After an extraordinary year of 2020, we usher in a hopeful 2021. The Top 10 Health News Stories of 2020, organized and selected by Health News, were recently announced.

The year 2020 was an extraordinary one. During this year, China achieved major strategic outcomes in the fight against the COVID-19 epidemic, accomplished the目标任务 of health poverty alleviation on schedule, set the long-term goal of building a Healthy China by 2035, elevated actively responding to population aging to a national strategy, and continuously advanced the deepening of healthcare reforms… The annual Top 10 Health News selection event, organized by Health News, comprehensively reviewed and summarized the news from the past year that were closely related to major livelihood issues, the national economy, and social life, sparked widespread responses both within and outside the industry, and had a significant impact on industry reform and development. Based on extensive consultation with experts and media peers, and from the perspective of industry media, the top ten health news stories of the year were selected.

The selection results for the Top 10 Health News Stories of 2020 are as follows:

1. Major strategic outcomes achieved in the nationwide fight against the COVID-19 epidemic.

2. Goals and tasks of health poverty alleviation accomplished on schedule.

3. The Fifth Plenary Session of the 19th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China sets the long-term goal of building a Healthy China by 2035.

4. Actively building a global community of health for all.

5. Actively responding to population aging elevated to a national strategy.

6. New systems and initiatives continuously drive the deepening of healthcare reforms.

7. The Basic Healthcare and Health Promotion Law comes into effect.

8. The National Commendation Conference for the Fight Against the COVID-19 Epidemic is grandly held.

9. China's first COVID-19 vaccine receives conditional marketing authorization.

10. Performance evaluation promotes high-quality development of public hospitals.