Objective To investigate the status quo and associates of resource allocation in local health standardization and to provide evidences for promoting the construction of health standardization and the establishment of relevant technical support system with national and provincial coordination in China. Methods On-site interview and questionnaire survey were conducted among professionals and staff in 31 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDCs) at provincial level and 5 CDCs at sub-provincial level across China during May – October, 2019. The collected data and information were processed and analyzed qualitatively and quantitatively with Excel 2010. ResultsOf the CDCs surveyed, only 4 employed full-time personnel for health standards management; 26 and 11 had senior professionals being selected as members of the National Health Standards Professional Committee and Local Professional Committees on Health Standards; and CDCs of Jiangsu province and Beijing municipality had more senior professionals being selected as members of the national committee. There were relative lack and allocation disequilibrium of senior professionals for local health standardization. In terms of financial resources, only 6 CDCs were supported with special funds or budgets for health standardization management and 8 CDCs had financial support for local health standardization management; in 2018, 17 CDCs obtained funds for research projects on health standardization and the CDC of Jiangsu province was involved in more projects with the funds; the funds for local health standardization research was relatively insufficient, and the fund amount was closely related to regional economic development. Conclusion In China, the resource allocation in local health standardization is imbalanced; more resources are allocated in economically developed regions but less in underdeveloped regions, suggesting that specific policies should be made to improve the situation nationwide.

Objective: To systematically analyze the basic characteristics and contents of the current health standards for infectious disease, environmental health, school health and disinfection in the context of COVID-19 prevention and control, and provide support for the further optimization of epidemic prevention and control guidelines and reference for the revision and improvement of related health standards. Methods: Public health standards used in COVID-19 prevention and control were selected for a systematic comparison with "The Plan of COVID19 Prevention and Control (the 6(t)h Edition)" and other epidemic prevention and control guidelines from the perspectives of application scope and technical elements. Results: The current standards of public health are with scientificity, timeliness and feasibility. The application scope and technical elements of the current public health standards basically meet the needs of the prevention and control of COVID-19 epidemic, but the public health standardization system still needs improvement, and some public health standards need to be revised. Conclusions: The implementation of current public health standards can provide strong technical support for the prevention and control of COVID-19 epidemic. The experience obtained from COVID-19 epidemic prevention and control might promote the further improvement of the health standardization system.