On 10th April of 2008, the Scientific & Technological Actions on Health for All was officially launched by 14 Chinese ministries, including MOST and the Ministry of Health.

Major initiators like the Ministry of Health, the Ministry of Education, the State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine, the General Administration of Sport and the Chinese Association of Science and Technology have set up leading groups for the program, so as to integrate the Actions with other S&T projects and push forward its implementation through 66 detailed agendas.