

Xi Jinping called for guiding young people to develop good habits and achieve well-rounded development.

Xi Jinping stressed that prevention is the most economical and effective health strategy. All foundational work and work addressing health issues at their source must be carried out carefully and effectively to consolidate the foundations of health for all. Society as a whole should be guided to develop a sound understanding of health and effectively cultivate and manage personal health. Young people should be guided to develop good study and living habits and achieve well-rounded development in moral, intellectual, physical, aesthetic and labor education. A sound ecological environment and good working and living environments should be created, and fitness for all and healthy recreation should be encouraged and supported. Food safety oversight should be strengthened to safeguard the safety of what people eat. The disease prevention and control system should be improved to ensure that no large-scale epidemics occur.

Li Qiang delivered concluding remarks. Zhao Leji, Wang Huning, Cai Qi, Ding Xuexiang and Li Xi attended.

Li Qiang delivered concluding remarks. Zhao Leji, Wang Huning, Cai Qi, Ding Xuexiang and Li Xi attended the conference.

Xi Jinping reviewed how, since the 18th CPC National Congress, the CPC Central Committee had prioritized safeguarding people's health, made arrangements for building a Healthy China, and advanced the establishment of four major systems.

Xi Jinping pointed out that people's health is an important indicator of a flourishing nation and a strong country. Since the 18th CPC National Congress, the Party Central Committee has placed safeguarding people's health in a strategic position of priority development, established the health work policy for the new era, made major decisions and arrangements for building a Healthy China, and promoted the establishment of the world's largest systems for medical services, traditional medicine, disease prevention and control, and medical security. Health services have achieved historic accomplishments and made progress across the board.

Xi Jinping called for advancing high-quality development in health during the 15th Five-Year Plan period and ensuring decisive progress in building a Healthy China.

CCTV.com reports (Xinwen Lianbo): The National Conference on Health was held in Beijing from October 12 to 13. Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, president of China and chairman of the Central Military Commission, attended the conference and delivered an important speech. He stressed that the 15th Five-Year Plan period is a critical period for achieving the goal of building a Healthy China by 2035. It is necessary to unswervingly follow the path of health development with Chinese characteristics, implement the health work policy for the new era, build on strengths, consolidate foundations, address shortcomings and strengthen weak areas, promote high-quality development of health services, continuously improve people's health, and ensure decisive progress in building a Healthy China.

Xi Jinping called for making coordinated development and governance of medical services, medical insurance and pharmaceuticals the main focus of healthcare reform, implementing reform of public institutions, and deepening public hospital reform.

Xi Jinping stressed that reform is a powerful driving force for the development of health services. Promoting coordinated development and governance of medical services, medical insurance and pharmaceuticals must remain the main focus of medical and health system reform. Reform plans for public medical and health institutions should be fully implemented, public hospital reform should be deepened with a public-interest orientation, and operational support for medical institutions at county, district and primary levels should be strengthened. A multilevel medical security system should be established, and policies on centralized procurement of medicines and medical consumables, medical insurance payments and the use of funds should be optimized to ensure secure fund operations, sound hospital operations and reasonable burdens on the public. Mechanisms for ensuring medicine supplies and managing medicine use should be improved, the national essential medicines system should be refined, and oversight of medicine quality and safety should be strengthened.

The National Conference on Health was held in Beijing from October 12 to 13. Xi Jinping attended and delivered a speech.

CCTV.com reports (Xinwen Lianbo): The National Conference on Health was held in Beijing from October 12 to 13. Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, president of China and chairman of the Central Military Commission, attended the conference and delivered an important speech. He stressed that the 15th Five-Year Plan period is a critical period for achieving the goal of building a Healthy China by 2035. It is necessary to unswervingly follow the path of health development with Chinese characteristics, implement the health work policy for the new era, build on strengths, consolidate foundations, address shortcomings and strengthen weak areas, promote high-quality development of health services, continuously improve people's health, and ensure decisive progress in building a Healthy China.

Li Qiang called for addressing pressing problems and bottlenecks in healthcare, strengthening major disease prevention and control, tiered diagnosis and treatment, medical insurance, traditional Chinese medicine, health services for older people and children, and support through science and technology.

