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Li Bin meets with French health minister
Updated: Jan 10, 2018
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Li Bin, minister of National Health and Family Planning Commission, met with Agnès Buzyn, French minister of social solidarity and health, in Beijing on Jan 8.
Li welcomed Buzyn’s first visit to China after taking up the post of French health minister.
She noted that China and France have a long history of friendship. Both countries have kept good cooperation in contagious disease control, elder care and hospital management.
“The Chinese government has been paying great attention to maternal and child health, disease prevention and control and health security, and is willing to cooperate with France in these sectors to further improve people’s health,”Li said.
Buzyn praised the achievements of Sino-French health cooperation and the progress of China’s medical and health sector. He hoped that both sides will further push forward health cooperation to a higher level.
Li and Buzyn signed an MOU on Sino-French cooperation in the health sector on Jan 9.
During his stay in China, Buzyn visited Beijing Children’s Hospital, the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention and the National Cancer Center.
