Main Functions of the Center for International Exchange and Cooperation of the Ministry of Health

The business purpose of the Center is to provide services for international exchange and technical cooperation in health; the scope of services is the organization and implementation of foreign aid projects, the organization and implementation of civil international exchange projects, the agency for foreign affairs, the organization and service of foreign training groups, the service of attracting investments, the undertaking of civil international assistance, the coordination of international emergency relief organizations, the development of civil international cooperation projects, the consulting service of the pharmaceutical industry projects, and the related conference services and exhibitions. Conference services and exhibitions. Since its establishment, the center has established good cooperative relations with dozens of countries or regions in the world, provided all-round and multi-channel services for friends from all walks of life at home and abroad in the field of medical and health care, and achieved a series of results in the introduction of technologies, equipments, funds and talents, the exchange of information on medicine and advanced management experience as well as the cultivation of talents, etc., which has contributed to the promotion of international exchanges and cooperation in the field of medical and health care, and enhanced the communication and friendship between domestic and foreign counterparts. It has played a positive role in promoting international exchanges and cooperation in the field of medical and health care, and in enhancing exchanges and friendship between domestic and foreign counterparts. In the past two years, the center has signed dozens of cooperation agreements with famous domestic and foreign pharmaceutical and medical equipment manufacturers, academic groups, foundations, etc., and introduced cooperation funds of more than 60 million RMB, and has carried out cooperation in the areas of personnel training, public *** health, disease control, community health, mental health, health education, classification and management of medical institutions, management of medical wastes, and research on health policies, thus making a positive contribution to the development of China's health industry. It has made positive efforts to promote the development of China's health undertakings. Approved by the State Administration of Foreign Experts Affairs, the Center is a unit with the qualification of organizing overseas training tours. Through more than one year's operation, the scope of training has been expanded from hospital management to management of medical education, evidence-based medicine, health care, community health services, disease control, and continuing medical education, and the number of training sites has been developed from Singapore to the U.S.A., U.K., Germany, France, Australia, and other countries. The specific operation and medical work of the three health express trains donated and constructed by Hong Kong compatriots are under the responsibility of the Center, which has carried out more than 26,000 free sight restoration surgeries for cataract patients in 29 districts of 17 provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the central government. China International Dental Equipment and Materials Exhibition (SINO-DENTAL) and China International Medical Instruments and Equipment Exhibition (CHINA-HOSPEQ), hosted or undertaken by the Center, have gradually become professional exhibitions with a certain brand name after years of development and cultivation, and have a higher reputation in similar exhibitions. The center also undertakes the daily management of the operations of the National Aid to Foreign Countries Medical Teams, and plays a certain role in promoting the improvement of medical and health services in developing countries. The center set up a board of directors in March 1990 and held the fifth board of directors on November 2, 2002, hiring 12 honorary directors and 60 directors, most of whom are experts and scholars with high reputation in the domestic medical and health care field, with Minister Zhang Wenkang as the chairman of the board of directors, Vice-Chairman Wu Jieping and Minister Qian Xinzhong as the honorary chairmen, and Director Li Hongshan, Director Liu Peilong and Ms. Bo Jieying as the vice chairmen. Vice Chairman. Within the Center, there are General Personnel Department, Conference and Exhibition Department, Medical Consulting Service Department, Foreign Liaison and Project Management Department, Foreign Aid Medical Teams Affairs Management Department, Overseas Service and Training Department, Finance and Enterprise Management Department and Health Express Office. The direct (affiliated) institutions of the Center include China Medical Forum Newspaper, International Emergency Relief Office of the Ministry of Health, and Foreign Aid Training Center of the Ministry of Health. Entities fully or partially invested by the Center include Beijing Kangwei Medical Consultation and Service Center, Beijing Global Medical Rescue Company, Zhongwei International Travel Agency, and Guokang (Hong Kong) Medical Devices Co. As a health system engaged in civil international exchanges and cooperation, we are willing to establish extensive contacts with domestic and foreign pharmaceutical enterprises, academic groups and individuals, in order to carry out a full range of multi-level, wide-area exchanges and cooperation, to provide thoughtful and enthusiastic service.