| Mainland, Taiwan sign medical agreement |
| Date: 2010/12/22 Click: 1808 |
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Chen Yunlin (L, Front), president of Chinese mainland-based Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Strait (ARATS) and Chiang Pin-kung (R, Front), chairman of the Taiwan-based Strait Exchange Foundation (SEF), exchange gifts after signing an agreement on cross-strait health cooperation in Taipei, southeast China's Taiwan, Dec. 21, 2010. (Xinhua/Song Lidong)
Chinese mainland and Taiwan negotiators signed a medical and health care cooperation agreement in Taipei Tuesday afternoon.
The agreement includes: timely notification of infectious disease; strengthened disease prevention measures and handling of major epidemics; enhanced cooperation in pharmaceutical research and safety management; exchange in traditional Chinese medicine research and quality guarantees; and cooperation in handling medical emergencies.
The agreement was inked at talks between the mainland's Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits (ARATS) and Taiwan's Straits Exchange Foundation (SEF), which are the two bodies authorized to handle cross-Strait affairs. |
