Chinese president meets WHO director-general |
2013-08-21 03:15 |
President Xi Jinping said Tuesday that Xi made the remarks while meeting WHO Director-General Margaret Chan in the Great Hall of the People in downtown The Chinese government always prioritizes its people's health and will make unremitting efforts to further implement reform of its public health system, Xi said. He promised that the Chinese government would continue to effectively distribute public health and medical resources in order to achieve full coverage of basic health services to all Chinese people by 2020. Xi voiced his appreciation to WHO's support for He expressed his hope that the two sides could work closer to help promote Chinese medicine and medical products into overseas markets, and jointly assist African countries to improve their disease control and public health systems to meet the United Nations Millennium Development Goals. Praising |