In his concluding remarks, Li Qiang pointed out that General Secretary Xi Jinping's important speech provided profound answers to a series of fundamental, directional and overarching questions concerning health work. Highly substantive in its thinking, strategic vision and guidance, it has set the direction and provided important guidelines for health work in the new era and on the new journey. It must be studied and understood carefully and implemented to the letter. He called for greater awareness in both thinking and action and unswerving adherence to the path of health development with Chinese characteristics; a firmly established health-first orientation to promote coordinated development of people's health and the economy and society; adherence to the public-interest nature of basic medical and health services to consolidate the foundations of health for all; equal emphasis on ensuring basic services and improving quality to better meet people's diverse health needs; and deeper reform, innovation, openness and cooperation to continuously strengthen the impetus and vitality of health services. Efforts should focus on pain points and bottlenecks in health services, with particular attention to the pressing difficulties and concerns of the public. Work should be done to prevent and control major diseases, advance the development of a tiered diagnosis and treatment system, improve the patient experience, build a multilevel medical security system, strengthen the distinctive advantages of traditional Chinese medicine, provide health services for the elderly and children, and use science and technology to empower the development of medical and health services, thereby laying a solid foundation for building a Healthy China.

Xi Jinping called for implementing a program to strengthen primary-level healthcare, optimizing the distribution of institutions, and promoting tiered diagnosis and treatment.

Xi Jinping pointed out that comprehensively improving medical services is a key task in building a Healthy China. The project to strengthen the foundations of medical and health services should be implemented in depth, the functions and structural layout of medical and health institutions should be optimized, and tiered diagnosis and treatment should be promoted so that people can obtain accessible, effective treatment close to home. Comprehensive prevention and control of chronic diseases should be strengthened, and services spanning the entire chain of prevention, treatment, rehabilitation and management should be improved. Mechanisms for preserving, innovating and developing traditional Chinese medicine should be improved, and coordination and integration between Chinese and Western medicine should be strengthened. Basic research and original innovation in health should be strengthened, scientific and technological achievements should be translated into practical applications, and the health industry should be expanded and strengthened. The patient experience should be improved to continually increase the convenience of and public satisfaction with medical care.

Xi Jinping called for strengthening food safety oversight and disease prevention and control to prevent large-scale epidemics.

Xi Jinping stressed that prevention is the most economical and effective health strategy. All foundational work and work addressing health issues at their source must be carried out carefully and effectively to consolidate the foundations of health for all. Society as a whole should be guided to develop a sound understanding of health and effectively cultivate and manage personal health. Young people should be guided to develop good study and living habits and achieve well-rounded development in moral, intellectual, physical, aesthetic and labor education. A sound ecological environment and good working and living environments should be created, and fitness for all and healthy recreation should be encouraged and supported. Food safety oversight should be strengthened to safeguard the safety of what people eat. The disease prevention and control system should be improved to ensure that no large-scale epidemics occur.

Xi Jinping called for strengthening basic research and original innovation in health, translating research findings into practical applications, and developing the health industry.

Xi Jinping pointed out that comprehensively improving medical services is a key task in building a Healthy China. The project to strengthen the foundations of medical and health services should be implemented in depth, the functions and structural layout of medical and health institutions should be optimized, and tiered diagnosis and treatment should be promoted so that people can obtain accessible, effective treatment close to home. Comprehensive prevention and control of chronic diseases should be strengthened, and services spanning the entire chain of prevention, treatment, rehabilitation and management should be improved. Mechanisms for preserving, innovating and developing traditional Chinese medicine should be improved, and coordination and integration between Chinese and Western medicine should be strengthened. Basic research and original innovation in health should be strengthened, scientific and technological achievements should be translated into practical applications, and the health industry should be expanded and strengthened. The patient experience should be improved to continually increase the convenience of and public satisfaction with medical care.

Xi Jinping proposed that a Healthy China should have capabilities in six areas, meet health needs, and improve key health indicators.

Xi Jinping stressed that the Healthy China we seek to build is one that provides balanced and inclusive, high-quality and efficient services. It should have strong capabilities in health management, disease prevention and control, medical services, medical insurance support, pharmaceutical innovation and personnel training, effectively meet the people's growing health needs, and achieve sustained, steady improvements in major health indicators.

