14 Oct 2025: Under the theme ‘Healthy Weight, Ideal Blood Pressure,’ China commemorated its 28th National Hypertension Day on 8th October 2025. This year's focus underscores the critical link between weight management and effective hypertension control, aiming to drive public action towards achieving optimal cardiovascular health.
For the campaign, the Beijing Hypertension Association (BHA), Shanghai Institute of Hypertension (SIH), Chronic Disease Institute for Green Health in Hainan (CDIGH), Hypertension Branch of Chinese Aging Well Association (CAWA), and the Chinese Hypertension League (CHL) jointly issued an initiative calling upon relevant institutions and professionals across the country to organize health education and public science activities around "National Hypertension Day."
Hypertension represents a major public health challenge in China. While the awareness, treatment, and control rates of hypertension have significantly improved over the past decade, the situation remains severe, particularly with the accelerating aging of the population.
Key messages for the 2025 National Hypertension Day stressed the importance of:
The campaign encompassed a series of activities, including:
The collaborating organizations seized the opportunity to encourage innovative outreach methods, leveraging digital platforms like websites, Weibo, and WeChat.
The goal was to execute high-impact activities with broad public participation and wide societal reach, effectively disseminating knowledge on hypertension prevention, emphasizing the importance of blood pressure monitoring, promoting daily self-management, controlling risk factors, and ultimately further improving the rates of awareness, treatment, and control of hypertension in China.
Between 8th and 9th October 2025, CHL collaborated with hospitals nationwide to actively organize offline free clinics and health education events.
At the same time, CHL hosted multiple online academic seminars. A highlight was a special virtual session featuring ISH President George Stergiou, who delivered an insightful presentation titled, ‘Ideal blood pressure level and ideal blood pressure measurement.’
Drawing upon the latest US and European guidelines, he shared his perspectives on ideal BP levels and measurement techniques. The session, broadcast live to hypertension physicians across China, facilitated an international dialogue on the core principles and clinical application value of high-quality blood pressure management, with active participation and discussion from numerous Chinese experts.
Thanks to the Chinese Hypertension League for the report.