Over the past 60 years since the founding of New China, especially since the reform and opening up, China's medical and health undertakings have made remarkable achievements, covering urban and rural areas of the basic formation of medical and health service system, the ability to prevent and control diseases continues to increase, medical insurance coverage of the population gradually expanding the level of health science and technology is rapidly improving. At present, the health of the people has improved markedly, and the main health indicators of the population are at the forefront of developing countries.
One is the effective control of major diseases, and the health of urban and rural residents has continued to improve
We have won victories against SARS, effectively prevented and controlled human avian influenza, and achieved important milestones in the prevention and treatment of influenza A (H1N1), thus safeguarding the lives of the masses and preserving social stability and the great achievements of reform and opening up.
The prevention and control of chronic non-communicable diseases have achieved remarkable results.
The second is that the health service system has been continuously improved, and the accessibility of services to the public has significantly improved
In the early years of the founding of the People's Republic of China, there were only 3,670 medical and healthcare institutions nationwide, with 84,600 medical beds and 505,000 healthcare technicians. At that time, medical institutions and medical personnel were basically concentrated in towns and cities, medical equipment was extremely poor, medical technology was low, and the general public, especially peasants, lacked medical care and basic health care. After 60 years of construction and development, China's medical and health care undertakings have made great strides, and by the end of 2008, there were 278,000 health institutions in China, with another 613,000 village health offices, so that a health service system covering both urban and rural populations had basically been established; there were a total of 4,036,000 beds in hospitals across the country, with a population of 1,000 people living in hospitals and sanatoriums with 2.83 beds; and the number of national health care personnel amounted to 6,169,000, with rural doctors and health workers amounting to 1,000,000 people. The number of health personnel nationwide has reached 6.169 million, with rural doctors and health workers amounting to 938,000; the number of health professionals and technicians per 1,000 population nationwide is 3.8.
Thirdly, the construction of the basic medical insurance system is constantly being improved, and the level of medical protection for urban and rural residents is constantly being raised.
Fourth, the legalization of the health system is advancing in depth, and the health rights and interests of the masses are being constantly safeguarded
Since the reform and opening up, the National People's Congress and its Standing Committee have promulgated and implemented 11 health-related laws, including the Law on Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases, the Food Safety Law, and the Maternal and Infant Health Care Law
Fifth, the deepening of the reform of the medical and health care system is officially underway, with efforts being made to achieve the goal of providing basic medical and health services for all. basic medical and health services for all.
The Qinghai-Tibet Railway, the South-to-North Water Diversion Scheme, the West-to-East Gas Pipeline, the West-to-East Electricity Pipeline, and so on
And then there's the accession to the WTO, and the success of the bid to host the 2008 Olympic Games.
Successful hosting of the Olympic and Paralympic Games
The development of the space industry in recent years, the successive lift-off of the Shenzhou spacecraft, manned aviation
Sky technology is becoming more and more mature, especially the Shenzhou VII ascended to the sky, the space walk, the world attention.
The founding and development of new China, the victory in the war against the U.S. and North Korea
The return of Hong Kong and Macao
The success of the nuclear bomb, the development of the Dragon Core and so on.