[Comment] Child and adolescent mental health policy advancement in China

Mental health disorders affect approximately one in seven children and adolescents globally, representing a major public health challenge that often begins early in life but remains underaddressed.1 In China, this burden is intensifying amid rapid socioeconomic transformation, urbanisation, widening rural–urban disparities, increased academic pressure, and evolving family dynamics.2 While in the last 30 years the number of mental disorder cases among children and adolescents decreased by 21·9% in China, age-standardised prevalence increased by 4·8%.