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S for Health meets delegation from Hunan Province (with photos)
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     The Secretary for Health, Professor Lo Chung-mau, met with a delegation led by Vice Chairperson of the Hunan Provincial Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference Ms Xiao Bailing today (April 18) to discuss issues aiming to foster the development of Chinese medicine (CM).
 
     Professor Lo said, "Through the constructive discussion today, both sides have exchanged views on the current development of the CM industry and laid the foundation for fostering future CM collaboration with joint effort in the two places. The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government will continue to maintain close ties with the Mainland and international stakeholders and deepen exchanges and co-operation in the area of CM under the principles of complementarity and mutual benefits. We will also leverage Hong Kong's traditional advantages in CM to play our vital role as the nation's gateway to the international markets for promoting inheritance, innovation and high-quality development of CM, thereby building a 'Healthy Hong Kong' together for integration into the nation's strategic planning of 'Healthy China'."
 
     "The Chief Executive announced a number of policy initiatives in the 2022 Policy Address, including commencing formulation of the overall CM development blueprint in collaboration with the CM sector, with a view to driving further the long-term development of CM in Hong Kong on all fronts in a more focused manner, in terms of areas such as CM service and industry development as well as collaboration with the Mainland, Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area and the international community," Professor Lo supplemented.
 
     The Director of Health, Dr Ronald Lam; Deputy Secretary for Health Mr Eddie Lee; the Project Director of the Chinese Medicine Hospital Project Office of the Health Bureau (HHB), Dr Cheung Wai-lun; Assistant Director of Health Dr Alice Wong; and Assistant Commissioners for Chinese Medicine Development of the HHB Mr Dominic Ho and Dr Ng Chi-sun also attended the meeting.
 
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The Secretary for Health, Professor Lo Chung-mau (fourth left), met with a delegation led by Vice Chairperson of the Hunan Provincial Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference Ms Xiao Bailing (fourth right) at the Central Government Offices today (April 18). The Director of Health, Dr Ronald Lam (third left), and Deputy Secretary for Health Mr Eddie Lee (fifth left) also attended.
The Secretary for Health, Professor Lo Chung-mau, met with a delegation led by Vice Chairperson of the Hunan Provincial Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference Ms Xiao Bailing at the Central Government Offices today (April 18). Photo shows Professor Lo (front row, centre); Ms Xiao (front row, third right); the Director of Health, Dr Ronald Lam (front row, third left); Deputy Secretary for Health Mr Eddie Lee (front row, first left); the Project Director of the Chinese Medicine Hospital Project Office, Dr Cheung Wai-lun (back row, fifth left), and other attendees of the meeting.