Xi Jinping called for implementing a development strategy that prioritizes health and integrating people's health into policies and all areas of work.

Xi Jinping pointed out that health services play an overarching and foundational role, and that the strategy of prioritizing health in development must be firmly implemented. Safeguarding people's health must be incorporated into all policies and reflected in work in every field. The impact on people's health must be given priority consideration in the formulation of plans, policy design, project appraisal, construction projects and other undertakings.

Xi Jinping called for strengthening preventive and foundational work and guiding society in actively improving and managing personal health.

Xi Jinping stressed that prevention is the most economical and effective health strategy. All foundational work and work addressing health issues at their source must be carried out carefully and effectively to consolidate the foundations of health for all. Society as a whole should be guided to develop a sound understanding of health and effectively cultivate and manage personal health. Young people should be guided to develop good study and living habits and achieve well-rounded development in moral, intellectual, physical, aesthetic and labor education. A sound ecological environment and good working and living environments should be created, and fitness for all and healthy recreation should be encouraged and supported. Food safety oversight should be strengthened to safeguard the safety of what people eat. The disease prevention and control system should be improved to ensure that no large-scale epidemics occur.

Xi Jinping called for strengthening the ranks of health officials and professionals, selecting and appointing leadership teams, and building a high-quality medical workforce.

Xi Jinping pointed out that safeguarding people's health requires strong teams of officials and professionals in the health system. Leadership teams at competent departments and medical and health institutions at all levels, especially their top leaders, should be carefully selected and strengthened, and efforts should be made to build a medical workforce that is sufficient in number, well structured and highly qualified. Medical ethics and professional conduct should be strengthened to foster sound practices in the sector. A social atmosphere of respect for medical professionals and attention to health services should be promoted.

Officials from localities, the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps, and relevant central departments and organizations, along with representatives of experts and scholars, attended the conference.

Participants included principal officials from provinces, autonomous regions, municipalities directly under the central government and cities with independent planning status, the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps, relevant departments of central Party and state organs, relevant people's organizations, selected centrally administered enterprises and relevant departments of the Central Military Commission, as well as representatives of experts and scholars.

Li Qiang called for studying and implementing Xi Jinping's speech, prioritizing health, upholding the public-service mission, ensuring basic services and improving quality, and pursuing reform, opening up and cooperation.

In his concluding remarks, Li Qiang pointed out that General Secretary Xi Jinping's important speech provided profound answers to a series of fundamental, directional and overarching questions concerning health work. Highly substantive in its thinking, strategic vision and guidance, it has set the direction and provided important guidelines for health work in the new era and on the new journey. It must be studied and understood carefully and implemented to the letter. He called for greater awareness in both thinking and action and unswerving adherence to the path of health development with Chinese characteristics; a firmly established health-first orientation to promote coordinated development of people's health and the economy and society; adherence to the public-interest nature of basic medical and health services to consolidate the foundations of health for all; equal emphasis on ensuring basic services and improving quality to better meet people's diverse health needs; and deeper reform, innovation, openness and cooperation to continuously strengthen the impetus and vitality of health services. Efforts should focus on pain points and bottlenecks in health services, with particular attention to the pressing difficulties and concerns of the public. Work should be done to prevent and control major diseases, advance the development of a tiered diagnosis and treatment system, improve the patient experience, build a multilevel medical security system, strengthen the distinctive advantages of traditional Chinese medicine, provide health services for the elderly and children, and use science and technology to empower the development of medical and health services, thereby laying a solid foundation for building a Healthy China.

Xi Jinping called for effectively telling the story of a Healthy China and building international consensus.

Xi Jinping stressed that health for all is a shared aspiration of humanity. Efforts should be made to actively promote a global community of health for all, jointly respond to major challenges in health, and continually improve the health and well-being of people in all countries. Health cooperation under the Belt and Road Initiative should be deepened, and overseas health assistance should be strengthened and innovated. China's story of building a Healthy China should be told well to further build international consensus.

Xi Jinping called for strengthening medical ethics and professional conduct and promoting a social atmosphere that respects medical workers and values healthcare.

