The number of deaths from chronic diseases in China has accounted for 80% of the total number of deaths, and about 25% of urban residents suffer from different degrees of chronic diseases. The prevalence of chronic kidney disease in China is 9.3%, and the prevalence of hypertension among adults in China was 18.8% in 2002. 260 million people had chronic diseases in China in 2008, an increase of 0.6 billion compared with 2003. Physicians’ responsibilities: three shifts 1. shift from disease-centered to health-centered; 2. shift from treatment to prevention; 3. shift from somatic rehabilitation to comprehensive quality of life. Misconceptions of doctors 1.Preventive medicine is the work of CDC and health education department; 2.No time to do health guidance; 3.I am not a psychiatrist. Criteria of a good doctor 1.The upper work treats the untreated disease, the middle work treats the desired disease, and the lower work treats the existing disease; 2.Medical ethics, medical skills, and medical techniques; 3.Improvement of technology and passion for people; 4.The great doctor is sincere, compassionate, and thinking of relatives. The significance of treating the untreated diseases 1. prevention is the general policy of health work 2. not to get sick, less sick, no major diseases is the pursuit of patients 3. no disease treatment, less disease treatment, treatment of minor diseases is the pursuit of hospitals and doctors. The characteristics and advantages of Chinese medicine in preventing and treating chronic diseases 1. the holistic concept of the unity of heaven and man; 2. the clinical thinking of discriminatory treatment; 3. the preventive medicine idea of preventing diseases before they occur “eliminating the problems before they occur”, “Zhou Yi – Xiang Chuan”: “the gentleman thinks about the problems and prepares for them”; 4. the integrated diagnosis and treatment system of form and spirit The integrated diagnosis and treatment system of unity; 5, rich and diverse appropriate technology of Chinese medicine; 6, traditional sports for fitness and health; 7, vast herbal resources, Chinese medicine prescriptions and therapeutic recipes; 8, simple, convenient, experimental and inexpensive basis for the masses.