Translated and annotated version of the 2015-2020 National Mental Health Work Plan of the People's Republic of China

• Type of Material: Article
• Authors: Wei Xiong, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine; Michael Phillips, Emory University
• Language: English
• Date: 2016-02-01
• Publisher: Shanghai Archives of Psychiatry
• Publication Version: Final Published Version
• Copyright Statement: © 2016 by Shanghai Municipal Bureau of Publishing
• License: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International
• Final Published Version (URL): http://dx.doi.org/10.11919/j.issn.1002-0829.216012
• Title of Journal or Parent Work: Shanghai Archives of Psychiatry
• ISSN: 1002-0829
• Volume: 28
• Issue: 1
• Start Page: 4
• End Page: 17
• Research Categories: Health Sciences, Public Health; Psychology, General

Abstract

The following document is a translation of the 2015-2020 National Mental Health Work Plan of the People's Republic of China which was issued by the General Office of China's State Council on June 4, 2015. The original Chinese version of the document is available at the official government website: http://www.gov.cn/zhengce/ content/2015-06/18/content_9860.htm. The translators have added annotations at the end of the document that provide background information to help contextualize content that may be unclear to readers unfamiliar with China and explain their decisions when translating terms that can have multiple interpretations.