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Source: People’s Republic of China in Russian – People’s Republic of China in Russian –
Source: People’s Republic of China – State Council News
BEIJING, May 30 (Xinhua) — China’s child health care has been steadily improving in recent years, Shen Haiping, a senior official with the National Health Commission, said at a press conference on Friday.
She noted that in 2024, the infant mortality rate and the under-five mortality rate in the country dropped to 4 per thousand and 5.6 per thousand, respectively, reaching record lows. In these indicators, China has taken a leading position among the world’s upper-middle-income countries.
According to Shen Haiping, based on global trends over the past decade, China ranks third and fourth among 53 upper-middle-income countries in terms of the average annual rate of decline in infant mortality and under-five mortality.
The agency spokeswoman also added that between 2010 and 2023, China’s average population life expectancy increased by 3.8 years, with 21.7 percent of that increase due to a reduction in the under-five mortality rate. –0–