CCTV News: Nowadays, people's demand for healthy consumption is increasing. Fitness places that can be seen everywhere and low-sugar and light foods that are popular in the market are becoming a major growth point to boost consumption. The Ministry of Commerce and 12 other departments recently issued the "Special Action Plan for Promoting Healthy Consumption", proposing a number of measures to better meet people's health consumption needs.
Now, with the continuous improvement of people's living standards, more personalized and diversified nutritional needs have become the development goal of future food. In this regard, the policy proposes to encourage wholesale and retail enterprises to set up special areas and counters for high-quality agricultural products and organize special sales activities. Crack down on illegal addition of food and carry out random checks on the effectiveness of organic food certification. Guide urban and rural primary medical and health institutions to provide reasonable dietary and scientific exercise guidance points for patients with hypertension, type 2 diabetes, hyperlipidemia, obesity, etc.
Zhang Wei, deputy director of the Research Institute of the Ministry of Commerce, said: "To eat nutrition and eat health, more may be needed in these aspects, such as the services of professional nutritionists, or the popularization of more professional health nutrition knowledge, etc., and more comprehensive service support systems are needed to better support the development of this part of consumption."
The 2025 government work report proposes to "improve the policy mechanism for developing the elderly care industry and the elderly care industry, and vigorously develop the silver economy." The "Plan" released this time proposes to promote the research and development and application of smart elderly care services such as chronic disease management and life care. E-commerce platforms, shopping malls and supermarkets are encouraged to develop suitable layouts or facilities for the elderly, and set up special silver consumption zones. Support the elderly’s family’s aging-friendly transformation and develop products and supplies for the elderly. Promote the transformation of equipment and facilities in scenic spots for aging, and open special tourism lines for the elderly, etc.
In terms of enriching fitness and sports consumption scenarios, the policy proposes to support local governments in building sports parks, fitness trails, national fitness centers, social football fields and other venue facilities, and organize and implement projects for filling the gaps in township and street national fitness venue equipment. In terms of vigorously developing the sports tourism industry, we will implement actions such as "sports events entering scenic spots, blocks, and business districts", "traveling with events", and "outdoor sports, vibrant mountains and rivers".
Zhang Wei, deputy director of the Ministry of Commerce Research Institute, said: "We will organically combine the development of the sports industry with the promotion of healthy consumption, so that this advanced, such as the concept of health management or health promotion, can promote the integrated development of multiple industries, including the sports industry."
