The sight day is
celebrated on each year on 6 June, but the day first commemorated on May 5th,
1993, and it is first proposed by Wang yanhua, a professor ophthalmology in the
Medical university
of Tianjin. The professor
Wang proposed the day for asking people to take care of their eyes, his
proposal got high praise by the others. Then, in 1996, 12 ministries, involved
in the National Ministry of Healthy, the National Ministry of education, the
League Central Committee, China Disabled persons federation (CDPF) and other
ministries jointly announced that the sight day listed as a national day, and
commemorated the day on June 6th.