Nation working toward reducing myopia by 2030

The increasing prevalence of nearsightedness, or myopia, among students in China has been a public health concern in recent years and has now come to discussion at one of China's most important meetings, at which national political advisers have called for intensified efforts to remedy the situation.

There is some indication that vision issues, especially among the young, will be alleviated down the road.

"Rates of myopia among young people in some areas are drastically high, and the ages of people who first develop myopia keep falling," said Wang Ningli, a member of the 13th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, at the annual session of the CPPCC on March 3 in Beijing.