[Analysis of the prevalence of blindness and major blinding diseases in China].

With the growth of the global population and the acceleration of the aging process, the situation of blindness all over the world is increasingly severe. According to the latest data published by the Vision Loss Expert Group in 2017, there were an estimated 36 million blind people worldwide in 2015. The 66(th) World Health Assembly has endorsed the "Universal eye health: a global action plan 2014-2019" , which aims to reduce the prevalence of avoidable visual impairment by 25% by 2019 from the baseline of 2010. As a country with the largest number of blind people in the world, China has an arduous task of preventing and treating eye diseases.This review article summarizes and analyzes the relevant literature on the prevalence of blindness, the main blinding diseases and prevention measures in China, so as to provide reference materials for ophthalmologists to better carry out eye health work and reduce the number of blind people in China. (Chin J Ophthalmol, 2019, 55:625-628).