Xi Jinping's remarks on health

Source:en.nhfpc.gov.cn

Updated: 2015-12-22

Healthy China program will reach from top levels to individual households in the country's 2016-2020 plan.

President Xi has been paying attention to health issues and delivering important speeches and instructions on different occasions. "Young people shouldn't always burn the midnight oil," was one of them. Here are some others.

National fitness is the foundation and safeguard of public physical strength and health. Public physical health is important connotation in a well-off society and an important foundation for individual growth and happy life. We should carry out the national fitness program and push for comprehensive development of mass and competitive sports.

-- Said in Shenyang on August 31, 2013 when the 12th National Games was about to kick off.

Without public health, there is no comprehensive well-being Medical and health services matter. Work should be done to push medical work and resources down to lower levels, promote equal access to basic public services, offer safe, effective and inexpensive services to the public, and solve the difficulties of getting medical resources.

--In Jiangsu on Dec 13, 2014.

Football development should start from infancy. Everyone knows I like football. I also like basketball, tennis and especially martial arts. I hope children have a civilized spirit, and toughen their bodies.

--On May 30, 2014 visiting a primary school in Haidian district, Beijing.

We should ensure basic medical and health services for women, rural women, disabled women, migrant women, middle-aged and senior women and those from ethnic minority groups.

--At the Global Women’s Summit at the UN Headquarters in New York on September 27, 2015.

Young people shouldn't stay up late. I often got seriously sick when I was young, because I stayed up late to finish tasks. Then I realized that I shouldn't do things this way. I got things together myself first, kept mu passion inside and took time to take care of things.

-At a symposium with more than 200 Party members at the Great Hall of the People on Jan 12, 2015.

HIV/AIDS is a complex medical problem and a pressing social issue for people's livelihood. It needs universal participation, dedication and prevention. HIV/AIDS prevention and control should be based on personal health, family happiness and social harmony.

-- Visiting HIV/AIDS patients and participating in training and exchange programs in Fengtai district, Beijing on Nov 30, 2012.