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ment of diseases” to “centering on people’s
health.”
As the Healthy China Action Plan for
2019-2030 states, the purpose of the ac-
tions is to help everyone learn, understand
and master information and skills related to
disease prevention, early detection, emer-
gency rescue, timely medical treatment,
rational drug use and other aspects of health
maintenance; enhance health awareness;
and constantly improve health management
capabilities.
Setting targets
The guideline on implementing the Healthy
China Initiative and the two supporting docu-
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the Healthy China Action by 2022 and 2030,
Yu said.
Of the 15 campaigns proposed in the
guideline, the first group of six covers
health influencing factors ranging from
popularization of health knowledge, a
balanced diet, national fitness, tobacco
control, mental health and a healthy
environment. The second group of four
campaigns focuses on health issues of key
demographic groups such as mothers and
children, primary and secondary school
students, and workers. The third group of
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including cardiovascular and cerebrovascu-
lar diseases, cancer and chronic respiratory
diseases, and diabetes, as well as infectious
and endemic diseases.
The guideline states that by 2030, main
health indicators for residents in China will
reach the levels of high-income countries
and health equity will be basically realized.
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15 campaigns.
For instance, by 2022 and 2030, life ex-
pectancy will increase from the current 76.
to 77.7 and 79, respectively; the infant mor-
tality rate will be controlled at or below 7.
and 5 per 1,000 live births, respectively; and
the maternal mortality ratio will be reduced
to below 18 and 12 per 100,000 live births,
respectively.The level of residents’ health literacy will
be raised from 14.18 percent in 2017 to 22
percent in 2022 and 30 percent in 2030.
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in a poor diet and other unhealthy lifestyles.
Many people have a diet rich in sugar, fat and
salt, which is leading to obesity and chronic
diseases.
It has been reported that Chinese
people’s waistline has been expanding
at a rate much faster than the country’s
economic growth rate, and China has ex-
ceeded the U.S. as the country with the
largest number of overweight people. Data
in the Healthy China Action by 2022 and
2030 show that as of 2012, 30.1 percent
of Chinese adults were overweight and
11.9 were obese, up 32 percent and 67.
percent, respectively, from 2002. Among
children aged between 6 and 17, the over-
weight and obesity rate was 9.6 percent
and 6.4 percent, respectively, doubling
and tripling that of 2002.
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