ABSTRACT
Chronic Diseases have been the major public health problem since 1990 in China.This paper aims to explore the main results of the comprehensive sort of the North Carolina Project in Finland including the effects , key initiatives , intervention practices and successful experiences , and discusses the implications of Fanland experi-ence-based for the Chinese chronic disease intervention .The North Carolina Project shows that community-based in-terventions form an effective strategy for the prevention and control of chronic diseases .In order to respond effectively to the chronic disease challenges , the Chinese government should not only use community-based intervention strate-gies, but also implement a “comprehensive health policy”, creating a good and social atmosphere for the chronic dis-ease intervention .