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Shanghai Protects People in Workplace by Promoting “Cell Engineering” with Digital Health

 用数字健康推进“细胞工程”, 上海这样守护“职场人”

 

我国是世界上劳动人口最多的国家,部分劳动者职业生涯超过其生命周期的二分之一。健康企业建设是健康中国“细胞”建设的重要组成部分,对维护劳动者身体健康、促进经济社会持续健康发展至关重要。

 

China is known to all by its largest labor force in the world and some labors’ career lives exceed half of their life cycle. The construction of healthy enterprises is an important component of the "cell" construction of Healthy China which is crucial to maintain the physical health of workers and promote the sustainable and healthy economic and social development in China.

 

22日,由中国社会工作联合会指导,上海市卫生健康委员会、上海市总工会、上海市健康促进委员会办公室共同主办的“企业健康促进专项活动点亮暨专家委员会成立仪式”在上海举行。会上,相关部门、专家学者共同探讨做实、做细、做深企业健康促进工作,借助数字健康为职工提供更精准、更便利的优质医疗资源,不断提升健康获得感。

 

On (March) 22nd, the Establishment Ceremony of Enterprise Health Promotion Special Activity and Expert Committee was successfully held in Shanghai which jointly organized by Shanghai Health Commission, Shanghai Federation of Trade Unions, and Shanghai Health Promotion Commission Office under the guidance of the China Association of Social Workers. At the ceremony, relevant departments, experts and scholars discussed the promotion of enterprise health with practical, detailed, and in-depth ways, and provided employees with more accurate and convenient high-quality medical resources by digital health, continuously improving their sense of health gain.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3月22日,“ 推动企业健康促进,社工助力美好生活 ”企业健康促进专项活动点亮仪式在上海举行。

 

On March 22nd, the ceremony of Promoting Enterprise Health and Social Work Helps a Better Life enterprise health promotion special activity was held in Shanghai.

 

近年来,全国各地各部门全面推进健康中国建设,全方位全周期维护人民健康,从“健康细胞”到健康乡镇、健康县区,再到健康城市、健康省份,已经形成了全链条推进健康中国建设的工作体系。

 

During the recent years, various departments across the country have comprehensively promoted the Healthy China Construction and maintained people's health in all aspects and all-round flow. From "healthy cells" to healthy towns and counties, and then to healthy cities and provinces, the work system has been made to promote the Healthy China Construction throughout the entire chain.

 

值得一看的是,2019年发布的《健康中国行动(2019—2030年)》含有十五项重大行动,其中一项就是“职业健康保护行动”,健康企业作为“健康细胞”之一,也是推进健康城市建设和落实职业健康促进行动的重要内容。同年,国家七部门联合印发了《关于开展健康企业建设的通知》和《健康企业建设规范(试行)》。

 

It is a remarkable fact that the Healthy China Action (2019-2030) released in 2019 proposed 15 special campaigns, one of which is the Occupational Health Protection Action. As one of the "healthy cells", healthy enterprises play an important part during the construction of healthy cities and implementing occupational health promotion actions. In the same year, seven national departments jointly issued the Notice on Carrying out the Healthy Enterprises Construction and the Norms for the Construction of Healthy Enterprises (Trial).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3月22日,“健康e企行·企业健康促进服务专场”展区提供口腔健康等10余项健康服务。

 

On March 22nd, the exhibition of e-Health Enterprise·Enterprise Health Promotion Service Special Session provided over 10 health services, including oral health, etc.

 

全国爱卫办副主任、国家卫生健康委健康中国行动领导小组办公室常务副主任、规划司司长毛群安在会上表示,经过几年努力,健康企业的建设呈现出了一种新的气象,从上到下,大家都在关注企业环境的建设、员工健康的维护。越来越多的人意识到,健康企业建设是促进职工健康、实现美好生活的重要基础,同时它也关乎企业生产力、竞争力,对企业高质量和可持续发展不可或缺。

 

Mao Qunan, Deputy Director of the Patriotic Health Campaign Committee, Executive Deputy Director of the Health China Action Leading Group Office of the National Health Commission of the People’s Republic of China, and Director of the Planning Department, stated that the construction of healthy enterprises has ushered a new atmosphere after years of hard work in the meeting. Everyone, from various sectors, is paying attention to the construction of the enterprise environment and the maintenance of employee health. More and more people are realizing the fact that the healthy enterprises construction is an important foundation for promoting employee health and achieving a better life. Meanwhile, it is also related to the productivity and competitiveness of enterprises which is indispensable for the high-quality and sustainable development.

