Abstract:

During the "Twelfth Five-Year Plan" period, the Chinese government had vigorously advanced the work in prevention and treatment of blindness, effectively curbed the main blinding eye diseases, decreased the prevalence of blindness by 25%. However, as people's lifestyle changes along with the rapid economic and social development in China, there has been an increase in age-related eye diseases and changes in spectrum of eye diseases. Therefore, the priorities of blindness prevention have shifted from the blindness prevention and the treatment of the blind to the eye health management and the prevention of eye diseases. The "National Plan for the Prevention of Blindness" has changed into the "13th Five-Year National Eye Health Plane". During the "Thirteenth Five-Year Plan" period, eye health, as an important part of "Healthy China" Plan, has become a significant component of "Healthy China" Plan. We should give special attention on prevention and treatment of blindness and visual impairment to further enhance level of people's eye health by 2020. (Ophthalmol CHN, 2017, 26: 1-3)

Key words: Thirteenth Five-Year Plan, Eye Health, Healthy China, Bindness Prevention