“Belt and Road” International Industrial Cooperation and Development Forum creates platform for health industry exchange

October 03 06:00 2020

The “Belt and Road” International Industrial Cooperation and Development Forum, a sub-forum of the 2020 Guangdong 21st Century Maritime Silk Road International Expo, concluded in Guangzhou, capital of south China’s Guangdong Province last Thursday.

Themed with jointly creating a platform under the Belt and Road Initiative, the forum was aimed at exploring a new mechanism for emergency response for countries along the Maritime Silk Road and enhancing cooperation between epidemic control material producers both at home and abroad.

Officials from relevant departments of countries along the Belt and Road, heads of major firms in the emergency response, rescue, health, and medical industries, and public health experts attended the half-day event.

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The ambassadors of the Republic of Benin, Mozambique, Nigeria and Tanzania to China delivered their opening speeches.

Benin’s ambassador to China Simon Pierre Adovelande said in his speech that China has not only brought its epidemic situation under control, but also extended a helping hand to its African brothers. The ambassador expressed his sincere thanks to the Chinese government, saying with China’s support, his country was able to control the spread of the virus.

Adoveland said he hopes that China and Africa will strengthen economic and trade exchanges in the post COVID-19 era, which will bring more opportunities to African state-owned and private players. The pandemic is a big test for all countries, and also an unprecedented opportunity for those who work together for a better life.

Qu Guosheng, director of the Science and Technology Committee of China Earthquake Emergency Search and Rescue Center and vice chairman of the International Society for Emergency Management, Li Gang, director of the Academic Committee of the Institute of International Trade and Economic Cooperation under the Chinese Ministry of Commerce, He Zhenwei, secretary-general of the China Overseas Development Association and other emergency management experts delivered their speeches. They shared the ideas on promoting the development of the emergency industry and international economic and trade cooperation amid the global epidemic outbreak, so as to help excellent Chinese companies go abroad.

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As an expert in United Nations rescue capability evaluation, Qu talked about the emergency rescue of major natural disasters from the perspective of the international rescue system.

Speaking of improving capabilities of China’s national heavy and medium rescue teams, Qu suggested to follow international standards including equipping a large amount of rescue equipment and setting up search and rescue medical treatment, and logistics support systems. If the systems can be established quickly in disaster-hit areas, some new industries thereupon will be formed.

Qu called for improving the capabilities of the national heavy and medium rescue teams, saying it is necessary to benchmark against international standards and require a large amount of rescue equipment, search and rescue medical treatment, and logistics support systems. If these systems can be deployed quickly in disaster-hit areas, a new industrial starting point will be formed.

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At his speech, Li said that China has accumulated valuable experience in emergency supplies reserves and made its own contribution to the global anti-epidemic fight. He called on strengthening emergency cooperation in countries along the Belt and Road and establishing cooperation mechanism accordingly.

He also stressed the importance of making corresponding international trade rules, especially cross-border e-commerce rules, and future digital trade rules, so as to enable countries to maintain consistency in the supervision and their practice.

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He Zhenwei said that to better fight against the virus, the China Overseas Development Association sets up a special committee for the emergency industry, which further helps Chinese firms engaged in the sector to go global by integrating upstream and downstream resources and using its extensive international network established by the association.

The forum also witnessed the signing of “Thai-China International Trade Center” project.

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