A training session for the China-WHO Collaborative Projects 2016-2017 was held on Sept 21 in Beijing.

The session — focusing on collaborative goals, potential results, performance reviews, and project management — served as a good opportunity for professionals to exchange ideas.

The China-WHO Collaborative Projects 2016-2017 will support research on tuberculosis and chronic non-infectious diseases.

It also covers research in multiple areas, including the national health policy, strategies and planning, food safety, reproduction, pregnancy, and child and adolescent health.

Altogether, the project focuses on 11 key sectors, covering 20 sub-projects and five policy seminars.

During the session, experiences and achievements of the China-WHO Collaborative Projects 2014-2015 were highlighted.

Experts who evaluated the previous projects pointed out that it offered a series of scientific approaches and evidence for China's grand medical reform. It also improves China's comprehensive ability to transform medical research results into real benefits.

The projects help to foster health policy experts with international perspectives, who are actively participating in global health affairs, and influencing the public health sector.

Representatives from WHO, China's National Health and Family Planning Commission, China Food and Drug Administration, and the State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine attended the session.