On the morning of April 8, a video conference of WHO WPR health ministers was held with the topic of "Fighting COVID-19 with Solidarity". Fiji Prime Minister Bainimarama, Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc and WHO Director-General Tedros delivered video remarks. More than 120 health ministers or senior officials from more than 30 countries and regions in the Western Pacific Region attended the conference online.
Zeng Yixin, Deputy Director of National Health Commission attended the conference and made a speech. Zeng Yixin said Chinese government attaches great importance to people’s health. Under the strong leadership of CPC Central Committee led by President Xi Jinping, our government adheres to the basic principles of abiding by law, following scientific way of targeted treatment, pays attention to community prevention and control, coordinates the deployment of medical resources, collaboratively improves treatment abilities, gives full play to the support of science and technology and the role of TCM, and carries out in-depth exchanges and cooperation with international communities. China's prevention and control measures have been tested and proved to be effective in practice. We are willing to share them with international communities, learn from each other and jointly maintain regional and global health security.
Staff from International Department of National Health Commission, Bureau of Disease Prevention and Control and Health Emergency Response Office accompanied him on the conference.
Translated by Wu Sufang