Sino-Arab Health Cooperation Forum Opens in Beijing

The second session of the Health Cooperation Forum between China and Arab Countries opened Friday in Beijing with the participation of some 180 delegates from China and 21 Arab countries, as well as the Arab League. .

Ambbadador Haifa Abu-Ghazaleh, Under-Secretary-General and Head of Social Affairs Sector of the Arab League, said in a speech at the opening of the forum entitled "Deepening Sino-Arab Cooperation in the Field of health and building together the Silk Road "- The League is keen to improve the health of Arab citizens. She stressed that the convening of this forum reflected the seriousness with which the Arab and Chinese parties had decided to strengthen cooperation in the field of health.

Abu-Ghazaleh highlighted the importance of the forum, which covers all areas of health included in the executive program of the Arab-Chinese Cooperation Forum between 2018 and 2020, including: Promoting the transfer of medical technologies, promoting the 39, exchanging information between governments in the fields of medical law and policy, conducting research and medical experiments and conducting medical cooperation. Arabic and Chinese therapeutic and training courses to qualify and develop professional skills in the field of health.

It considered that the areas of cooperation included in the forum would contribute to the development of the existing Arab-Chinese partnership and increase the volume of mutual benefits for both parties.

China has signed health cooperation documents with 13 Arab League member countries, while 307 Chinese medical teams are working in eight Arab countries, said Ma Xiaowei, chairman of the China National Health Commission.

China will continue to send medical teams to Arab countries, deepening cooperation between hospitals on both sides, offering scholarships to support training of doctors and medical technologies, organizing free diagnostic programs and developing new ones public health programs, he said, adding that cooperation between China and Arab countries was an important part of South cooperation. – South

Forum delegates held in-depth discussions, exchanging views on health policies, innovation, appropriate technical cooperation in the medical product industries, cooperation in traditional medicine, hospital management and health care. public health, as well as the future challenges facing the Chinese and Arab parties.

The participants agreed five points for the construction of the Arab-Chinese Silk Road in the field of health: promote dialogue and exchanges on health development strategies to improve communication policy , strengthen cooperation in the prevention and control of major diseases in order to maintain public health and continue to promote Sino-Arab cooperation in the field of health. Traditional medicine, strengthen cooperation and technical exchanges between medical institutions to achieve common development, promote cooperation in the field of innovation in medical technology and the development of research and industries for medical products.

The Health Cooperation Forum between China and the Arab World is an important part of the mechanism of the China-Arab Cooperation Forum. Its first session was held in September 2015 in the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region in northwestern China.