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Healthy China 2030: implementation announcement

This National Health Commission English news item announces the Healthy China 2030 plan and summarises several priorities. Published on 27 October 2016, it identifies the plan’s publication by the CPC Central Committee and State Council two days earlier.

Publisher
National Health Commission English website
Date / edition
27 October 2016
Document
Official publication concerning a policy plan
Scope
China
Language
English reference
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Health beyond clinical treatment

The summary includes healthier lifestyles, improved health services and the development of health industries. It places health within a wider field of daily life and economic activity, alongside medical provision. The notice offers a concise description of that direction rather than the full plan’s detailed measures.

The 2020 service objective

The article reports an aim to build a system providing basic health and exercise services to every citizen by 2020. This is a target described at the plan’s introduction. The article provides no subsequent assessment of coverage or of differences between places and population groups.

The 2030 horizon

The longer-term aim concerns main health indicators reaching standards associated with high-income countries by 2030. The brief notice does not define a complete indicator set or supply the plan’s full implementation framework.

Document scope: an announcement dated October 2016. The full plan and later health statistics are separate documents; the notice alone does not establish whether its targets were subsequently achieved.

Original source: National Health Commission English website.

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