In recent years, the development concept of health and health undertakings in China is changing from "treating diseases as the center" to "taking health as the center", and the "needs and needs" of people's health can be fully stimulated and released. Behind the growing multi-level and diversified health demands, improving the level of health literacy has been recognized as the most economical and effective strategy to maintain the health of the whole people. People with basic health literacy can not only master the basic knowledge of health and disease prevention, but also know how to carry out self-health management, and can also take correct countermeasures in the face of all kinds of related information. This is of great significance to individuals and society.
Legal basis
Basic Medical Care and Health Promotion Law of the People's Republic of China
Article 1 This Law is formulated in accordance with the Constitution for the purpose of developing medical care and health undertakings, ensuring citizens' access to basic medical care and health services, improving citizens' health level and promoting the construction of a healthy China.
article 2 this law is applicable to medical treatment, health promotion, supervision and management activities.
article 3 medical care and health undertakings should adhere to the people-centered principle and serve people's health.
medical and health undertakings should adhere to the principle of public welfare.
article 4 the state and society respect and protect citizens' right to health.
the state implements the strategy of healthy China, popularizes healthy living, 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 guarantee citizens' right to health education and improve citizens' health literacy.
article 5 citizens have the right to obtain basic medical and health services from the state and society according to law.
the state establishes a basic medical and health system and a sound medical and health service system to protect and realize citizens' right to basic medical and health services.
article 6 people's governments at all levels should give priority to people's health, integrate health concepts into all policies, adhere to prevention, improve the health promotion system, organize and implement 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.
article 7 the State Council and local people's governments at all levels shall lead the work of medical care and health promotion.
The health authorities in the State Council are responsible for coordinating the national medical care and health promotion. Other relevant departments in the State Council are responsible for the relevant medical care and health promotion within their respective responsibilities.
the health authorities of the local people's governments at or above the county level are responsible for coordinating the medical care and health promotion in their respective administrative areas. Other relevant departments of the local people's governments at or above the county level shall be responsible for the relevant medical and health promotion work within their respective functions and duties.
article 8 the state strengthens the research of basic medical science, encourages the innovation of medical science and technology, supports the development of clinical medicine, promotes the transformation and application of medical scientific and technological achievements, promotes the integrated development of medical and health care and information technology, popularizes appropriate medical and health technologies, and improves the quality of medical and health services.
the state develops medical education, improves the medical education system that meets the needs of the development of medical and health undertakings, and vigorously cultivates medical and health personnel.
article 9 the state vigorously develops the cause of Chinese medicine, insists on paying equal attention to both Chinese and western medicine, combining inheritance and innovation, and gives full play to the unique role of Chinese medicine in medical and health undertakings.
article 1 the state rationally plans and allocates medical and health resources, focusing on grass-roots units, and takes various measures to give priority to supporting the development of medical and health institutions below the county level and improve their medical and health service capabilities.