BEIJING, Jan. 1 (Xinhua) -- China will address gaps in pediatric and mental health services from 2025 to 2027, said health authorities.
北京，1 月 1 日（新華社）——衛生健康部門表示，中國將在 2025 年至 2027 年期間解決兒科和心理健康服務的缺口。
The supply of pediatric services will be improved to achieve "broad coverage" during this period, the National Health Commission (NHC) revealed on Tuesday in a statement on its website.
國家衛生健康委（NHC）在官方網站的聲明中透露，將在這一時期改善兒科服務的供給，以實現「廣覆蓋」。
Notably, the country will ensure that more than 90 percent of these services will be accessible at primary-level healthcare facilities, which include community health stations, township-level health centers, village clinics and outpatient departments.
值得注意的是，該國將確保這些服務中有超過 90%可以在鄉鎮衛生院、社區衛生站、村衛生室和門診部等基層醫療衛生機構獲得。
In a breakdown of the resolution in a separate statement released the same day, the NHC said such services should be made available at all general hospitals at secondary and tertiary levels in 2025.
在同一天發佈的另一份聲明中，國家衛健委表示，此類服務應在 2025 年所有二級和三級綜合醫院提供。
Parents have long complained about overcrowding at major hospitals, particularly in winter when respiratory diseases affect children.
家長們長期抱怨大型醫院人滿為患，尤其是在冬季，呼吸道疾病影響兒童時情況更為嚴重。
Regarding mental health, the NHC said the country will establish more state and regional centers for mental disorders and actively develop key clinical specialties in this field.
關於心理健康，國家衛生健康委表示，我國將建立更多的國家和區域精神疾病中心，並積極發展該領域的關鍵臨床專科。
Efforts will be made to ensure that outpatient services for mental and sleep disorders are available at a minimum of at least one hospital in each prefecture and city nationwide by 2025.
到 2025 年，將努力確保在全國範圍內每個縣 和 市至少有一家醫院提供精神和睡眠障礙的門診服務。
Authorities will also promote the use of the unified mental health hotline, 12356, throughout of the year, according to the NHC. By May 1, 2025, all similar hotlines will be connected to this unified hotline.
根據國家衛生健康委，相關部門還將全年推廣統一心理衛生熱線 12356 的使用。到 2025 年 5 月 1 日，所有類似的熱線都將連接到這個統一熱線。
Mental health, in particular of children and adolescents, has increasingly come under the spotlight in China in recent years.
近年來，中國越來越關注兒童和青少年的心理健康。
The prevalence of depression among adolescents stands at around 2 percent in the country, Xie Bin, Party chief of the Shanghai Mental Health Center, said on Dec. 25 at a press conference, citing an authoritative epidemiological survey.
上海精神衛生中心黨委書記謝斌在 12 月 25 日的新聞發佈會上，引用一項權威流行病學調查數據稱，該國青少年抑鬱症的發病率約為 2%。
By 2025, more than 95 percent of schools in the country are expected to have a full-time or part-time instructor for mental health education, according to a three-year national action plan launched in 2023.
根據 2023 年啟動的三年國家行動計劃，到 2025 年，全國預計有超過 95%的學校將配備專職或兼職的心理健康教育教師。
The NHC has designated 2025-2027 as the "Years of Pediatric and Mental Health Services." To cultivate more professionals, salaries and treatment could potentially be adjusted to tilt the balance toward pediatric and psychiatric departments in hospitals during this period, it said.
國家颶風中心已將 2025-2027 年指定為「兒童和心理健康服務年」。為了培養更多專業人才，它表示，在此期間，可能會調整薪酬和治療措施，以使醫院中的兒科和精神科部門獲得更多的支持。
