On May 5, 1993, tianjin held promotional activities for the first time. As a result, in 1996, the ministry of health, the ministry of education, the central, China disabled persons' federation and other 12 ministries jointly issued a circular, will be one of the activities held a national holiday, and to determine the annual June 6 for the "national sight day". The national sight day is June 6, 20xx.
World sight day is different in sight day, world sight day is on the second Thursday of every October, belongs to the world festival, on this day, the world over countries and regions will hold a series of large propaganda activities. Purpose is to arouse the world attaches great importance to the blindness and visual impairment and the recovery of the vision damage problem, world sight day is held under the vision 20xx global initiative. All over the world and the prevention of visual impairment or restored vision related partners will celebrate world sight day. This is also the prevention of blindness and vision 20xx: the right to sight "main propaganda activities. The latter is created by the who and the international agency for the prevention of blindness, a global action to prevent blindness. World sight day is on October 16, 20xx.
1993年5月5日，天津首次舉辦愛眼日宣傳活動。受此影響，1996年，衛生部、教育部、團中央、中國殘聯等12個部委聯合發出通知，將愛眼日活動列為國家節日之一，並重新確定每年的6月6日為“全國愛眼日”。20xx年全國愛眼日是6月6日。
世界愛眼日不同於全國愛眼日，世界愛眼日是每年十月的第二個星期四，是屬於世界性的節日，在這天，全球多個指定國家及地區會舉辦一系列的大型宣傳活動。 目的是喚起全球重視盲症、視力損害以及視力受到損害者的康復問題，世界愛眼日是在“視覺20xx全球倡議”下舉辦的。世界上所有與預防視力損害或者恢復視力有關的合作夥伴都將慶祝世界愛眼日。這也是預防盲症以及“視覺20xx：享有看見的權利”的主要宣傳活動。後者是由世衛組織和國際防盲機構創立、用以預防盲症的一項全球行動。20xx年世界愛眼日是10月16日。