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NHC Minister Meets with President of Merieux Foundation to Strengthen Global Health Cooperation
Lei Haichao and Alain Merieux discuss China's health priorities and international collaboration in public health.
On May 9, 2026, China's National Health Commission (NHC) Minister Lei Haichao met with Merieux Foundation President Alain Merieux in Beijing to discuss deepening cooperation in infectious disease control, laboratory development, and public health workforce training.
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Meeting Highlights
Lei Haichao, minister of China's National Health Commission, met on May 9 with Merieux Foundation President Alain Merieux in Beijing. Lei explained China's key health priorities for the 15th Five-Year Plan period (2026-30) and spoke highly of the fruitful cooperation between the Merieux Foundation and its Chinese partners in areas such as infectious disease control and laboratory development.
Lei emphasized that global health challenges require stronger international collaboration and expressed hope that the foundation would continue to serve as a bridge to deepen people-to-people exchanges and pragmatic cooperation in public health and talent cultivation, thereby enriching the connotation of the China-France comprehensive strategic partnership.
Merieux presented the foundation's collaborative projects in China and reaffirmed its commitment to strengthening exchanges and mutual learning with China in tuberculosis control and the development of the public health workforce to contribute further to advancing global health.
Officials of related departments of China's NHC, the National Disease Control and Prevention Administration, and the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences attended the meeting.
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