In early March, during China's 2021 Two Sessions (annual meetings of the National People's Congress (NPC) and the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC)), health care was one of the hotly discussed topics. Professor Wang Ningli, a representative of the CPPCC and also an influential ophthalmologist, pointed out that eye health is an essential component of the overall health condition, and the central government should further explore options that could help improve eye health, provide high quality eye treatment for patients, and eventually decrease the number of people suffering from vision impairment or loss in China.1