 

来自国家卫健委2023年末公布的数据显示,全国已建成健康企业近 1.9 万家,和2022年相比增加了 38.5 %,连续三年增长 30 %以上。

 

According to data issued by the National Health Commission of the People’s Republic of China at the end of 2023, nearly 19,000 health enterprises have been established nationwide, an increase of 38.5% compared to 2022, and an increase of over 30% for three consecutive years.

 

中国社会工作联合会副会长兼医务社会工作专业委员会主任周冰表示,本周恰逢每年一度的全国社工宣传周,今年的主题是“汇聚社工力量,服务美好生活”,与此次的企业健康促进专项活动主题“推动企业健康促进,社工助力美好生活”十分契合。

 

Zhou Bing, Vice President of the China Association of Social Workers and Director of the Medical and Social Work Professional Committee, made the speech that this week coincides with the annual National Social Work Propaganda Week. The theme of 2024 is "Gathering Social Work Power, Serving a Better Life", which is in accord with the theme of the special activity for enterprise health promotion-Promoting Enterprise Health Promotion, Social Work Helps a Better Life.

 

“我国的医务社会工作从诞生到今天,刚刚走过了百年历史,在相当长年代里基本上处于停滞状态,再次起步已是近年。”周冰说,随着医务社工发展的政策环境频频利好、密集出台,预示着医务社工发展迎来了大跨步发展的机遇期。“有为”才能“有位”,“有位”就会更加“有为”,期待业内共同探索健康社会工作的创新方法和有效实践,以星星之火成燎原之势,为提升企业员工的健康作出更大贡献。

 

Zhou Bing expressed that the medical and social work in China has just gone through a hundred years of history from its inception to today, and it has been basically stagnant for a considerable period of time. It has developed again during the recent years. Zhou Bing said that the development of medical and social work will usher in a great opportunity period of great strides with the frequent favorable and intensive policy environment for the development of medical and social work. Hard work can make success, and success will bring more achievements. We expect to explore innovative methods and effective practices of healthy social work together in the industry, and make greater contributions to improving the health of enterprise employees with the momentum-from a little spark may burst a mighty flame.

 

“上海样本”:制定建设规范、搭建数字服务平台

Shanghai Sample: Developing Construction Standards and Building Digital Service Platforms

 

近年来,上海致力于建设亚洲医学中心城市和亚洲一流的健康城市,目标到2030年,成为具有全球影响力的健康科技创新中心和全球健康城市典范。为广大职业人群撑起健康保护伞,成为当前一项重要工作。

 

During the recent years, Shanghai has been committed to building itself into an Asian medical center and a first-class health city in Asia. It also aimed to be a globally influential health technology innovation center and a model of a global health city by 2030. At present, providing health protection umbrellas for the general occupational population has become an important task of Shanghai.

 

2023年7月,上海市卫健委联合上海市总工会发起上海市企业健康促进专项活动,助力企业健康促进机制建设、职业人群健康素养水平提升、职业人群健康服务配套完善。

 

In July 2023, Shanghai Municipal Health Commission and Shanghai Federation of Trade Unions launched Shanghai Enterprise Health Promotion Special Activity to assist the construction of enterprise health promotion mechanisms, the improvement of occupational health literacy levels, and the improvement of occupational health service support.

