Basketball, volleyball, badminton, swimming... After class, Shanghai East Experimental School is bustling with activity, with children sweating profusely everywhere on the playground and in the gymnasium.

This is a microcosm of the education system's high emphasis on the health of children and adolescents. The reporter recently learned that for a period of time, the Ministry of Education and various levels and types of schools have conscientiously implemented the education concept of health first, guided students to establish a healthy concept, and effectively promoted the construction of healthy schools to go deeper and more practical.

It is reported that in recent years, the Ministry of Education and other departments have successively issued the Implementation Plan for Comprehensive Prevention and Control of Myopia in Children and Adolescents, the Bright Action Plan for Prevention and Control of Myopia in Children and Adolescents (2021-2025), established a national joint conference mechanism for comprehensive prevention and control of myopia in children and adolescents in conjunction with relevant departments, and issued a series of standards for prevention and control of myopia in children and adolescents.

In terms of obesity prevention and control, the Ministry of Education and the National Health Commission have jointly issued the implementation plan for childhood and adolescent obesity prevention and control, as well as the implementation plan for the "Weight Management Year" activity. Implement a student physical fitness plan to ensure that primary and secondary school students have no less than 2 hours of comprehensive physical activity time per day. Implement school food safety and nutrition health management regulations, promote the deployment of nutrition guidance personnel in schools, and ensure food nutrition and health.

Various practical measures have also been introduced in various regions to promote the continuous deepening of health work for children and adolescents.

In Beijing, several measures to further strengthen physical education in primary and secondary schools in the new era have been recently released, proposing eight measures such as creating "sweat inducing physical education classes" and vigorously promoting student "class competitions" to fully promote the physical and mental health development of students through campus sports.

In Hunan, many regions and schools are exploring opening up cultural and sports activities to the society, encouraging collaborative participation from schools, families, and communities. For example, Rongjiang Primary School in Xiangxi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture has partnered with a swimming club, inviting the club's swimming coach to serve as a part-time physical education teacher and teach children swimming lessons.

In Sichuan, the affiliated experimental primary school of the University of Electronic Science and Technology of China has comprehensively popularized students' sports skills through the "1+1+N Prairie Burning Action", helping students master a skipping rope skill, a ball skill, or other characteristic sports skills.

According to data released by the Shenzhen Education Bureau recently, since the implementation of the "one physical education class per day" policy for compulsory education in the city on January 1, 2024, the excellent rate of national student physical health tests for primary and secondary school students in Shenzhen has increased by more than 6%, and the myopia rate has decreased by more than 1%.

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Next, the Ministry of Education will continue to deepen the construction of healthy schools, taking obesity prevention and control, myopia prevention and control, scoliosis prevention and control, and mental health as important indicators for the construction of healthy schools for children and adolescents. It will provide targeted guidance for key populations, carry out weight management technology guidance and health consultation activities such as scientific fitness, improve the scientific, professional, and precise level of weight management, and optimize the school's healthy environment. (Reporter Wang Peng)