General Secretary Xi Jinping Points the Way Forward with a Scientific Approach for Building a Healthy China

The Qiushi magazine issue published on August 1 carried an important article by General Secretary Xi Jinping, titled "Accelerating the Building of a Healthy China." The article points out that building a Healthy China by 2035 is a strategic decision made by the Central Committee, and that the "15th FiveYear Plan" period is a critical stage for achieving this goal, requiring coordinated planning and accelerated progress in order to strive for decisive advances. The article puts forward three approaches to building a Healthy China: first, proceeding from China's national conditions, continuing to uphold the Party's leadership over health and medical work, adhering to a peoplecentered approach and putting life first, and following a development path for healthcare and health with Chinese characteristics; second, focusing on key tasks, advancing the building of a public health system and a highquality, efficient medical service system, and advocating healthy and civilized lifestyles; third, strengthening guarantees in areas such as institutions, science and technology, and talent, promoting the coordinated development of medical reform, medical insurance, and pharmaceuticals, facilitating the transformation and application of scientific and technological achievements, and raising the digital and intelligent level of health for the whole population. The article also emphasizes that building a Healthy China is a systematic project requiring the joint participation of the entire society. By implementing the decisions and arrangements of the Party Central Committee and bringing together the strengths of all parties, China can lay a solid health foundation for Chinese modernization.