Based on the study of the Health Education Weekly in the 1930s， this paper analyzed the background and purpose of the Weekly， which mainly aimed at the exploration of meeting the realistic needs of suffering， filling up the deficiencies of health administration， helping the public to realize and become secular， and pushing forward the social transformation. The basic contents of the Weekly included carrying out health research， spreading health knowledge， connecting health administration and participating in important events. The Weekly also had some inspirations for the contemporary health cause， which can make us re?examine the connotation of “health” and “health education”， draw lessons from various forms of health education， and empower social governance and public health literacy.