On April 25, President Xi Jinping sent a congratulatory letter to the 50th Anniversary of Artemisinin and the International Forum on Helping to Build a Community of Human Health.

President Xi 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, promote the joint construction of a community of human health and make greater contributions to safeguarding the health of people in all countries.

　　President Xi Jinping's congratulatory letter, from the height of promoting the joint construction of a community of human health, affirmed the important role of artemisinin in eliminating malaria in China, and introduced China's efforts to prevent and control malaria globally.

President Xi once again showed the world that in the face of common threats to mankind, China's attitude of adhering to unity and cooperation to overcome difficulties together will not change and its determination will not be shaken.

　　Malaria is an infectious disease caused by Plasmodium, and it is one of the three major diseases of worldwide concern. It once brought a serious threat to the life and health of our people.

In the 1960s, the number of people infected with malaria in my country reached tens of millions every year.

In 1972, Tu Youyou's research group was inspired by traditional Chinese medical books to separate and purify the effective antimalarial parts of Artemisia annua to obtain the antimalarial effective monomer artemisinin.

For 50 years, artemisinin has helped China completely eliminate malaria.

　　"Give a man a rose, and the hand has a lingering fragrance".

For a long time, New China has actively promoted the application of artemisinin to the world by providing medicines, technical assistance, and building anti-malarial centers, which has opened up a new path for global anti-malarial and achieved remarkable results.

China's plan and China's actions have won high praise from the international community, fully demonstrating the image of a major country that upholds faith, values ​​friendship, upholds justice, and abides by morality, and effectively demonstrates the responsibility of a responsible major country.

　　At present, in many countries and regions in Africa, Southeast Asia, and Central and South America, malaria is still a highly prevalent disease, and there is a long way to go to fight malaria.

According to the WHO report, in 2020, there will be approximately 241 million malaria cases globally, and 627,000 people will die from malaria.

Continuing in-depth research on artemisinin is of great significance for us to consolidate our anti-malarial achievements and help more people in the world get rid of malaria.

　　The journey of the avenue, the world is the public.

Let artemisinin continue to benefit mankind, and make good use of the sharp weapon of science and technology.

Humanity cannot overcome catastrophes and epidemics without scientific development and technological innovation, and technological innovation will never end.

It is necessary to conduct in-depth research, strengthen cooperation and exchanges, and constantly make new progress in solving the problem of "drug resistance" of artemisinin, and propose new solutions.

Young scientific researchers should follow the example of Chinese medical scientists such as Tu Youyou, always pay attention to the needs of the country and human beings, and make unremitting efforts to this end.

The majority of medical workers should enhance their national self-confidence, deeply explore the essence of the treasure house of Chinese medicine, inherit, develop and utilize the precious wealth well, give full play to their unique advantages, bravely climb the peak of medicine, and promote the development of medicine through creative transformation and innovative development. Modernization of Chinese medicine.

　　Human beings share weal and woe, and their destiny is linked.

Faced with common challenges such as epidemics, no one can be immune.

From the treatment of malaria, to the fight against the Ebola epidemic, to the fight against the new crown pneumonia epidemic, the Chinese people have always stood with the people of the world.

Countries should intensify exchanges and cooperation in the field of public health, share treatment experience, strengthen coordination and cooperation, and help each other, move forward hand in hand, and promote the joint construction of a community of human health.

　　CCTV commentator