1. Purpose of establishment.
According to the notice of the Health and Health Commission, the main responsibilities of the new institution are to provide consultation and professional guidance for the management of children's and adolescents' vision health, explore, discover and recommend appropriate technologies and typical experiences for vision health, and carry out popular science propaganda for myopia prevention and control.
2. Responsibility of experts.
The experts of this institution include professionals from myopia prevention, public health, infant health care, traditional Chinese medicine, publicity and education. The new organization has 1 director, 5 deputy directors and 36 members for a term of 3 years. According to the needs of the work, you can renew your employment. At present, the list published by the Health and Health Commission shows that the chairman is the chief physician of the Public Health Ophthalmology Branch of the Chinese Preventive Medical Association, and the deputy directors are Zhao of Peking University People's Hospital, the chief physician of the First People's Hospital affiliated to Shanghai Jiaotong University, the chief physician of China Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Tao Fangbiao, a professor of Anhui Medical University, and the chief physician of the Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University School of Medicine.
3. The necessity of institutional setup.
At present, the myopia rate of teenagers in China ranks first in the world, which is a very serious problem. High myopia rate not only seriously affects the vision health of the next generation, but also poses a threat to the whole social and economic development and even national security, so early detection and treatment of myopia is very important. The establishment of this institution led by the National Health Commission will help people pay attention to this issue. In any case, the rising number of teenagers with myopia has attracted the attention of the national level, which is a good sign.