China has hosted several events on the sidelines of the 79th World Health Assembly in Geneva, Switzerland, sharing practical insights and proven strategies for strengthening public health systems.
Together with Brazil, Ethiopia and other countries, China co-hosted a side event on May 18 on shaping a future health systems for equity and access in the digital age.
The event called on all countries to work together to promote the safer, more beneficial, and inclusive use of digital technologies to empower health systems and improve human health.
Nearly 300 representatives and experts from WHO member states and other organizations attended. Participants spoke highly of China's successful efforts to build an equitable and accessible healthcare system using big data, AI, and other technologies.
Alain Labrique, director of the Department of Digital Health and Innovation at WHO, drew attention to China's county-level medical consortia, known as yigongti, which aims to achieve closely integrated rural medical communities nationwide by 2027.
"Yigongti, the county level medical communities with digital intelligence woven into primary care. It covers, you know, China, 1.4 billion people with vast regional disparities. But solutions that cover the entire country is very exciting to see. It's not a pilot. That's a proof of concept for what this declaration can look like all around the world," said Labrique.
At other sideline events, the GX Foundation from Hong Kong shared its experience on dengue prevention and control, while the Chinese Preventive Medicine Association advocated for a One Health approach to address shared health threats facing the globe.
During the assembly, China has also been actively participating in WHO member state briefings, roundtable discussions, side events hosted by other countries, and resolution consultations, as well as holding working exchanges with senior WHO secretariat officials, technical departments, and other national delegations.
China shares practical experience in public health at WHA
The 32nd Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Ministers Responsible for Trade Meeting concluded in east China's Suzhou on Saturday, yielding fruitful results and laying significant groundwork for the APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting in November.
The trade ministers' meeting focused on "building an open and predictable regional and multilateral economic and trade order" and "fostering new engines of innovative and dynamic trade and investment cooperation."
Chinese Commerce Minister Wang Wentao briefed the media on the meeting's outcomes at a press conference.
Wang said the meeting issued a joint statement titled the Suzhou Statement, and approved the latest edition of the APEC Roadmap for Innovative, Competitive and Resilient Services.
All parties agreed to advance policy innovation and reform in services trade, build an open and predictable investment environment, improve regional trade facilitation and supply chain resilience, strengthen standards coordination, and enhance intellectual property protection, Wang told the media.
He also said that substantial progress was made on a framework document for regional digital trade cooperation and the ministers emphasized promoting inclusive AI development, strengthening AI-related trade, and bridging the digital divide to ensure shared benefits from digital transformation.
The minister noted that the outcomes of the meeting demonstrated strong cooperation willingness, highlighted an innovation-oriented approach, and reflected inclusiveness and shared benefits. "The fact that Asia-Pacific economies can come together, uphold the original aspiration of promoting trade and investment liberalization and facilitation while supporting economic growth and prosperity, and engage in in-depth discussions on the important issue of 'where multilateral and regional economic and trade cooperation is headed,' fully demonstrates that open regionalism and true multilateralism enjoy broad support, and that mutual success and shared development serve the fundamental interests of all economies," Wang said.
2026 APEC trade ministers' meeting concludes with fruitful results