Xi Jinping pointed out that safeguarding people's health requires strong teams of officials and professionals in the health system. Leadership teams at competent departments and medical and health institutions at all levels, especially their top leaders, should be carefully selected and strengthened, and efforts should be made to build a medical workforce that is sufficient in number, well structured and highly qualified. Medical ethics and professional conduct should be strengthened to foster sound practices in the sector. A social atmosphere of respect for medical professionals and attention to health services should be promoted.

Xi Jinping called for strengthening operational support for primary-level institutions, building a multilayered medical security system, and optimizing policies on centralized procurement, insurance payments and fund use.

Xi Jinping stressed that reform is a powerful driving force for the development of health services. Promoting coordinated development and governance of medical services, medical insurance and pharmaceuticals must remain the main focus of medical and health system reform. Reform plans for public medical and health institutions should be fully implemented, public hospital reform should be deepened with a public-interest orientation, and operational support for medical institutions at county, district and primary levels should be strengthened. A multilevel medical security system should be established, and policies on centralized procurement of medicines and medical consumables, medical insurance payments and the use of funds should be optimized to ensure secure fund operations, sound hospital operations and reasonable burdens on the public. Mechanisms for ensuring medicine supplies and managing medicine use should be improved, the national essential medicines system should be refined, and oversight of medicine quality and safety should be strengthened.

Xi Jinping called for improving mechanisms for preserving and innovating traditional Chinese medicine and strengthening coordination and integration between Chinese and Western medicine.

Xi Jinping pointed out that comprehensively improving medical services is a key task in building a Healthy China. The project to strengthen the foundations of medical and health services should be implemented in depth, the functions and structural layout of medical and health institutions should be optimized, and tiered diagnosis and treatment should be promoted so that people can obtain accessible, effective treatment close to home. Comprehensive prevention and control of chronic diseases should be strengthened, and services spanning the entire chain of prevention, treatment, rehabilitation and management should be improved. Mechanisms for preserving, innovating and developing traditional Chinese medicine should be improved, and coordination and integration between Chinese and Western medicine should be strengthened. Basic research and original innovation in health should be strengthened, scientific and technological achievements should be translated into practical applications, and the health industry should be expanded and strengthened. The patient experience should be improved to continually increase the convenience of and public satisfaction with medical care.

Xi Jinping called for improving the patient experience and increasing convenience and satisfaction in accessing medical care.

Xi Jinping pointed out that comprehensively improving medical services is a key task in building a Healthy China. The project to strengthen the foundations of medical and health services should be implemented in depth, the functions and structural layout of medical and health institutions should be optimized, and tiered diagnosis and treatment should be promoted so that people can obtain accessible, effective treatment close to home. Comprehensive prevention and control of chronic diseases should be strengthened, and services spanning the entire chain of prevention, treatment, rehabilitation and management should be improved. Mechanisms for preserving, innovating and developing traditional Chinese medicine should be improved, and coordination and integration between Chinese and Western medicine should be strengthened. Basic research and original innovation in health should be strengthened, scientific and technological achievements should be translated into practical applications, and the health industry should be expanded and strengthened. The patient experience should be improved to continually increase the convenience of and public satisfaction with medical care.

Xi Jinping called for improving ecological, working and living environments and supporting fitness for all and healthy leisure activities.

Xi Jinping stressed that prevention is the most economical and effective health strategy. All foundational work and work addressing health issues at their source must be carried out carefully and effectively to consolidate the foundations of health for all. Society as a whole should be guided to develop a sound understanding of health and effectively cultivate and manage personal health. Young people should be guided to develop good study and living habits and achieve well-rounded development in moral, intellectual, physical, aesthetic and labor education. A sound ecological environment and good working and living environments should be created, and fitness for all and healthy recreation should be encouraged and supported. Food safety oversight should be strengthened to safeguard the safety of what people eat. The disease prevention and control system should be improved to ensure that no large-scale epidemics occur.

Xi Jinping called for advancing a global community of health for all, deepening Belt and Road health cooperation, and innovating health assistance to other countries.

Xi Jinping stressed that health for all is a shared aspiration of humanity. Efforts should be made to actively promote a global community of health for all, jointly respond to major challenges in health, and continually improve the health and well-being of people in all countries. Health cooperation under the Belt and Road Initiative should be deepened, and overseas health assistance should be strengthened and innovated. China's story of building a Healthy China should be told well to further build international consensus.