Conference will encourage healthier lifestyles

Shanghai will host the 9th Global Conference on Health Promotion from Nov 21 to 24, aiming for high-level advocacy for health advancement by all social sectors worldwide, the country's top health authority and the World Health Organization announced on Monday.

It demonstrates again the strong commitment of China's top leadership to people's health, said Song Shuli, spokeswoman for the National Health and Family Planning Commission.

Last month, the Communist Party of China Central Committee and the State Council issued the "Healthy China 2030" blueprint, which vows to assure residents equal access to basic health services by 2020.