| Agency Name: | National Health Commission of the People's Republic of China |
| Native Name A: | Chinese: 中华人民共和国国家卫生健康委员会 |
| Preceding1: | National Health and Family Planning Commission |
| Jurisdiction: | Government of China |
| Headquarters: | Beijing |
| Minister1 Name: | Lei Haichao[1] |
| Agency Type: | Constituent Department of the State Council (cabinet-level executive department) |
| Parent Agency: | State Council |
The National Health Commission (NHC) is a cabinet-level executive department of the State Council of the People's Republic of China which is responsible for formulating national health policies.[2] It was formed on 19 March 2018. The ministry is headquartered in Beijing. The commission is led by a Minister of cabinet rank in the state council. Ma Xiaowei is the current Minister in charge of the Commission and Party Branch Secretary. Its predecessor was the National Health and Family Planning Commission.
Throughout most of PRC's rule since 1954, the national health portfolio has been the responsibility of the Ministry of Health; superseded in 2013 by the National Health and Family Planning Commission.
In March 2018, the Government of the People's Republic of China announced that the National Health and Family Planning Commission was dissolved and that its functions were integrated into the new agency, the National Health Commission.
China is a member of the World Health Organization.[3] Minister Ma reported in the 92nd World Health Assembly, since 1978, China has been focused on improving primary healthcare, develop universal safety net for residents and improving the quality, efficiency and access to primary health care.
The Commission has a role in providing foreign aid through its coordination of China's overseas medical teams.[4]
See main article: COVID-19 pandemic in China. The commission is the lead agency in mainland China coordinating the national efforts to combat the COVID-19 pandemic[5]
On 11 February 2020, in order to manage the ongoing health crisis, the following changes were announced by the NHC :
In December 2022, a week after the NHC said it would no longer release official death tolls from Covid, the NHC said that "China has always been publishing information on Covid-19 deaths and severe cases in the spirit of openness and transparency."[6]
The following agencies directly report to the commission.
| 1 | 19 March 2018 | Incumbent |
| 1 | Li Bin | 16 March 2013 | March 2018 |
| 1 | Li Dequan | November 1949 | January 1965 | |
| 2 | Qian Xinzhong | January 1965 | June 1968 | |
| 3 | Qiu Guoguang (邱国光) | June 1968 | June 1970 | |
| 4 | Chen Renhong (陈仁洪) | June 1970 | July 1973 | |
| 5 | Liu Xiangping (刘湘屏) | July 1973 | October 1976 | |
| vacant | ||||
| 6 | Jiang Yizhen (江一真) | November 1977 | April 1979 | |
| Qian Xinzhong | April 1979 | May 1982 | ||
| 7 | Cui Yueli (崔月犁) | May 1982 | March 1987 | |
| 8 | Chen Minzhang (陈敏章) | March 1987 | March 1998 | |
| 9 | Zhang Wenkang | March 1998 | April 2003 | |
| 10 | Wu Yi | April 2003 | April 2005 | |
| 11 | Gao Qiang | April 2005 | June 2007 | |
| 12 | Chen Zhu | June 2007 | 16 March 2013 | |