The International Science & Technology Cooperation Forum on Biomedicine for Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases was held in Beijing on September 25, aiming to further facilitate international people-to-people exchanges among the sci-tech community. As one of the sub-meetings of 2021 Zhongguancun Forum, this forum is led by the Department of Foreign Expert Services, Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST), and hosted by China Science and Technology Exchange Center, Foreign Talent Research Center, MOST,and Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
Experts from relevant international organizations, government departments, research institutions and enterprises engaged in comprehensive dialogues on cooperation in the prevention and control of major infectious diseases and international collaboration on vaccine and drug research and development.
Participants agreed the current sci-tech revolution and industrial transformation are profoundly changing the economic landscape and daily life. In particular, as COVID-19 continues to spread around the globe, society sees an increasing need for deepening cooperation among the global scientific and technological communities, so as to jointly promote building a community of common health for mankind.