Political Economic Analysis of the Healthy China Initiative
Since the founding of the People's Republic of China,the Party and the state have attached great importance to people's health.According to China's economic,social,and medical conditions,the Party has positioned people's health as a prominent strategic priority and implemented the Healthy China Initiative after the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China.The Healthy China Initiative is not only an objective demand for high-quality development and an inherent requirement of the Chinese path to modernization but also a major topic that merits attention in the study of political economy.Health is not merely a matter of medicine or physiology but also of economics.People with the ability to work,also known as the labor force,are the most dynamic factor in productivity. Marxist political economy highly values workers' health. In his works such as Das Kapital,Marx regards workers' health as a presupposition and deeply explores the intrinsic connections between workers' health and enterprise competition,industrial development,social reproduction,and international economic relations. He also envisions an ideal social life in which health is attainable for all. Based on the conflict between the health demands of workers and the interests of the bourgeoisie,Marxist political economy aims to advocate for the health interests and rights of the working class. By adhering to the stance,views,and methods of Marxist political economy and expanding upon the workers'health theory of Marxist classics,the Healthy China Initiative embodies a people-centered philosophy of development and maintains reform and innovation as its driving force.Integrated into the Five-Sphere Integrated Plan and the Four-Pronged Comprehensive Strategy,it highlights the fundamental and supportive role of health undertakings in the country's overall development strategies.Its theoretical innovations primarily lie in four aspects.First,it gives strategic priority to ensuring and improving people's health,striving to build a people-centered and health-based concept of socialism with Chinese characteristics in the new era.Second,it develops the health industry,optimizes the structure and level of health supply,propels the deep integration of the health industry with modern manufacturing,agriculture,and digital technologies,and promotes economic development.Third,it properly handles several significant relationships in the allocation of health resources,such as human and material capital,promotes equal access to basic health services,facilitates the realization of common prosperity,including both material and spiritual well-being,and effectively addresses prominent environmental problems affecting people's health.Fourth,it carries out international cooperation in health,conveys the core concepts of the Healthy China Initiative to the world,and jointly builds a global community of health for all.The Healthy China Initiative is a systematic project covering a wide range of areas,requiring the implementation of the principle of prioritizing health in resource allocation and expanding the availability of quality medical resources.Unremitting efforts should be made in several aspects,such as attaching importance to the formulation of population development strategies,improving prevention systems,promoting scientific research and innovation,increasing health supply,and balancing the efficiency and equality of health services.These efforts aim to build a social governance system based on collaboration,participation,and shared interests,and to establish scientific and robust security policies.
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