Continually Improving People's Health and Ensuring Decisive Progress in Building a Healthy China—General Secretary Xi Jinping's Important Speech at the National Health Conference Prompts Enthusiastic Responses

Respondents said they would put health first and prioritize prevention, safeguarding people's health comprehensively throughout their lives.

General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out that health services play an overarching and foundational role, and that the strategy of giving priority to health in development must be firmly implemented. He emphasized that prevention is the most economical and effective health strategy, and that all foundational work and work addressing health issues at their source must be carried out thoroughly and effectively to consolidate the foundations of health for all. People said they would put the priority given to health into practice and uphold prevention as the guiding principle throughout, safeguarding people's lives and health in all respects and throughout their life cycles.

Xi Jinping called for implementing a development strategy that prioritizes health, emphasizing prevention and ensuring that foundational work and efforts to address problems at their source are carried out effectively.

General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out that health services play an overarching and foundational role, and that the strategy of giving priority to health in development must be firmly implemented. He emphasized that prevention is the most economical and effective health strategy, and that all foundational work and work addressing health issues at their source must be carried out thoroughly and effectively to consolidate the foundations of health for all. People said they would put the priority given to health into practice and uphold prevention as the guiding principle throughout, safeguarding people's lives and health in all respects and throughout their life cycles.

The speech drew enthusiastic responses, with respondents saying they would study it in depth, treat building a Healthy China as a strategic task, and continue improving people's health.

CCTV.com reports (Xinwen Lianbo): The National Health Conference has been convened again after a 10-year interval. General Secretary Xi Jinping attended the National Health Conference and delivered an important speech, emphasizing the need to unswervingly follow a path of health development with Chinese characteristics and ensure decisive progress in building a Healthy China during the 15th Five-Year Plan period. The general secretary's important speech prompted enthusiastic responses. People said they would study and understand it in depth, treat building a Healthy China as an important strategic task, build on strengths, consolidate foundations, address shortcomings and reinforce weak areas, and make sustained, persistent efforts to continually improve people's health.

Respondents said they would focus on persistent problems and bottlenecks in healthcare and people's most pressing concerns, ensuring that the achievements of building a Healthy China benefit families.

General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out that comprehensively improving medical services is a key task in building a Healthy China. Efforts must be made to thoroughly implement the project to strengthen the foundations of medical and health services, optimize the functions, structure and distribution of medical and health institutions, and promote tiered diagnosis and treatment, so that people can access effective medical care close to home. People said they would focus on difficulties and bottlenecks in health services and give particular attention to addressing people's pressing difficulties and concerns, ensuring that the benefits of building a Healthy China reach every household.

Xi Jinping called for improving medical services, implementing a program to strengthen the foundations of healthcare, optimizing the distribution of institutions, and promoting tiered diagnosis and treatment.

General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out that comprehensively improving medical services is a key task in building a Healthy China. Efforts must be made to thoroughly implement the project to strengthen the foundations of medical and health services, optimize the functions, structure and distribution of medical and health institutions, and promote tiered diagnosis and treatment, so that people can access effective medical care close to home. People said they would focus on difficulties and bottlenecks in health services and give particular attention to addressing people's pressing difficulties and concerns, ensuring that the benefits of building a Healthy China reach every household.

The National Health Conference convened again after a 10-year interval. Xi Jinping attended and delivered a speech, calling for decisive progress in building a Healthy China during the 15th Five-Year Plan period.

CCTV.com reports (Xinwen Lianbo): The National Health Conference has been convened again after a 10-year interval. General Secretary Xi Jinping attended the National Health Conference and delivered an important speech, emphasizing the need to unswervingly follow a path of health development with Chinese characteristics and ensure decisive progress in building a Healthy China during the 15th Five-Year Plan period. The general secretary's important speech prompted enthusiastic responses. People said they would study and understand it in depth, treat building a Healthy China as an important strategic task, build on strengths, consolidate foundations, address shortcomings and reinforce weak areas, and make sustained, persistent efforts to continually improve people's health.

Xi Jinping explained that a Healthy China should provide balanced, universally accessible, high-quality and efficient services, with strong capabilities in six areas, including health management.

The 15th Five-Year Plan period is a critical period for achieving the goal of building a Healthy China by 2035. General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasized that the Healthy China we seek to build must offer balanced and universally accessible benefits and high-quality, efficient services, with strong capabilities in health management, disease prevention and control, medical services, medical insurance support, pharmaceutical and medical innovation, and talent training. People said General Secretary Xi Jinping's important speech elevated the Party's understanding of the underlying patterns governing the development of health services to an entirely new level, charting a course and providing important guidance for building a Healthy China.

Respondents said the speech deepened understanding of the principles governing healthcare development and provided direction and guidance for building a Healthy China.

The 15th Five-Year Plan period is a critical period for achieving the goal of building a Healthy China by 2035. General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasized that the Healthy China we seek to build must offer balanced and universally accessible benefits and high-quality, efficient services, with strong capabilities in health management, disease prevention and control, medical services, medical insurance support, pharmaceutical and medical innovation, and talent training. People said General Secretary Xi Jinping's important speech elevated the Party's understanding of the underlying patterns governing the development of health services to an entirely new level, charting a course and providing important guidance for building a Healthy China.