 

“我们结合上海健康企业建设开展的实际情况,研制了《上海市企业健康促进建设规范》十条标准,从健康文化、健康制度、健康环境等层面,为企业开展各项健康促进工作明晰方向。”上海市健康促进委员会办公室主任、上海市卫生健康委员会副主任陆韬宏说,目前,正在申请健康企业上海地方标准研制,获批后将进一步推动企业健康促进工作。

 

“We have developed Shanghai Enterprise Health Promotion Construction Norms based on the situation of Shanghai's health enterprise construction, which clearly clarifies the direction of various health promotion work for enterprises from different aspects of health culture, health system, health environment, etc.” said Lu Taohong, Director of Shanghai Health Promotion Committee Office and Deputy Director of Shanghai Health Commission. He also said that the development of local standards for healthy enterprises in Shanghai are been applied and will further promote the work of enterprise health promotion after its approval.

 

搭建数字服务平台是上海推动企业健康促进专项活动的另一大看点。据悉,“健康e企行·企业健康促进数字服务平台”把企业健康促进单位申报线上化,让企业在平台上找得到医生专家、找得到优质的健康服务资源,令职工在线上获取科普知识、享受健康福利、参加健康活动,切实推进优质医疗健康资源进企业的“最后一公里”。目前,专家库已有629位名医专家。

 

Building a digital service platform is another noteworthy point of Shanghai's special campaign to promote enterprise health. It is reported that e-Health Promotion into Enterprise·Enterprise Health Promotion Digital Service Platform has made the application for enterprise health promotion units online. This measure allows enterprises to find doctors, experts, and high-quality health service resources on the platform and enables employees to gain popular science knowledge, enjoy health benefits, and participate in health activities online, effectively promoting the “last mile” of high-quality medical and health resources into enterprises. Up to now, 629 renowned medical experts joined in the expert database.

 

数字平台还具有健康管理功能,企业可以在平台管理职工的健康活动参与数据、健康服务体验数据,让企业的管理动作与职工的行为动作实现精准联动。比如,通过健康科普教育学习的量化统计分析,为下一步工作改进提供更加精准的数据支撑。

 

In addition, the digital platform has health management functions and it  allows enterprises to manage employee health activity participation data and health service experience data on the platform. Therefore, the precise linkage between enterprise management actions and employee behavior actions has been gained. For example, the quantitative statistical analysis of health education learning and more accurate data support can be provided for the next step of work improvement.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

上海市企业健康促进专项活动累计开展了60余场企业健康促进服务专场公益活动。

 

Over 60 special public welfare activities for enterprise health promotion services have been carried out in Shanghai.

 

上海市总工会党组成员、副主席徐珲表示,专项活动还把各类健康服务资源送到基层一线,送到职工身边。截至目前,已累计开展 60 余场企业健康促进服务专场公益活动,覆盖电力、制造、物流运输、建筑施工等各类行业,切实提升职工的归属感与获得感。

 

Xu Hui, a member of the Party Group and Vice Chairman of Shanghai Federation of Trade Unions, expressed that these special activities have brought various health service resources to the front line at the grassroots level and other employees. At present, more than 60 corporate health promotion service special public welfare activities have been carried out, covering various industries such as electricity, manufactures, logistics transportation, and construction, effectively enhancing the sense of belonging and achievement of employees.

 

“去年,我们参加上海市企业健康促进专项活动,通过‘健康e企行’服务平台,引入科普讲座、健康筛查等企业健康促进服务专场主题活动进企业,将名医专家、健康服务、健康福利等优质医疗资源赋予职工,有效帮助职工提升健康素养水平。集团共有11家单位参加了企业健康促进合格单位的申报,其中8家单位积极申报为企业健康促进示范单位。”华建集团党委副书记、工会主席夏冰说。

 

"We participated in Shanghai Enterprise Health Promotion Special Event last year and introduced theme activities such as science popularization lectures and health screening by the e-Health Promotion into Enterprise Service Platform. We provided high-quality medical resources such as famous medical experts, health services, and health benefits to employees. It effectively helps employees improve their health literacy. There are 11 units of the Group participated in the application for qualified units for enterprise health promotion and 8 units actively applied for demonstration units for enterprise health promotion," said Xia Bing, Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee and Chairman of the Trade Union of Huajian Group.

