Li Bin, minister of the National Health and Family Planning Commission (NHFPC), attended G20’s health ministers’ meeting in Berlin from May 19 to 20.

Themed “joint commitment for shaping global health”, the meeting held a desktop exercise to explore ways to further improve the capacity of responding to health emergencies across countries. The meeting also involved discussions on halting the spread of antimicrobial resistance.

Li Bin participated in the ministerial level exercise and introduced China’s experiences on responding to MERS and assisting West African countries to fight against Ebola. “China has always supported WHO in better playing its leading role in the global health emergency sector,“ she said. Li shared China’s experiences on joint prevention and control of disease by using different departments, building health emergency teams and disseminating epidemic information. Li said “The G20 nations should be guided by the concept of ‘building a human community with shared destiny’ and improving the coping capacity for global health emergencies.” Her address was regarded highly by the WHO and G20 national leaders.

During the meeting, Li had discussions on health cooperation with ministers from the United States, Canada, Germany and Argentina.

The meeting released the G20 health ministers’ Berlin Declaration.