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China targets average life expectancy of 80 by 2030 in new five-year health plan
State Council-approved plan aims to raise average life expectancy from 79.25 in 2025 to 80 by 2030, enhance public health emergency response, and build a high-quality medical network.
China has announced a new five-year health plan, approved by the State Council, targeting an average life expectancy of 80 by 2030, up from 79.25 recorded in 2025, as part of the Healthy China initiative.
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National health targets
China is aiming to raise its average life expectancy to 80 by 2030, up from 79.25 recorded in 2025, in a sustained push to improve public medical services and advance the Healthy China initiative. The plan, approved by the State Council, seeks to expand fair access to healthcare, encourage wider public awareness of proactive health management, and bring the country's core health indicators in line with those of high-income economies.
The document further calls for reinforced public health emergency response capabilities and improved primary-level disease prevention and treatment. It also underlines major tasks to optimize all-round life-cycle health services for all people, shore up robust health safeguards, build an integrated, high-quality medical network, cultivate new growth engines for the health sector, and advance health-centered governance in the sector.
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