Purpose/Significance To explore ways to help the elderly form health ideas, enhance health knowledge and acquire skills, and to provide references for realizing active aging in our country. Method/Process Taking urban elderly over 60 years old as the research object, the paper investigates the status quo and influencing factors of health information literacy of urban elderly by means of questionnaire survey and interview. Result/Conclusion According to the meaning of active aging, the improvement strategies of health information literacy are put forward from the three levels of“health”“participation” and “guarantee”.