The first national surveillance of COPD in mainland China was carried out in 2014, with the nationally representative data obtained. The national surveillance was significantly important for the monitoring of prevalence, risk factors, and changing trend of COPD among Chinese adults aged ≥ 40. The surveillance was also important in the development of national COPD prevention and control policy, the evaluation of prevention and control progress, the establishment of COPD comprehensive surveillance system, and the building of a professional COPD monitoring and prevention team. In this editorial, we briefly introduced the method and content of COPD surveillance, and reported the rate of spirometry examination and COPD awareness among adults aged ≥40 in China. We also analyzed the rate of main risk factors for COPD, such as tobacco smoking, occupational exposure to dust or chemical and indoor exposure to biomass or coal, and the distribution of high-risk population. This study provided fundamental data for the prevention and control of COPD in China.
2014年我国开展了中国居民COPD监测，获得全国代表性数据结果。COPD监测对于掌握中国≥40岁居民COPD患病及其危险因素的流行状况与变化趋势，制定国家COPD防控政策，评估防控效果，建立COPD综合监测系统以及建设专业的COPD监测与防控队伍具有重要意义。本期重点号文章介绍了COPD监测的方法与内容，报告了中国≥40岁人群肺功能检查率及COPD知识知晓率，分析了该人群的烟草烟雾暴露、职业粉尘暴露、生物燃料和煤燃料暴露等主要COPD危险因素的流行状况，以及COPD高危人群分布特征，为我国开展COPD综合防控工作提供了基础数据。.
Keywords: Awareness; Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; Risk factor; Spirometry examination; Surveillance.