 

 

加大深度与广度,持续推动企业健康促进

Continuously Promote Enterprise Health Promotion in Both Depth and Scope

 

“健康中国的目标就是全民健康,就是要保障每个人在不同的生命阶段,都尽可能达到最理想的健康状况。”

毛群安说,现在一些年轻职工不得病,对健康的意识就不强,等得了病,健康受到了影响危害的时候才意识到。在接下来推进健康企业促进工作更高质量、更可持续发展中,要坚持预防为主、关口前移、早期干预,加快从目前的被动医疗向主动健康转变,即在健康状况好的时候,就要注意健康的维护和促进。

 

"The goal of Healthy China is to ensure everyone's health, which is to ensure that everyone achieves the most ideal health condition at different stages of life."

 

Mao Qun'an expressed that some of the young workers nowadays pay less attention to their own health conditions when they are not ill. They only realize that their health is affected and endangered when they get sick. Therefore, it is very important to promote high-quality and sustainable development of healthy enterprises in the next step. We should adhere to prevention to be the main focus, shift the focus forward, and promote the early stage of intervention, accelerating the transition from passive medical care to active health. Even though their health is in good condition, attention should be paid to maintaining and promoting health.

 

此外,毛群安还提到,要运用信息技术,创新开展企业健康促进;发挥区位优势,整合区域优质的医疗卫生和健康资源;秉持开放合作,推动健康产业繁荣发展;坚持共建共享,构建健康促进的企业文化。比如,要借力上海在长三角卫生健康一体化行动中的区位优势,既用好上海的优质的资源又加强区域健康资源共享和服务联动,更好的推动企业健康促进工作开展。

In addition, Mao Qun'an said that it is necessary to utilize information technology to innovate and promote enterprise health. Utilizing the geographical advantages and integrating high-quality medical and health resources in the region is also good. It is necessary to insist on the open cooperation and promote the prosperous development of the health industry. It is necessary to insist on joint construction and sharing as well as build a healthy corporate culture. For example, to leverage Shanghai's location advantage in the Yangtze River Delta Health Integration Action, we need to make full use of Shanghai's high-quality resources and strengthen regional health resource sharing and service linkage, in order to promote the development of enterprise health promotion work in a better way.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3月22日,上海市企业健康促进专家委员会成立。

 

On March 22nd, Shanghai Enterprise Health Promotion Expert Committee was successfully established.

 

需要注意的是,随着工业化和城镇化快速发展,职业健康工作当前面临双重挑战,当前医疗卫生和健康的服务模式与企业员工健康的要求存有部分不相适应,在健康企业建设的过程中,应关注创新服务新模式和新业态。

 

It should be noted that the occupational health work is currently facing dual challenges under the background of rapid development of industrialization and urbanization. The current medical health service models are partially incompatible with the health requirements of enterprise employees. During the development of healthy enterprises, attention should be paid to innovative service models and new formats.

 

徐珲表示,将进一步加强职工健康需求调研,全面了解职工对于健康服务的需求,有针对性地推出更加精准、更受职工欢迎的专项服务。计划定期推出心理健康、女性健康、心脑血管健康等专项服务,回应职工的所需所盼。同时,升级服务清单,为职工提供更加个性化的健康服务,并及时总结可复制可推广的经验,动员更多企业加入健康促进的队伍中来。

 

Xu Hui stated that it was necessary to further strengthen research based on the health needs of employees, comprehensively understand their needs for health services and carry out more precise and popular special services with targeted measures. Specialized services for mental health, women's health, cardiovascular and cerebrovascular health, etc. should be launched regularly in response to the needs and expectations of employees. Meanwhile, it is also necessary to upgrade the service list, provide more personalized health services for employees, and timely summarize replicable and great experiences, mobilize more enterprises to join the health promotion team.

