In a new era, it is necessary to further put life education for medical students in colleges and universities on the important agenda of teaching reform and innovation in medical education. The purpose of exploring the quality of life education for medical students and introspecting on the issues of life education is to reveal the value of life education for medical students in a new era, to guide medical students to master the knowledge of life, to think about the meaning of life, to perceive the preciousness of life and to reflect the essence of life. To promote the concrete practice of life education for medical students in a new era, we need to focus on the implementation of the Health China strategy, grasp the meaning of the times, decipher the reality of life education, clarify the dimension of the meaning of life education, explore the true way of life education, improve the quality of life education for medical students in the new era, and highlight the value of medical students to enhance their life and become a new generation.