The following are the highlights of China's health news from the past week:

-- China to further expand TCM services

Chinese citizens are expected to be able to enjoy traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) services in their communities by 2022.

Efforts will be made to ensure all community health service centers and township clinics in the country offer TCM services by 2022, according to a guideline released by the Communist Party of China Central Committee and the State Council.

-- China to improve elderly care

China's National Health Commission and seven other authorities on Friday jointly issued the country's first guideline on improving the elderly care system.

The guideline requires that over 80 percent of the country's general hospitals, rehabilitation facilities, nursing homes and primary-level healthcare institutions are age-friendly by 2022.

-- Chinese Men's Health Day focuses on prostate diseases

The Chinese medical community focused on the prevention and treatment of prostate diseases as the country marked the annual Men's Health Day on Monday.

"It is imperative to improve prevention and early diagnosis of prostate diseases," said Jiang Hui, president of the China Sexology Association. The Men's Health Day was initiated in China in 2000. It is marked on Oct. 28 every year.