When did China begin to promote health literacy?

China began to monitor health literacy nationwide in 2008. The monitoring results of 20 12 years show that the basic health literacy level of Chinese residents is 8.8%, which is still at a low level.

Yao, spokesman of the National Health and Family Planning Commission, said on the morning of May 9 that the National Health Literacy Promotion Action Plan (20 14-2020) was officially issued last month. According to the plan, the goal of the first stage is to improve the national health literacy level to10% next year; In the second stage, by 2020, it will be raised to 20%.