截止到1997年底，湖北已有71个农村县（市、区）达到国家提出的初级卫生保健规划目标要求，占全省农村县（市、区）总数的85．5％，普及率超过全国22．5个百分点。湖北各级党委政府坚持把初级卫生保健工作列入社会经济发展的重要内容，提出“党心连民心，健康奔小康”的工作目标 By the end of 1997, 71 rural counties (cities, districts) in Hubei had reached the national primary health care planning target, accounting for 85.5% of the total rural counties (cities, districts) in the province, and the penetration rate exceeded that of the whole country. 22 .5 percentage points. The party committee and government at all levels in Hubei insisted on the inclusion of primary health care as an important part of socio-economic development and put forward the goal of “the heart of the party and the health of the people”.