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Research Article: Does the Healthy China Policy Improve People’s Health? Empirical Evidence Based on the Difference-in-Differences Approach

Date Published: 2024-01-06

Abstract:
Since the founding of the People’s Republic of China, the country has achieved remarkable progress in economic development. However, industrialization, urbanization, population aging, changes in disease spectrums, ecological environment, and lifestyle have brought a series of new challenges to maintaining and promoting health. In this context, the Chinese government is attempting to address the increasingly severe public health problems by issuing a set of public health policies, including the most important one, Healthy China (HC). HC, announced on October , , by the Communist Party of China Central Committee and the State Council, is the first medium-to-long-term strategic policy for health at the national level in China and a localization of the Sustainable Development Goals of the United Nation. In addition to developing the domestic healthcare system and medical services, the policy shifts the focus from passive “medical treatment” to proactive “disease prevention”. Three years later, the vision was put into action with the launch of the Healthy China Initiative –. The initiative includes major actions (Figure ), guiding the populace to enhance health literacy in their daily lives, emphasizing the cultivation of healthy lifestyle habits, and refining associated infrastructure. It is the most significant leadership policy in public health governance in China which aims to comprehensively solve major health issues over the national strategic timeframe. In particular, against the backdrop of the disparities in basic health services and health levels among urban and rural areas, regions, and population groups,, the plan aims to achieve universal health coverage and promote social equity. However, the current impact and effectiveness of this policy on public health have yet to be fully understood. Sanderson argued that evidence-based policy evaluation has two aims: the first is to evaluate accountability of the government, and the second is to suggest improvement. As HC has been operated for seven years, analyzing its efficacy at the current stage would provide valuable insights into both past and future outcomes. Particularly, China has challenging financial burden for medical services, which requires to setting a realistic goal based on evidences. Figure The Healthy China Initiative –.

Introduction:
Since the founding of the People’s Republic of China, the country has achieved remarkable progress in economic development. However, industrialization, urbanization, population aging, changes in disease spectrums, ecological environment, and lifestyle have brought a series of new challenges to maintaining and promoting health. In this context, the Chinese government is attempting to address the increasingly severe public health problems by issuing a set of public health policies, including the most important one,…

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