The state implements the strategy of healthy China, popularizes healthy life, optimizes health services, improves health protection, builds a healthy environment, develops health industries, and improves the health level of citizens throughout their life cycle. The state establishes a health education system to protect citizens' right to health education and improve citizens' health literacy. Citizens have the right to obtain basic medical and health services provided by the state and society according to law. The state establishes a basic medical and health system, establishes and improves a medical and health service system, and guarantees and realizes citizens' right to obtain basic medical and health services. People's governments at all levels should give priority to people's health, integrate health concepts into various policies, adhere to prevention first, improve the health promotion system, organize the implementation of health promotion plans and actions, promote national fitness, establish a health impact assessment system, and incorporate the improvement of citizens' main health indicators into the government's target responsibility assessment. The whole society should care about and support the development of medical and health undertakings. The State Council and local people's governments at all levels lead medical care and health promotion. The competent department of health in the State Council is responsible for the overall coordination of national medical care and health promotion. Other relevant departments in the State Council are responsible for medical care and health promotion within their respective functions and duties.
Legal basis: People's Republic of China (PRC) Basic Medical and Health Promotion Law Article 1 This Law is formulated in accordance with the Constitution for the purpose of developing medical and health undertakings, ensuring citizens to enjoy basic medical and health services, improving citizens' health level and promoting the construction of a healthy China.
Article 2 This Law applies to medical treatment, health promotion and supervision and management activities.