CCDC Weekly Reports

China CDC Weekly (CCDC Weekly) is the authoritative publication for information from China CDC. CCDC Weekly will regularly release important surveillance data concerning diseases and risk factors from national health surveys and major public health incident investigation and response information. Following rigorous scientific analysis, the publications will represent China CDC’s viewpoints and countermeasures to guide the practice of clinical and public health. In addition, CCDC Weekly will leverage China CDC’s professional leadership to improve the utilization of public resources and fulfill its social service function. CCDC Weekly provides practical information to readers, doctors, researchers, teachers, students, and news media for public health purposes. Published reports are based on scientific (especially epidemiological) research and public health policies and practices. China CDC endorses all recommendations in published reports.

Preplanned Studies 

A preplanned study is a report on a nationwide/regional investigation or case study that focuses on major public health issues. Ideally, the recommendations in the study should be one that can guide future public health practice.

Outbreak Reports

An outbreak report is a report on public health emergencies, aggregate cases, and special cases, etc., which require chronological descriptions of the outbreak management process.

Policy Notes

Policy Notes are intended to announce new official policies or technical guidelines on public health.

Notes from the Field

Notes from the Field is a bulletin mainly focused on the investigation of ongoing or recent events in public health. These are brief reports on findings and progress before the publication of a complete report to respond to readers' concerns.

Vital Surveillance

Vital Surveillance is a periodic summary and analysis of surveillance data of diseases, risk factors and other important public health problems.

Healthy China

Healthy China publishes and shares China's practice and experience in implementing the “Healthy China 2030” blueprint and “Healthy China Initiative (2019 - 2030).” These include projects, environments, actions, strategies and appropriate technologies.

Recollection & Reflection 

Reflection and Perspective reviews the history of epidemics and control of important diseases in China and summarizes prevention and control experiences and methods.

Review & Perspective

To summarize the domestic and international research results of disease control and to express the representative views in the field of public health.

Announcements & Notices to Readers

Announcements are introductions of important public health days (e.g. World AIDS Day) and will use related surveillance and investigation reports for the cover. Notices to Readers are generally used to inform the readers about the changes in the CCDCW and to publish the correction information.

Notifiable Infectious Diseases

Notifiable Infectious Diseases contains the official statistics of the reported occurrence of nationally notifiable infectious diseases and public health emergencies in China.

CCDC Serial Reports

Serial reports will be based on demand.

Recommendations & Guidelines

Recommendations and Guidelines contain technical documents such as guidelines and standards in all areas within China CDC’s scope of responsibility.