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jimu news reporter yao yun

on september 12, at a press conference on the theme of "promoting high-quality development" held by the state council information office, lei haichao, director of the national health commission, introduced that according to the latest statistics, the average life expectancy of chinese residents in 2023 has reached 78.6 years, an increase of more than 3 years compared with 2012.

lei haichao, director of the national health commission (source: guoxin.com)

lei haichao introduced that the high-quality development of the health industry has achieved a series of important achievements and positive progress. in terms of the patriotic health campaign, there are now 1,052 national health cities and national health counties and districts, and 2,637 national health towns. the national basic public health service equalization project has increased from the initial 15 yuan per capita in 2009 to 94 yuan per capita in 2024. public finance has played a positive role in promoting and safeguarding. at the same time, through our monitoring, the health literacy of the population is gradually improving, and some major risk factors for cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases and chronic diseases have been further controlled.

in terms of primary medical and health services, the national health commission has promoted the expansion and sinking of high-quality medical resources, and has now established 13 national medical centers of various professional categories. these national medical centers are not built in beijing, but are planned and planned all over the country. in addition, 125 national regional medical centers have been established to promote the construction of provincial regional medical centers, so that medical resources are more balanced in distribution and layout and closer to the people.

in addition, the national health commission has also organized and promoted the work of tertiary and secondary hospitals to help the grassroots. all 44 hospitals under the national health commission participated in the national medical tour this year, and will provide high-quality and efficient services to the people in the central and western regions, especially those living in the counties. according to monitoring, 92% of county-level hospitals have now reached the service capacity and service level of secondary and higher hospitals.

in addition, lei haichao also mentioned that according to the latest statistics, the average life expectancy of chinese residents in 2023 has reached 78.6 years, which is more than 3 years higher than in 2012. this is a very good growth rate in life expectancy compared with developing countries and even other high-income countries.