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On June 6, Director General Zhang Heqiang of American and Oceanian Affairs attended the Health Pillar Dialogue of the Seventh CPE.

DG Zhang detailed about the Third China-US Sister City Conference and China-US Healthy City Forum which will be held in Nanchang, capital city of Jiangxi Province, on November 19-20, 2016. He said the Chinese People’s Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries and Sister Cities International (US) appreciates the opportunity to co-host the above events with National Health and Family Planning Commission of China(NHFPC)and US Department of Health and Human Services. China-US Sister City Conference is one of the important subnational exchange platforms for the two countries, while the Healthy City Forum is a significant consensus reached at the Sixth CPE last year. The November events will highlight the importance of China-US cooperation. By in-depth discussion on the relations between health and life, aging society, climate change, city transportation and innovation, it is hoped that the events will deepen the concept of healthy city and generate more concrete bilateral cooperation so that they will not only benefit our two peoples but also set good examples for the rest of world.   

The Pillar Dialogue was also attended by representatives from NHFPC，US Department of Health and Human Services，Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, American Heart Association, Fu University, Harvard University and other organizations.