Guidelines on primary healthcare for type 2 diabetes in China, 2025

In recent years, the prevalence of diabetes in China has increased significantly, and approximately 11.9% of Chinese adults had diabetes in 2020. Moreover, there are several rigorous challenges in diabetes prevention and glycaemic control, especially at the primary medical care level. In order to guide primary healthcare providers in providing comprehensive and continuous care to affected patients, the Office for Primary Diabetes Care of the National Basic Public Health Service Program and the Chinese Diabetes Society issued national guidelines for the prevention and control of diabetes at the primary care level in 2025. The management objects were adults with type 2 diabetes aged ≥18 years. The main contents include basic requirements for management, health management process, diagnosis, screening, evaluation, treatment, recognition and management of acute complications, traditional Chinese medicine, referral and health management and education.