On April 15, the "Bond with Kuliang" 2025 US-China Youth Health Dialogue was held in Guangzhou, capital of Guangdong. The event was hosted by the Chinese People's Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries (CPAFFC) and organized by the Guangdong People's Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries and the Guangdong Province Hospital Association. Shen Xin, Vice President of the CPAFFC, and Li Xin, Vice Chairperson of the Guangdong Provincial Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, attended the event and delivered speeches at the opening ceremony. More than 130 young doctors and medical students from over 10 well-known hospitals and medical schools in China and the US, including Peking Union Medical College Hospital, the First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Yale School of Medicine, and Harvard-affiliated hospitals, attended the event.
Shen Xin said that as an important part of the "Bond with Kuliang" series of activities, this dialogue is an innovative move in the health sector to carry forward the special bond and implement President Xi Jinping's important initiative of inviting 50,000 young Americans to China on exchange and study programs in the next five years. He expressed the hope that Chinese and American medical young people will share the awe of life and enthusiasm for innovation, continue to draw wisdom and strength from the Kuliang story, transcend cultural differences, maintain trust and friendship, and utilize science and technology to protect a community with a shared future for mankind with the belief that medicine has no borders.
The participants had in-depth exchanges on clinical diagnosis and treatment, multidisciplinary integration and development, and new approaches to talent cultivation. Besides, they visited the First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital and Foshan Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, as well as local pharmaceutical companies.
