Knowledge of health not people's wealth

Chinese are definitely not the most health-literate people in the world, with just seven out of 100 having the basic knowledge about the subject, according to a nationwide official survey.

"The research objectively and truthfully reflects the health literacy of urban and rural residents in China," Mao Qun'an, health education center director of the Ministry of Health (MOH), said on Friday.

It is a call to the authorities and citizens to take measures to change the situation, he told a press conference while releasing the survey.