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Beijing, China (November 22^nd, 2019) —— The MOU signing ceremony and launch seminar for Program of Building of High-Quality and Efficient Health 世界杯直播频道 Service System and Empirical Study in the Context 世界杯直播频道 2026世界杯直播赛程 of Aging took 世界杯比赛时间 place in Beijing today. Government officials and Amgen executives who were present included Wannian Liang, Director General, the Department of Healthcare Reform, National Health Commission, Ning 2026世界杯直播赛程 世界杯比赛时间 Zhuang, Deputy Director General, 世界杯比赛时间 the Department of Healthcare Reform, National Health Commission, Wei Fu, Director General, China National Health Development Research Center, Miaoling Su, Deputy Director General, 世界杯比赛时间 观看比赛直播 2026世界杯直播赛程 Municipal Health Commission, Xiamen, Penny Wan, Vice President and Regional General Manager, 世界杯比赛时间 Amgen JAPAC, and representatives from the Bureau of Disease Prevention and Control and the Department of 观看比赛直播 Primary Health 世界杯比赛时间 of National Health Commission, Social Development Research Centre of the State Council, Chinese Academy of Fiscal Science, Capital Medical University, and World Health Organization.

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“The timing of the project is perfect,” Wei Fu, Director General, China National Health Development Research Center pointed out:“The Central Committee of the Communist Party of 世界杯直播频道 China 世界杯比赛时间 and the State Council have recently 2026世界杯直播赛程 世界杯直播频道 jointly released a medium and 观看比赛直播 long-term plan for responding proactively to population aging, which clearly defines a number of strategic goals. One of its important tasks is to build a high-quality service and 世界杯直播频道 product offering system for the elderly. Today, is the ideal 观看比赛直播 moment for us to begin the development and research of a high-quality 世界杯直播频道 and efficient medical and health service system, which adequately caters for 世界杯直播频道 aging 世界杯直播频道 requirements. We hope that through this project, we can effectively integrate resources, identify the problems, 2026世界杯直播赛程 analyse and strategize the solutions and promote the establishment 2026世界杯直播赛程 世界杯直播频道 世界杯比赛时间 of a scientific health 世界杯直播频道 service system for aging in order to fully 世界杯直播频道 improve the quality of life and health level of China's 世界杯比赛时间 aging population.”

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At this meeting, Yuhui Zhang, Deputy 世界杯比赛时间 Director General, China 世界杯比赛时间 National Health Development Research Center, introduced the project’s background, the main implementation plans and 世界杯比赛时间 expected impact of a high-quality 2026世界杯直播赛程 and efficient health service system in the context of aging; Yanfeng Ge, Director General, 世界杯比赛时间 Research Department of Social Development, Social Development Research Center of the State Council, introduced the characteristics 世界杯比赛时间 of 世界杯直播频道 aging in China, the demands of the aging population, and 世界杯直播频道 the approaches in the current medical and healthcare service system. Miaoling Su, Deputy Director General, Municipal Health Commission, Xiamen, introduced 观看比赛直播 世界杯直播频道 the pilot programs made to the Xiamen medical and 世界杯比赛时间 health service system, and comprehensively summarized the main practices and achievements of 世界杯比赛时间 Xiamen medical and health system reform. During the meeting, experts 2026世界杯直播赛程 and officials 世界杯直播频道 spoke highly of the project and 观看比赛直播 shared valuable opinions and 世界杯比赛时间 suggestions to implement the project.

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