 

“加大健康知识普及的深度、广度,持续提高职工健康素养水平,这依然是我们做好健康促进工作的重中之重。”陆韬宏说,继续打造和选树一批健康科普品牌,让健康知识有趣、有料、有用。此外,持续推进三甲医院等优质医疗资源与企业实现精准对接,汇聚更多名医专家,开展“名医入千企”系列活动;以及加强融合联动,形成部门合力,做好新时代职业人群的健康保障,用健康促进助力经济发展,用健康促进点亮社会发展。

 

Lu Taohong expressed that the top priority now is to do a good job in health promotion by increasing the depth and breadth of health knowledge dissemination and improving the health literacy level of employees continuously. He believed that it is good to build and select a number of health science popularization brands, making health knowledge interesting, informative and useful. What’s more, we will continue to promote the precise integration of advantageous medical resources such as tertiary hospitals with enterprises, gather more famous medical experts, and carry out a series of activities called Famous Doctors Helping Thousand Enterprises; and strengthen integration and linkage, form departmental cooperation, do a great job in ensuring the occupational groups’ health in the new era, utilize health to promote economic development, and promote health to light up social development.
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Bogoljub J. Karić

Serbia, youth and the EU by Skener Info

The International Institute for Middle Eastern and Balkan Studies (IFIMES)[1] from Ljubljana, Slovenia, regularly analyzes events in the Middle East, the Balkans and around the world. Bogoljub J. Karić, a prominent businessman, prepared a comprehensive analysis entitled "Serbia, youth and the EU[2]", in which he presents his thoughts on the role and importance of youth animation on Serbia's path to the EU.

 

"To be credible, I believe we need to talk about timing and homework." And I have a suggestion. As we prepare the next EU strategic agenda, we must set ourselves a clear goal. I believe that we need to be ready on both sides for the enlargement year until 2030. This means that the next long-term EU budget will have to include our common goals. This is ambitious but necessary. It shows that we are serious. That will build momentum. It will give a transformative impetus to reforms and will generate interest, investment and better understanding, and encourage us all to work together[3].” Charles Michel

 

"We all have our history. The history of enlargement is the history of the countries that emerged from World War II. It is a history of peace and reconciliation and normalization of relations, and therefore it is a prerequisite for entering the European Union.[4]" Ursula von der Leyen

 

Recently, public opinion surveys have shown a drastic drop in Serbian citizens' support for EU membership, which is worrying. Only slightly more than 40% of Serbian citizens want EU membership. For me, this is at the same time disappointing information, especially the disinterest of young people in EU membership. At the same time, interest in some other integrations such as BRICS has grown. Serbia needs to cooperate with all parts of the world, however, membership in the EU is Serbia's strategic interest and unequivocal determination, and this is often emphasized by President Aleksandar Vučić, and we should persevere in that.

 

The President of the European Council, Charles Michel, said in Bled that in 2030 the countries of the Western Balkans could become members of the EU. When we look at the individual experiences of member states in the accession process, e.g. Slovenia, it is not unrealistic and unachievable. We should build our way to the EU on the knowledge and experiences of others, because this has already been proven and verified in practice. Slovenia started membership negotiations in 1998, and became a full member of the EU in 2004. Everything lasted only six years. Then 10 new countries were admitted to EU membership. At the time, the prevailing opinion in Europe was that the enlargement would benefit everyone, which proved to be correct.

 

The forerunner of the EU "Coal and Steel Community" was created primarily as a peace project. That peace project needs to be transferred to our region. Preventive action is needed to prevent potential conflicts in the Western Balkans, because it would cost us much more than EU enlargement alone. People in the Western Balkans do not want conflicts, because they want peace, well-being and prosperity. The perspective of membership is the best possible mechanism that the EU has at its disposal in its engagement in the region in terms of ensuring permanent stability. Such thoughts coincide with the views of the majority of European leaders, who support the continuation of the open door policy when it comes to the Western Balkans. The establishment of a new "iron curtain" towards the Western Balkans must not occur on the European continent. The international position of each newly admitted EU member state is stronger than it was before EU membership, because as an EU member you sit at the same table and can influence events in the EU itself, but also on relations between the EU and the wider international community. By becoming a member of the EU, the country is included in a successful community of states, which, in exchange for the transfer of a part of sovereignty, offers advantages in economic, security and other areas. The EU is directed towards overall progress, each nation must take care of preserving its cultural and national identity. The EU provides opportunities, which each individual member must know how to take advantage of. No one within the EU has lost their national identity, but rather strengthened it. Look at the example of the peoples close to us, the Bulgarians, the Greeks...

