健康是促进人的全面发展的必然要求。提高人民健康水平，实现病有所医的理想，是人类社会的共同追求。

　　Good health is a prerequisite for promoting all-round development of the person. And it is a common pursuit of human societies to improve people’s health and ensure their right to medical care.

　　在中国这个有着13亿多人口的发展中大国，医疗卫生关系亿万人民健康，是一个重大民生问题。

　　For China, a large developing country, medical and healthcare is of vital importance to its population of over 1.3 billion, and is a major issue concerning its people’s well being.

　　从反映国民健康状况的重要指标看，中国居民的健康水平已处于发展中国家前列。

　　Judging from important indicators that give expression to national health, the health of the Chinese people is now among the top in developing countries.

　　2010年人均期望寿命达到74.8岁，其中男性72.4岁，女性77.4岁。

　　In 2010, the life expectancy was 74.8 years - 72.4 years for males and 77.4 years for females.

　　中国高度重视保护和增进人民健康。宪法规定，国家发展医疗卫生事业，发展现代医药和传统医药，保护人民健康。

　　China pays great attention to protecting and improving its people’s health. As the Constitution stipulates, “The state develops medical and health services, promotes modern medicine and traditional Chinese medicine..., all for the protection of the people’s health.”

　　围绕宪法，中国逐步形成了相对完善的卫生法律法规体系。

　　Based on this constitutional stipulation, China has put in place a complete system of laws and regulations concerning medical and health services.

　　经过多年努力，中国卫生事业取得显著发展成就，但与公众健康需求和经济社会协调发展不适应的矛盾还比较突出。

　　With years of effort, China has made remarkable achievements in the development of its healthcare undertakings, which, however, still fall far short of the public’s demands for healthcare as well as the requirements of economic and social development.

　　爱国卫生运动是中国公众广泛参与、与公众健康密切相关的社会公益事业，迄今已开展60年。

　　Patriotic health campaign, an invention of China that has been in existence for 60 years so far, is a social welfare undertaking featuring massive public participation and a close relationship with the public health.

　　伴随中国工业化、城镇化、老龄化进程的加快，居民慢性病患病、死亡呈现持续快速增长趋势。

　　Accelerated industrialization, urbanization and ageing of the population have brought about a trend of a continuous and rapid increase in the incidence of chronic diseases and mortality caused by such diseases.

　　中国现有确诊慢性病患者2.6亿人，慢性病导致的死亡占中国总死亡的85%，导致的疾病负担占总疾病负担的70%。

　　At present, about 260 million Chinese have been diagnosed to have contracted chronic diseases that have caused 85% of total deaths in China and incurred 70% of total medical costs.

　　截至2011年底，全国医疗卫生机构达95.4万个(所)，与2003年比较，医疗卫生机构增加14.8万个(所)。

　　By the end of 2011, medical and healthcare institutions around the country totaled 954,000, an increase of 148,000 over 2003.

　　为建立起覆盖城乡居民的基本医疗卫生制度，保障每个居民都能享有安全、有效、方便、价廉的基本医疗卫生服务，中国深入推进医药卫生体制改革，取得了重要阶段性成效。

　　To put into place basic medical and healthcare systems covering both urban and rural residents, and ensure that every resident has access to safe, effective, convenient and affordable basic medical and health services, China has kept advancing the reform of its medical and healthcare system, and made important achievements in the current stage.

　　摘自：中国的医疗卫生事业(中英对照白皮书2012)