In recent years, with the continuous improvement of people’s living standard in urban and rural areas, people are more and more concerned about their own health, and the general improvement of literacy level has made the education on disease prevention more extensive and in-depth for the general public. Among the education on prevention and treatment of chronic diseases, education on prevention and treatment of hypertension is the first issue that should be paid attention to. This is because the prevalence of hypertension in China is 11.26%, and there are 1.2 billion people in China, and it is projected that there are about 100 million patients with hypertension. The danger of hypertension is that it can cause many cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, the Chinese people have a high incidence of stroke (commonly known as stroke), high mortality and disability rate, about 1.5 million new stroke patients each year, causing a great burden on society, units and individuals, the vast majority of patients are due to long-term untreated or unsatisfactory treatment of hypertension, resulting in cerebral arteriosclerosis, followed by cerebral artery blockage (cerebral infarction) or bleeding (cerebral hemorrhage). Long-term hypertension is also likely to lead to coronary heart disease myocardial infarction or renal failure. Some people think that hypertension is mainly a disease of urban people, but it is not. In Beijing, for example, the prevalence of hypertension in the rural population of Beijing is slightly higher than that in the city, while the number of people who know they have hypertension, the number of people who know they have hypertension and receive treatment, and the number of people whose blood pressure is satisfactorily controlled after receiving treatment are lower than those in the city, so hypertension is also one of the main diseases affecting people’s health in the rural areas. What level of elevated blood pressure is considered hypertension? According to the results of international and domestic large-scale population observations in recent years, it is defined that blood pressure at or above 140/90 mmHg level is hypertension. However, this is an artificially defined criterion for hypertension. After careful observation of large populations, it has been found that blood pressure levels have a continuous relationship with cardiovascular and cerebrovascular morbidity, which means that it is not the blood pressure reaching a level greater than 140/90 mmHg that increases the incidence of coronary heart disease or stroke. In fact, the relative risk of coronary heart disease or stroke increases significantly when the systolic blood pressure reaches or exceeds the level of 120/85 mmHg. Therefore, blood pressure levels less than 120/80 mmHg are now internationally and nationally referred to as optimal or ideal blood pressure. It is also desirable for young and middle-aged patients with hypertension to achieve optimal or ideal blood pressure levels with antihypertensive treatment. In elderly people with hypertension, depending on their own situation, it is good if they can reach a level below 140/90mmHg. If they can adapt themselves to a level lower than 140/90mmHg without any symptoms, their blood pressure can also be lowered to a level lower than 140/90mmHg. Blood pressure lowering treatment is not only for blood pressure control, but more importantly to prevent cardiovascular disease also known as target organ damage – such as coronary heart disease, stroke, kidney function damage, etc. Therefore, antihypertensive treatment should be consistent, not blood pressure down, and then no longer continue treatment, so that not only will blood pressure will rise again, and the purpose of preventing cardiovascular disease can not be achieved. Therefore, hypertensive patients should continue their antihypertensive treatment, and cooperate with medical personnel to control hypertension and improve people’s health. Patients with hypertension nationwide, I hope you will learn more about hypertension, constantly improve the level of awareness of the prevention and treatment of hypertension, take the initiative to cooperate, persevere, make the best results in the control of hypertension in general, prolong life expectancy, and make our respective efforts for the prosperity of society and the country.