[Editorial] The best science for achieving Healthy China 2030 (Lancet)

2016 marks a major milestone in the history of China`s health-care reform. Health has been made an explicit national political priority. In August, the Healthy China 2030 plan was officially approved by China`s Central Committee, and President Xi Jinping called for putting health at the heart of the country`s entire policy making endeavour to ensure the health of the Chinese population. In President Jinping`s remarks at the national meeting on health, crucial health issues such as environmental health and meeting the challenges of an ageing society were all addressed.