Recently, the Ministry of Education, the National Health Commission, and the National Administration for Disease Control and Prevention jointly issued the “Notice on Preventing and Controlling Highly Myopic Children and Adolescents” to promote continued implementation of the health-first education concept in all regions, schools and families to scientifically understand and effectively prevent high myopia among children and adolescents. The “Notice” clarifies the meaning and harm of high myopia. High myopia usually refers to a refractive condition where the degree of myopia is greater than or equal to 600 degrees or the length of the eye axis is greater than or equal to 26 mm. Once the degree of myopia in children and adolescents develops into high myopia, it may develop into pathological myopia, increasing the risk of complications such as retinal detachment, macular degeneration, glaucoma, and cataracts, causing irreversible vision damage, which is one of the main causes of blinding eye disease.

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