Beijing: Encourage employers to arrange working hours flexibly to facilitate infant care

The “Plan for the Construction of Healthy Beijing during the 14th Five-Year Plan” was released to the public today. The reporter learned from the Beijing Municipal Health Commission that in addition to classic health indicators such as life expectancy per capita, indicators such as the number of childcares for infants and young children, the overall myopia rate of children and adolescents, and the time spent on school exercise among primary and middle school students have been added. In addition, employers are encouraged to take measures such as flexibly arranging working hours to create convenient conditions for family infant care.

The reporter learned from the Beijing Municipal Health Commission that the “Plan for the Construction of Healthy Beijing during the 14th Five-Year Plan” (hereinafter referred to as the “Plan”) was officially released.

Li Ang, a spokesperson for the Beijing Municipal Health Commission, introduced today that the “Plan” is an important action plan for the Beijing Municipal Party Committee and Municipal Government to implement the “Healthy China 2030” Planning Outline and the “Sports Power Building Outline” to further promote the construction of a healthy Beijing. It is a municipal key special plan and an important part of Beijing’s “14th Five-Year Plan” system. According to the goal, by 2025, Beijing’s health service system will be more compatible with the capital city’s strategic positioning and people’s health needs, and a strong modern public health system and a high-quality and efficient medical service system will be basically established.

The reporter noted that the “Plan” put forward 33 indicators. In addition to classic health indicators such as average life expectancy, it also increased the overall myopia rate of children and adolescents, the number of childcares for infants under 3 years old per 1,000 population, and 500 parks and green spaces in the built-up area. Meter service radius coverage and other indicators that respond to people’s livelihood concerns.

In recent years, population issues have attracted much attention. According to the “Plan”, by 2025, Beijing will allocate infant care service facilities at a standard of no less than 4.5 places per thousand people. According to Jian Weiyan, a researcher at the School of Public Health, Peking University School of Medicine, the indicator is based on the needs of Beijing’s population changes in the next few years, with reference to national requirements, and the opinions of all parties. At the specific implementation level, on the one hand, Beijing has made special investment in finance and land use; on the other hand, it will use the resources of existing public, social welfare, and private organizations to encourage state-owned enterprises to provide inclusive childcare services. , Encourage community participation, etc., to achieve the goal of caregiving.

In addition, employers are also encouraged to adopt measures such as flexible working hours to create convenient conditions for family infant care. Research and formulate qualification standards for various practitioners in infant care services, and establish a training and management system for practitioners in childcare institutions. Various public places are equipped with maternal and infant facilities in accordance with regulations.

The physical problems of children and adolescents have also received attention.

According to the Beijing physical examination report last year, in the physical examinations for middle and high recruits, adolescents myopia and obesity have become key unhealthy detection items. The rapid increase in the rates of overweight, obesity and myopia in children and adolescents needs to be effectively curbed, and some adolescents do not meet the standards. The “Planning” requires that primary and secondary school students participate in school physical exercise for more than 1 hour per day (physical education class + large break + extracurricular physical exercise).