Measures aim to curb children's myopia rate By ZOU SHUO | China Daily | Updated: 2021-05-12 08:49 Share CLOSE A child takes classes online at home in Shenyang, Liaoning province, on Jan 12，2021. [Photo by ZOU DEXIN/FOR CHINA DAILY] China will continue to take comprehensive measures to curb the rate of shortsightedness among schoolchildren, a new guideline said on Tuesday. The percentage of primary school students with myopia should be capped below 38 percent by 2030, with less than 60 percent of middle school and 70 percent of high school students nearsighted, according to the Ministry of Education. Wang Dengfeng, head of the ministry's department of physical, health and arts education, said the myopia rate of students saw a slight increase last year as students took online courses and significantly reduced the amount of physical exercise due to the COVID-19 epidemic.