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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 />

UNC chancellor, delegation to visit<br />

Beijing for health care forum with<br />

<strong>Peking</strong> <strong>University</strong><br />

<strong>PKU</strong> NEWS 2006--12--04<br />

http://ennews.pku.edu.cn/news.php?s=165245836<br />

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. - <strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chancellor James<br />

Moeser will lead a delegation visiting Beijing and Shanghai this month to help<br />

develop recommendations for health-care reform in China.<br />

UNC is co-sponsoring a conference, "Harmonious Development and Reaching<br />

Health for All," Dec. 11-12 at <strong>Peking</strong> <strong>University</strong>, one <strong>of</strong> China's leading universities,<br />

in Beijing hosted by <strong>Peking</strong>'s Guanghua School <strong>of</strong> Management with assistance from<br />

UNC's Carolina Asia Center. The conference is the beginning <strong>of</strong> a long-term<br />

partnership between both universities called the <strong>PKU</strong>-Global Health Forum that will<br />

include a similar event in Chapel Hill next year focusing on topics including U.S.<br />

health-care issues.<br />

The Beijing conference will provide a forum for scholars from both universities, other<br />

researchers, government <strong>of</strong>ficials and representatives <strong>of</strong> international organizations<br />

involved in public health, and private health-care companies to discuss and propose<br />

health-care reform measures for China. Topics will include national primary-care<br />

delivery models, pricing policy reform, policy regulations and quality <strong>of</strong> care.<br />

"We are excited about the opportunities for enhancing long-standing collaborations<br />

through this conference that will help in examining a key issue facing China," Moeser<br />

said. "Health care is a critically important topic in both our countries, and we expect<br />

the results <strong>of</strong> this conference and our long-term partnership to benefit everyone at a<br />

time when globalization is so important to the future <strong>of</strong> North Carolina's economy."<br />

Moeser said UNC-Chapel Hill and North Carolina are well-served by engagement<br />

with China, which has experienced explosive per capita income growth over the past<br />

three decades. China also has become one <strong>of</strong> North Carolina's biggest trade<br />

partners, and corporations like Lenovo, with its Research Triangle Park connection,<br />

are growing in prominence across the Southeast and beyond. Moeser will visit the<br />

Lenovo campus in Beijing.<br />

The chancellor's trip will follow a recent stop in Chapel Hill by Dr. Min Weifang,<br />

executive vice president and chairman <strong>of</strong> the <strong>University</strong> Council <strong>of</strong> <strong>Peking</strong> <strong>University</strong>.<br />

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