5月13日，国家疾病预防控制局正式挂牌，将承担制订传染病防控政策等五大职能。国家疾病预防控制局成立，意味着疾控机构职能从单纯预防控制疾病向全面维护和促进全人群健康转变。

China on May 13 inaugurated a new national administration of disease prevention and control, with its five major functions including formulating¹ policies for the prevention and control of infectious diseases. The establishment of the administration signals the expansion of the roles of disease prevention and control agencies from preventing and containing diseases to comprehensively safeguarding and promoting the health of the entire population.

 

人民健康是社会文明进步的基础，是民族昌盛和国家富强的重要标志。这次抗击新冠肺炎疫情的实践再次证明，预防是最经济最有效的健康策略。要改革完善疾病预防控制体系。

People's health is the foundation of a civilization's progress and an important indicator² of a nation's prosperity. The fight against COVID-19 has once again proved that prevention is the most economical and effective health strategy. We should reform and improve our disease prevention and control system.

——2021年3月6日，习近平看望参加政协会议的医药卫生界教育界委员时表示

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