Leadership Capacity Training for World Health Organization (WHO) Collaborating Centers in China was held in Beijing on Feb 17 and 18.

The meeting reviewed the long-term cooperation between China and the WHO, and fully affirmed the important role of the collaborating centers in promoting the high-quality development of China's health sector and providing technical support to the WHO for global health governance.

Officials from the WHO Western Pacific Region presented the appointment, renewal process and 2025 work plan of the collaborating centers. Representatives of the centers talked about their roles and responsibilities, while invited experts conducted training sessions on enhancing the development resilience of the collaborating centers as well as strengthening talent capacity building and global health governance.

Meeting participants agreed to further promote communication and collaboration between the collaborating centers and the WHO, implement the China-WHO Country Cooperation Strategy (2022-2027), and contribute to advancing the building of a Healthy China and a global community of health for all.

The training was hosted by China's National Health Commission and the WHO Representative Office in China and supported by the WHO collaborating centers. Over 200 representatives from NHC departments, China's local health departments, WHO collaborating centers, the WHO headquarters, WHO Western Pacific Region, the WHO Representative Office in China as well as related organizations attended the event.