In Shimen Street Town, Poyang County, Jiangxi Province, the medical staff of the health center took advantage of the rest time to check the body of the masses at the residents' post station. Photo by Zhuo Zhongwei (people's vision)
More and more Chinese consumers are taking the initiative to reduce their meat consumption due to their health concerns and environmental concerns, according to the US friendly life website. Now 39% of Chinese consumers are reducing their meat intake, preferring vegetables, tofu and vegan alternatives, the study said. This is due to a diet rich in meat and dairy products and other high calorie foods, which are now generally considered to increase the risk of diabetes and cancer, while vegetarianism has been hailed as helping to reduce the risk of diseases such as heart disease, diabetes and kidney disease.
SBS Australia imagines that in the future, healthy salads, soybeans and soybean substitutes, clean and hormone free cultured meat and silkworm pupa snacks can all appear on the Chinese table.
According to German news television, China, the rising power of the Far East, not only competes with the United States, the world's largest economy, economically, but also has greatly increased China's life expectancy due to personal and national investment in health. Last year, the World Health Organization reported that for the first time, China's healthy life expectancy at birth exceeded that of the United States, with 68.7 years in China and 68.5 years in the United States. China's life expectancy is expected to exceed that of the United States in 2027, according to the World Health Organization.
Health is the inevitable requirement of promoting the all-round development of human beings, the basic condition of economic and social development, the important symbol of national prosperity and national prosperity, and the common pursuit of the masses.
In recent years, Chinese people pay more and more attention to health problems. On the one hand, because of the continuous improvement of China's economic level, people not only pursue food and clothing, but also seek a longer-term healthy life. On the other hand, in the process of China's rapid economic development, the fast-paced work and life style keeps modern people's healthy "depreciation rate" high.
In the past 40 years of reform and development, with the great improvement of living standards, Chinese people's eating habits have also changed significantly, and the intake of meat, sugar and oil has gradually increased. When people realize that the large intake of these foods is closely related to the increased incidence of diabetes and hypertension, they gradually began to adjust their lifestyle, pay more attention to the cultivation of healthy living habits, and invest more and more in health management.
If the people call for something, they will respond to it. In order to meet the people's growing demand for a healthy life, the Chinese government has over the years introduced a series of social security measures to benefit people's livelihood and well-being.
Health insurance is closely related to health. In 2003, when the new rural cooperative medical system was established, the per capita financial subsidy was 20 yuan. By this year, the per capita financial subsidies for urban and rural residents' medical insurance and "new rural cooperative medical system" have reached 520 yuan. According to the current population of 1.02 billion urban and rural residents covered by medical insurance and the new rural cooperative medical insurance, the financial subsidy medical insurance fund is expected to reach at least 530 billion yuan this year. In addition, long-term medication for chronic diseases such as hypertension and diabetes will also be included in the medical insurance, and grass-roots family doctor services are gradually launched. It should be said that the government's financial investment is constantly increasing, the promotion and dissemination of health are also expanding, and people are getting more and more policy dividends on health issues.
