With a theme of "building better systems for health", the 70th World Health Assembly (WHA) was unveiled on May 22 in Geneva, Switzerland. Li Bin, minister of China’s National Health and Family Planning Commission (NHFPC), said in her speech that the Chinese government has always made people’s health a top priority, deepening health care reform and strengthening health system construction. 

After years of effort China has established a network of basic medical care to safeguard its people’s health, initiating methods suiting China’s national condition to enhance fairness, accessibility, quality and efficiency, according to Li.

China held a national conference on health and wellness in 2016, at which President Xi Jinping put forward that public health should be considered in all policies. 

China also held the Global Conference on Health Promotion in November 2016 and released the Shanghai Declaration on Promoting Health in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, noting that health and wellness play an important role in the agenda.

China has built a good health system, which is well coordinated with departments of health and the family planning commission, agriculture, education, environment and human resources and social security, said Li.

The Chinese government has achieved breakthroughs in providing a tiered system of medical care, hospital management, universal health care, drug supply and comprehensive supervision. China focused on health capacity building at the community-level and assembled quality medical resources to be distributed to local areas. China has set up an integrated medical service system for disease prevention, health promotion, treatment and rehabilitation.

Li noted that the Chinese government is willing to support WHO to promote health in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.