Foreign aid is an important part of China's diplomatic work, and is of great significance to maintaining world peace, safeguarding national security and improving China's international status. 41 years of China's foreign aid medical teams have not only cured a large number of common and frequent diseases for the host countries and created one medical miracle after another, but also become an important initiative for China to establish sincere friendship and solidarity with the third world countries. It has also become an important initiative to establish sincere friendship, solidarity and cooperation between China and third world countries.
In 1963, the Algerian government issued an appeal for emergency medical assistance to the world through the International Red Cross, at that time, China had just experienced three years of natural disasters, not yet recovered, but in order to support the Algerian government and the people, the central leadership still resolutely made a decision to be the first to respond to the invitation of the government of Algeria, and quickly organized a Hubei province as the main, Beijing, Shanghai, Tianjin, Hunan, The first Chinese medical team was formed by 24 outstanding medical personnel from Hubei Province, Beijing, Shanghai, Tianjin, Hunan, Jiangsu, Liaoning, Changchun and other places, and went to work in Algeria. From then on, the prelude to health cooperation and assistance between China and third world countries in the form of medical teams was opened.
From 1963 to the present, China has sent more than 18,000 medical personnel to 65 countries and regions in Africa, Asia, Latin America, Europe and Oceania. At present, there are 42 Chinese medical teams **** working abroad, distributed in 40 countries, **** 1,100 people. In addition to Tibet, Xinjiang, Guizhou and Hainan in mainland China, health departments throughout the country have undertaken the task of medical teams. According to incomplete statistics, over the past 40 years, one batch after another of Chinese medical teams have carried forward the humanitarian spirit of saving lives and helping the injured, and with the support and help of the governments and people of the recipient countries, they have not only cured a large number of common and frequent diseases, but also successfully carried out heart surgery, tumor removal, amputation and reimplantation and other difficult technical services, and saved many patients with life-threatening illnesses; not only have they made use of modern medical They not only utilize modern medical technology, but also bring traditional Chinese medicine techniques such as acupuncture and moxibustion, tuina, as well as the combination of Chinese and Western medicine to all over the world, diagnosing and treating a lot of difficult and serious illnesses, and creating one "medical miracle" after another for the countries where they work.
Chinese medical teams*** have treated about 240 million people. The medical team members also pay attention to help foster the local medical level, they work with the local medical personnel, organize lectures, training courses and other forms of teaching medical technology to the local medical personnel, and promote the improvement of the level of medical diagnosis and treatment technology in the recipient countries. In the long-term medical work, the medical team also enthusiastically serves the personnel of Chinese embassies, foreign aid engineers and local expatriates. The superb skills and good medical ethics of the medical team members have won wide praise from the governments and people of the recipient countries, and more than 600 of them have been awarded various honors by the presidents of the host countries. But there are also 43 medical team members who died in the line of duty and were buried forever in foreign countries.
Through China's medical teams, the people of the recipient countries have gotten to know China; on the other hand, the Chinese people have gotten to know the world better through the medical teams. With their youth, blood and even lives, the members of the Chinese medical team have set up a historical monument of friendship, which has become a model of long-term cooperation between China and third world countries.