The conference will focus on national public health schemes, cooperation among hospitals, health policy studies, social insurance regimes and traditional Chinese medicine, he noted.

Before the conference, the foundation stone of a centre specialising in traditional Chinese and European medicine will be laid on Sunday under an agreement concluded by Hungary and China in 2014. Economy ministry state secretary István Lepsényi said Economy Minister Mihály Varga will on Tuesday open a conference and exhibition under the title “Bridge of Health”.

Cooperation agreements will be signed to further strengthen already existing broad relations between China and Hungary in science and the economy, he said. Rétvári noted that all these events will be organised in framework of the “16+1” arrangement between China and 16 central and eastern European countries.

Duan Jielong, China’s ambassador to Hungary, emphasised the importance of cooperation under the “16+1” mechanism.

Republished with permission of Hungary Matters, MTI’s daily newsletter.

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