The 8th China Conference on Health Education and Health Promotion was successfully concluded in Hangzhou, Zhejiang. The conference revolved around the themes of renewing ideas, innovating models, promoting health and promoting sustainable development. Cui Li, deputy director of the National Health Planning Commission, pointed out at the meeting that health education and health promotion are aimed at improving people's lifestyles and social, economic and environmental conditions that affect health. They are the most cost-effective strategies to maintain health and promote economic and social development, and they are the important links and powerful graspers to promote the construction of a healthy China.
The Proposal on Formulating the Thirteenth Five-year Plan for National Economic and Social Development puts forward a new goal of promoting the construction of a healthy China, pointing out that this is a systematic project. It is necessary to provide an overall solution to the major and long-term problems facing national health at present and in the future from the national strategic level. It requires the joint efforts of all departments and the extensive participation of the whole society.
Health literacy
Health literacy refers to the ability of individuals to obtain and understand health information and use it to maintain and promote their own health. The evaluation index of residents' health literacy is included in the national health development plan as an evaluation index that comprehensively reflects the national health development. Citizen's health literacy includes three aspects: basic knowledge and ideas, healthy lifestyle and behavior, and basic skills.
According to the data released by the National Health and Wellness Committee, the health literacy level of Chinese residents will reach 23. 15% in 2020, which is 3.98 percentage points higher than that in 20 19, and the growth rate is the fastest in the past years. According to the data released by the National Health and Wellness Committee, the level of residents' health literacy has increased to 25.4%, and the proportion of people who regularly participate in physical exercise has reached 37.2%.