The fifth lecture in the series “Ensuring and Improving People’s Livelihood in High-Quality Development” is held in Beijing
The building of a Healthy China is being accelerated, promoting the continuous improvement of medical services, medical insurance, and public health Grasp the direction of health reform during the 15th Five-Year Plan period, and enhance the health level of the whole population and livelihood security
The fifth session of the series of lectures on the current situation and policies, jointly organized by multiple departments including the Publicity Department of the CPC Central Committee, on the theme “Safeguarding and Improving Livelihoods in HighQuality Development,” was held in Beijing on July 21. Lei Haichao, Secretary of the Party Leadership Group and Director of the National Health Commission, delivered a special report on “Accelerating the Building of a Healthy China.”
Lei Haichao introduced that since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, China’s health care and medical services have made significant progress, with the medical services, traditional Chinese medicine, disease prevention and control, and medical security systems continuously improving, historic achievement of basic medical security for the poor population, and the people’s health level steadily rising.
He also said that for the period of the 15th FiveYear Plan, efforts should continue to advance the Healthy China initiative, improve the public health system and medical service system, deepen reform of the medical and health care system, promote the revitalization and development of traditional Chinese medicine, improve fertility support policies, advocate healthy lifestyles, and promote highquality development of health care. The lecture was chaired by a responsible official from the Propaganda Department of the Beijing Municipal Committee, and about 730 people attended.