In order to deeply study and implement Xi Jinping's cultural thoughts and understand the new situation and new requirements of health publicity, ideology and culture in the new era, the Municipal Health Commission held a training course for the essential workers on publicity, ideology and culture in the Beijing health system in 2024. More than 160 people participated in the training, including the heads of the publicity departments, the essential workers on publicity, ideology and culture, from the Beijing Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Beijing Hospitals Authority, the Municipal Disease Control Bureau, the health commissions of various districts, the Social Affairs Bureau of the Economic Development Zone, various tertiary hospitals and directly affiliated units, and the responsible comrades of publicity work in various departments of the Commission.

Leaders and experts from the National Health Commission, the Office of the Central Cyberspace Affairs Commission, the Central Party School, the Municipal Publicity Department of the Municipal Party Commission, the Municipal Cyberspace Affairs Office, the Municipal Party School and the Communication University of China to give special lectures and guidance on health ideology, international communication, news release, and online public opinion guidance. The trainees conducted on-site simulation exercises around the news release and public opinion handling of emergencies.

It was required at the meeting that we should follow Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era as the fundamental guideline, thoroughly study and implement Xi Jinping's cultural thoughts, and accurately understand and grasp the new situation, new tasks and new requirements facing the health publicity and cultural work in Beijing. We should continue to strengthen the construction of the publicity and cultural team, and cultivate a team of publicity and cultural cadres with strong political integrity and high skills in the capital's health system, focusing on four aspects, namely the firm belief and perseverance, keeping in mind the mission and daring to take responsibility, enhancing capabilities and improving quality, being willing to contribute and daring to struggle, so as to promote the high-quality development of the capital's health publicity and cultural work.