The State Council has officially issued the "National Health 15th Five-Year Plan," providing comprehensive arrangements for accelerating the construction of a Healthy China during the 15th Five-Year Plan period. Below is a summary of the core content of the plan: 1. Release information Issuing Authority: The State Council Document Number: Guo Fa [2026] No. 23 Publication Date: Drafted on July 7, 2026, and issued on July 13, 2026 2. Overall Objective By 2030, the Healthy China initiative will achieve decisive progress, with key objectives including: The average life expectancy has reached 80 years. Key health indicators have reached the level of high-income countries. The allocation of medical and health resources has become more optimized, and the multi-tiered medical security system has been further improved. China's leading position in the development of traditional medicine worldwide has been further consolidated. 3. Key Tasks The plan outlines 24 key tasks deployed across five major areas: Optimize comprehensive health services for all populations across the entire life cycle: strengthen health promotion and disease prevention, and improve health services for fertility, infants, women and children, occupational groups, and the elderly. Continue to strengthen high-level health and safety barriers: enhance the capacity for major infectious disease prevention and control, improve emergency rescue and blood supply capabilities, and elevate food and drug safety standards. Accelerate the improvement of a high-quality, efficient, and integrated healthcare service system: Strengthen medical quality management, promote tiered diagnosis and treatment, and enhance the level of medical service quality. Strive to foster new drivers for high-quality development in the health sector: accelerate the upgrading of the health industry, encourage the development of special medical purpose formula foods and health foods, and promote the empowerment of the entire pharmaceutical industry chain by artificial intelligence. We will further advance high-efficiency governance centered on health by improving the policy and institutional framework for health promotion, strengthening Party leadership, and ensuring the implementation of plans. 4. Key Indicators The plan specifies the primary health indicators for the 15th Five-Year Plan period, with some key indicators as follows: Average life expectancy: increase from 79.25 years in 2025 to 80 years in 2030. Infant mortality rate: reduced to below 3.5‰. Maternal mortality rate: reduced to below 12 per 100,000. The health literacy level of residents: increased to 40%. The number of practicing physicians per 1,000 people increased from 3.1 to 3.7. The number of general practitioners per 10,000 population: increased from 4.81 to 5. The plan aims to promote a healthcare development model that prioritizes health-centered approaches, comprehensively enhance national health standards, and strengthen the foundation of health for the Chinese path to modernization.