 

I want to emphasize the role of young people in the process of joining Serbia towards EU membership, because EU membership is an investment for the future. We note the trend of emigration from the country, especially of young people. Thanks to the implementation of active policies of our authorities, this is slowly being stopped. We must bring the EU to Serbia and Serbia to the EU, and then the need for emigration will decrease, but normal migration will take place within EU member states. This means that people from other EU countries will come to live and work in Serbia. In this, the role and experience of our diaspora, which is already in the EU, is important. Young people tend to be international: they want to study and work abroad, and they see the EU as a factor of stability in Europe. Even long after the Second World War, there is still a high number of respondents who believe that peace represents a very important value of the EU, because Europe should forever be a continent of peace.

 

That is why it is important to animate young people, to be the bearers of Serbia's European path. One of the proposals is lowering the age limit for voting from the current 18 to 16, and that is the real need for intergenerational balance in decision-making, the potential for increased engagement and the benefits of inclusivity. Initiatives to lower the voting age are gaining ground globally, driven by the belief that every voice, regardless of age, should be heard in a truly representative democracy. Some countries have recently lowered the general voting age to 16, e.g. Austria, Argentina, Brazil, Ecuador, Nicaragua, while there are serious public discussions about it in many countries, e.g. in the Czech Republic, Finland, Canada, Denmark, Ireland, Germany, the United Kingdom, Estonia, Australia, Japan... Young generations, especially those whose views are directed towards other parts of the world, integrations, organizations and spheres of interest, should open their eyes well and that they do not look only with emotions and indoctrinated, but rationally and to see what is good and in the interest of Serbia and its citizens. Serbia has always been part of and belonged to Europe. We share Europe's destiny, but we also contribute to its present and future.

 

As a business person, I often travel around the world and see and hear a lot. I also see numerous migrations, which are mostly directed towards EU member states. Obviously, the EU is an attractive place to live and work. I can confirm this as a business person, that the EU is an excellent business environment. After the start of negotiations between Ukraine and Moldova with the EU and the granting of candidate status to Georgia, I see no obstacles for the countries of the Western Balkans to become members of the EU. And it will be a win-win situation for everyone and a confirmation of our belonging to Europe.

 

Bogoljub J. Karić was born in 1954 in Peć/Peja. He graduated from the Faculty of Science and Mathematics in Prishtina, at the Department of Geography. He received his master's degree at the Faculty of Economics in Niš on the subject "Organization and development of small businesses". Together with three brothers and a sister, he founded the family factory "Braća Karić" in Peć in 1971. In a period of almost half a century, he developed a large company that operates in various fields around the world: telecommunications, construction, finance, education, media, trade... The article represents the author's position and does not necessarily reflect the position of IFIMES. Ljubljana/Belgrade, February 16 in 2024

 

[1] IFIMES - International Institute for Middle Eastern and Balkan Studies based in Ljubljana, Slovenia, has a special advisory status at the Economic and Social Council ECOSOC/UN, New York, since 2018 and is the publisher of the international scientific journal "European Perspectives".

 

.[2] The article was written based on the presentation at the international conference "Serbia, youth and the European Union", held on February 8, 2024 in Belgrade, organized by Alfa BK University and the "Braća Karić" Foundation.

 

[3] European Council, Speech by President Charles Michel at the Bled Strategic Forum, link: https://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/press-releases/2023/08/28/speech-by-president -charles-michel-at-the-bled-strategic-forum/

 

[4] Euronews, Von der Leyen vows to bring Western Balkan and EU economies 'closer' as four-day visit starts, link: https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2023/10/30/von- der-leyen-vows-to-bring-western-balkan-and-eu-economies-closer-as-four-day-visit-start

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