An introduction to the Patriotic Health Work

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Updated: 2014-07-15

• To Strengthen the Guarantee of Drinking Water Safety

Efforts will be made to achieve synergy between different departments by coordinating and collaborating their efforts in the protection of sources of water, water treatment and distribution and the supervision and monitoring of water quality. Efforts will also be made to proceed with the implementation of the National Urban Drinking Water Hygiene Safety Guarantee Plan and the Rural Drinking Water Safety Project Plan; to speed up the renovation and construction of water supplying facilities in cities and towns; to strengthen the supervision and management so that the up-to-standard rate of water quality will be increased; to improve the capability of monitoring the sanitary quality of water so that monitoring will cover all towns in the whole country within five years.

• To Advance the Building of Hygiene Towns in a Down-to-Earth Manner

According to the actual situation of economic and social development, efforts will be made to revise and improve, on a timely basis, the standards of national healthy towns, simplify relevant procedures and improve the quality (of appraisals). Efforts will also be made to strengthen the technical guidance, supervision and management of healthy town construction; improve the exit mechanism; guide local departments to formulate scientific plans for the construction of towns and focus on people's livelihood; promote the equalization of basic public services; and strengthen the foundation for disease prevention and health promotion.

• To Launch the Building of Healthy Cities in a Comprehensive Way

In close connection with the promotion of a new type of urbanization and on the basis of drawing on the useful experience of the international community, efforts will be made to: launch, in a comprehensive way, the building of healthy cities and guide local departments to incorporate health concepts into the formulation of various public policies; develop guidelines for work; and carry out the building of healthy “cell” projects such as healthy communities, healthy campuses, healthy enterprises, healthy governmental organizations and healthy hospitals to create a natural environment and social environment conducive to public health. Moreover, urgent efforts will be made to publish indicators of healthy cities and the evaluation system in order to arrange for third-party professional institutions to evaluate the effectiveness of the work.

• To Constantly Enhance the Health Literacy of the General Public

In accordance with the requirements of the 12th Five-Year Plan, efforts will be made to: universalize health education; implement the National Health Action Plan; develop the National Action Plan to Improve Health Literacy; vigorously carry out such activities as the “China Health Travel,” the "National Action to Improve Health Literacy,” and the "National Action to Have Healthy Lifestyles”; publicize health knowledge in an extensive manner; promote the ban on smoking in public places in a comprehensive way; and improve the level of health literacy among the general public.