Rising life expectancy：a window into China’s social progress

By Wu Jun, Zhang Wenhao, People’s Daily At a recent press conference on people’s livelihood, Lei Haichao, head of China’s National Health Commission, announced that the average life expectancy of Chinese citizens reached 79 years in 2024, marking a 0.4-year increase from 2023 and achieving the target set by China’s 14th Five-Year Plan(2021-2025) ahead of…