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Archives of Peking University News - PKU English - 北京大学
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<strong>北京大学</strong>英语新闻网/<strong>Peking</strong> <strong>University</strong> <strong>News</strong><br />
―Australia-China Partnership in<br />
Health‖ Forum Opened in Beijing<br />
<strong>PKU</strong> NEWS 2009--11—20<br />
http://ennews.pku.edu.cn/news.php?s=258685585<br />
Beijing Hotel, Beijing, Nov. 20th, 2009: The ―Australia-China Partnership in Health‖<br />
Forum opened in the Beijing Hotel on Nov. 13th and was hosted by the <strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong><br />
Sydney and co-organized by <strong>Peking</strong> <strong>University</strong> Health Science Center. Vice-minister<br />
Jiefu Huang <strong>of</strong> the Ministry <strong>of</strong> Public Health, a large number <strong>of</strong> leaders and experts in<br />
various divisions <strong>of</strong> the Ministry <strong>of</strong> Public Health attended the forum. In addition,<br />
Vice-director <strong>of</strong> <strong>Peking</strong> <strong>University</strong> Health Science Center Xian Wang, Vice Division<br />
Chief <strong>of</strong> the Office <strong>of</strong> Academic Affairs Yan Xu, Office <strong>of</strong> International Relations‘<br />
Division Chief Qiudan Sun and Vice Division Chief Lei Zhang, along with 40 students<br />
and pr<strong>of</strong>essors from <strong>Peking</strong> <strong>University</strong> Health Science Center, also attended the<br />
Forum.<br />
Michael Spence, President <strong>of</strong> the <strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> Sydney, and Jiefu Huang gave the<br />
opening speech. Then, Pr<strong>of</strong>essor Bruce Robinson, Dean <strong>of</strong> the <strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> Sydney<br />
Medical School, Xian Wang and a few others gave different speeches during the<br />
meeting. The forum was hosted by Pr<strong>of</strong>essor John Hearn, the Vice-President <strong>of</strong> the<br />
<strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> Sydney.<br />
Huang claimed that the partnership between China and Australia have a pr<strong>of</strong>ound<br />
history. In recent years, the cooperation in public health between the two countries<br />
enjoys the characteristics <strong>of</strong> broad-fields and multi-layers, with the contribution to<br />
both the citizens <strong>of</strong> the two countries and the development <strong>of</strong> public health in the<br />
world. Additionally, he also stated that he hoped the cooperation in public health<br />
between academic institutes <strong>of</strong> the two countries can be deepened through holding<br />
this Forum.<br />
The Forum focused mainly on three themes: ―Australia-China public health<br />
development‖, ―hot topics <strong>of</strong> clinical studies‖ and ―the training <strong>of</strong> doctors in the 21st<br />
century‖. Vice-Director <strong>of</strong> <strong>Peking</strong> <strong>University</strong> Health Science Center Xian Wang<br />
displayed an important presentation entitled <strong>of</strong> ―China-Australia Educational<br />
Cooperation—Nurturing Future Doctors‖. In the presentation, he first described the<br />
current condition <strong>of</strong> Chinese education in public health and then he talked about the<br />
educational policy <strong>of</strong> the <strong>Peking</strong> <strong>University</strong> Health Science Center. After that, he also<br />
talked about the cooperation program in health science and talent nurturing between<br />
China and Australia. After the report, Xian Wang and Dr. Lyndal Trevena, the<br />
Vice-Director <strong>of</strong> the <strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> Sydney Medical School, discussed the prospective<br />
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