From January 19 to 24, 2025, at the invitation of Pakistan's COMSTECH organization, a delegation comprising Academician Zhao Yufen of Ningbo University, Professor Liu Xinmin (World Health Organization Traditional Medicine Consultant), Wang Ning (key research personnel from Ningbo University), and Professor Huang Zhen of Sichuan University visited Pakistan for several days of academic exchange and cooperative visits. This visit aimed to deepen exchanges between China and Pakistan in traditional medicine, science and technology cooperation, and other fields, promoting mutual development.
The delegation conducted in-depth exchanges with researchers from Pakistan's COMSTECH organization, the Pakistan Academy of Sciences, the National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST) Pakistan, Hamdard University, and the University of Lahore. They also participated in the COMSTECH Consortium of Excellence (CCoE) annual meeting held in Islamabad. During this visit, both sides discussed the subsequent progress and arrangements for the medicinal plant seed payload project aboard the Chinese Space Station, as well as cooperation in Traditional Chinese Medicine-Unani traditional medicine, biotechnology, and other fields, reaching consensus on future directions for collaboration. This visit received strong support from the Chinese Embassy in Pakistan and Pakistan's Ministry of Science and Technology. Minister of Science and Technology Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui welcomed the delegation's visit and emphasized that the Pakistani government would continue to support China-Pakistan science and technology cooperation.
This visit represents an important initiative by Ningbo University in the field of international science and technology cooperation. In recent years, Ningbo University has made significant progress in traditional medicine, particularly in aerospace traditional Chinese medicine research and development, successfully conducting multiple space payload experiments. Through this visit, Ningbo University hopes to further strengthen science and technology cooperation with Pakistan and promote the internationalization of traditional medicine. The Pakistani side attached great importance to this visit, believing that China-Pakistan cooperation in traditional medicine has broad prospects, and looks forward to further strengthening bilateral cooperation in scientific research and talent cultivation through these exchanges.
This visit not only injected new vitality into China-Pakistan science and technology cooperation but also established a new platform for exchanges in the field of traditional medicine between the two countries. In the future, both sides are expected to expand cooperation in more areas, jointly promoting the modernization and internationalization of traditional medicine.
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