Since the 13th Five-Year Plan proposed to practice capacity building in pediatrics and promote rehabilitation of persons with disabilities, children’s rehabilitation in China has achieved large-scale and all-round development in medical care, education, and scientific research. These include the effective implementation of the children’s health program, the establishment of a basic public service system for children with disabilities, the building of a talent pool, and the continuous improvement of evidence-based research. However, there are still some problems such as insufficient total service resources, uneven distribution, shortage of high-quality resources and specialized talents, and lack of high-quality evidence-based evidence for featured technologies. Entering a new stage of development, we need to comprehensively improve the capacity of rehabilitation services for children, further standardize quality control, promote the spread and application of appropriate technologies, accelerate personnel training, promote the research, development, and implementation of new technologies, and improve the health of children throughout their life cycle.

Citation： DU Qing. Health service system construction and development of rehabilitation for children in China. West China Medical Journal, 2022, 37(5): 657-661. doi: 10.7507/1002-0179.202204120 Copy