習文樂見 | ​人的全面發展：健康中國與積極應對老齡化

Well-Rounded Human Development: Efforts to Build a Healthy China and Address Population Aging

The people's health is a key indicator of socialist modernization. Health bears on the happiness of every family and the future of the country and nation. Since the 18th CPC National Congress, the CPC Central Committee with Xi Jinping at the core has placed people's health at a strategic position of priority development, and taken well-rounded human development as a major goal. Through solidly promoting the construction of a healthy China, it has continuously painted a new picture of people's well-being in the new era.

In the course of achieving the Two Centenary Goals, public health has always been and will continue to be one of the foundations of all undertakings. It is inextricably linked with our country's overall development strategy and plays a strong supporting role.

——Speech at a meeting with experts and scholars, Jun 2, 2020.

（The Governance of China IV）

According to the statistics of the National Health Commission, in the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China, the average life expectancy in the country was only 35.0 years, in 1996 it exceeded 70 years, reaching 70.8 years, and then continued to increase, by 2021, the average life expectancy exceeded 78 years, reaching 78.2 years, and in 2023, it further increased to 78.6 years.

By the end of 2024, 534.49 million people participated in the basic old-age insurance for urban workers, an increase of 13.29 million over the end of the previous year.

There were 1,326.38 million people participating in basic medical insurance, including 379.2 million people participating in basic medical insurance for employees and 947.18 million people participating in basic medical insurance for urban and rural residents.

In 2019, China issued its first guiding document for the elderly health service system—Guidelines for Establishing and Improving the Health Service System for the Elderly.

By the end of 2024, there were 43,000 civil service institutions providing accommodation in China, including 40,000 institutions for the elderly and 1,045 institutions for child welfare, aid and protection; There were 8,253,000 beds for civil affairs services, including 7,991,000 beds in senior care institutions and 97,000 beds for child welfare, aid and protection institutions.

(Source: National Bureau of Statistics of China, Statistical Communiqué of the People's Republic of China on the 2024 National Economic and Social Development)

China is gradually building a livelihood security network that “ensures the elderly are taken good care and the sick are well treated.” Through continuous improvement of medical standards and the quality of elderly care services, it ensures that every citizen can enjoy high-quality life and healthcare services in their old age, and truly improves the well-being of all the people.

（監製：蔚力；策劃、文案：曹川川；翻譯：劉海樂；審校：曹川川，丁素雲；剪輯：張豈凡，曾雯）