Development and reflection on the integration of traditional Chinese and Western medicine in public health services under the background of the healthy China strategy

The application and development of integrated Chinese and Western medicine in the field of public health services is of great significance for improving the health level of the whole people and realizing a healthy China. This paper discusses the opportunities and challenges of integrated Chinese and Western medicine in the current development of public health, and puts forward some thoughts and prospects for the future development. Chinese medicine theory emphasizes the holistic concept and treatment based on pattern differentiation, focusing on prevention as the mainstay, and the idea of treating the unhealthy in upper medicine, which has distinctive application advantages in public health services. In China' s Action for a Healthy China (2019-2030), which focuses on the prevention and control strategies of four major chronic diseases, namely cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, cancer, chronic respiratory diseases and diabetes, it is particularly important to integrate traditional Chinese medicine into the prevention and control of chronic diseases and health management. This paper summarizes and analyzes the important position and inevitability of the development of integrated Chinese and Western medicine in China' s health policy in various historical periods since the founding of New China, as well as the important achievements and practical experience in the field of public health. In the context of the strategy of healthy China, the importance of integrated Chinese and Western medicine in disease prevention, control and chronic disease health management has become increasingly prominent, and it also faces challenges such as how to better integrate traditional Chinese and Western medicine resources, improve service continuity, and enhance service convenience and comfort. By effectively dealing with the current challenges, the deepening and development of integrated Chinese and Western medicine can be further promoted. This paper proposes that to achieve high-quality development of public health, we must focus on the concept of combining Chinese and Western medicine, give full play to the inherent characteristics of traditional Chinese and Western medicine theory and discipline, combine modern information technology and artificial intelligence technology, improve the ability of accurate health management of public health, and train public health talents with the characteristics of integrated Chinese and Western medicine in a new era. It will provide important support and lasting impetus for achieving universal health and promoting a healthy China.