RESUMEN
A nationwide pilot project concerning community health sendees, the major part and chief link of the reform in the urban medical health system, has basically come to an end. The author expounds against the background of reform in the health system in China the motives and orientation of reform in the medical health system and the current situation of and problems in the development of community health services. It is pointed out that advancing community health services entails all of the following:①genuinely transforming concepts and seeking unity of thinking; ②adopting the mechanism of competition and enhancing the sense of innovation; ③persisting in keeping abreast of the times and laying emphasis on reform and development;④accelerating the readjustment of resources and optimizing resource allocation; ⑤ceating a sound environment and seeking common development; ⑥giving priority to the improvement of quality and avoiding superficial transformation.