invest shenzhen arranged for vice-mayor wu yihuan to meet with a delegation led by sir john took, president of the uk academy of medical sciences, on january 15, 2016. the two parties had an in-depth discussion on accelerating the progress in local healthcare and introducing top medical talents to shenzhen.
according to vice-mayor wu, the shenzhen municipal government attaches great importance to the development of the city's healthcare. their aim is to fully improve healthcare quality in the shenzhen special economic zone and build an international healthcare center. to accomplish this, the local government launched a project to introduce and nurture well-known doctors (specialties), hospitals and clinics in december 2014, to attract top medical talents and teams and support high-level hospital development in shenzhen.
the uk's general practice healthcare system, with a reasonable organizational structure and complete service functions, is the largest who accredited public health institution in europe and one of the best healthcare systems in the world. vice-mayor wu expressed hopes of introducing more quality medical resources from the uk and discussed opportunities for further cooperation in the fields of medicine, scientific research and education to improve healthcare management and services in shenzhen.
sir john tooke remarked that shenzhen is already a global leader in diagnosis and treatment system deployment and health management system development. he emphasized that efforts will be made to further promote in-depth integration of the uk's proven track record in hospital management and the healthcare in shenzhen in terms of general practitioner system training, further education and talent exchange. this will help to identify scientific tiered diagnosis and treatment models suitable for shenzhen.
during his visit to shenzhen, invest shenzhen also arranged a meeting with local businesses and institutions to expand china-uk exchanges and cooperation in the field of healthcare. they included the china general nuclear power corporation, baoneng group, shenzhen institutes of advanced technology, chinese academy of sciences, shenzhen people's hospital and the luohu district health management group,
