Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, April 25. On April 25, Chinese President Xi Jinping sent a congratulatory letter to the 50th anniversary of artemisinin and the International Forum on Helping Build a Community of Human Health.
Xi Jinping pointed out that artemisinin is the first effective antimalarial drug discovered and successfully extracted in China. It has helped China completely eliminate malaria in the past 50 years. In this way, artemisinin has been actively promoted and applied around the world, saving millions of lives around the world, especially in developing countries, and making important contributions to global malaria control and protection of human health.
Xi Jinping stressed that China is willing to work with the international community to intensify exchanges and cooperation in the field of public health, jointly respond to global threats and challenges, and promote the joint construction of a community of human health and health, so as to make greater contributions to safeguarding the health of people of all countries.
April 25 is World Malaria Day.
The 50th Anniversary of Artemisinin's 50th Anniversary and the International Forum on Helping to Build a Community of Human Health was held in Beijing on the same day. Co-hosted by the National Health Commission and the State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine.