东博会一心移“疫”：加快构建中国—东盟卫生健康共同体

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尽管中国与东盟地区的经济在逐渐复苏，甚至在贸易合作方面保持着逆势上扬、稳步前行的势头，但每日仍在增长的确诊病例、疑似病例人数，不断新添的防疫措施指令等，仍让人们意识到：口罩还未能摘下，抗击疫情依然会是未来一段时间内社会发展的大背景。

当前，以新冠肺炎疫情为主的传染病防控仍是中国与东盟国家的重要任务，而双方在公共卫生健康领域开展的诸多合作，正是这份“考卷”得以被打上高分的诀窍。中国—东盟博览会（以下简称东博会）长期关注双方卫生合作，积极搭建平台，围绕国际合作、联防联控、进一步提升区域卫生管理水平等问题进行探讨。从成果上来看，东博会的后续影响力正在为加快构建中国—东盟卫生健康共同体赋能。

万丈高楼平地起

随着中国—东盟友好关系迈入成熟稳定的“而立之年”，加快构建中国—东盟卫生健康共同体成为中国与东盟合作中的重点领域。不积跬步无以至千里，构建这一共同体的“地基”中有着东博会的努力。

借助东博会的平台，中国—东盟广泛开展在医疗卫生领域的交流合作，举办了中国—东盟传统医药高峰论坛、中国—东盟国际口腔医学交流与合作论坛等系列活动，为中国与东盟各国在医疗卫生方面的交往营造了良好氛围;并创新性于2016年整合资源举办了首届中国—东盟卫生合作论坛，形成了“每两年举办一届”的机制，自此打通了一个全新的中国—东盟卫生合作交流渠道。

过去的两届中国—东盟卫生合作论坛上通过并发布了《中国—东盟卫生合作与发展南宁宣言》与《“健康丝绸之路”建设暨第二届中国—东盟卫生合作论坛合作倡议》，通过文书形式让双方卫生合作得到进一步巩固;同时成立了中国—东盟医院合作联盟，设立多个专科联盟，搭建多个学科平台;签署了共建药用植物种植基地、民族医药特色诊疗技术培训中心等6个合作协议。

卫生领域多边合作关系的建立，不仅能为各国的政府官员、专家学者、企业代表提供一个交流合作、取长补短的平台，更能加深各国参与全球卫生治理的广度与深度。历届东博会在公共卫生领域的影响贡献，为2020年举办的第三届中国—东盟卫生合作论坛的突破性成果架桥铺路，也为后续加快构建中国—东盟卫生健康共同体打下坚实基础。

疫情之下的中国—东盟卫生健康合作

疫情之下，万众期盼合作乐章再奏新曲。第17届东博会的成功举办，让中国与东盟国家在卫生健康领域的务实合作项目掷地有声。

作为第17届东博会框架下的重要论坛，第三届中国—东盟卫生合作论坛下设疫情防控、医院管理、卫生应急等六大分论坛，各医疗领域专家学者云集，为中国—东盟卫生健康合作“传经送宝”，也为目前传染病防治的举措创新建言献策，并取得了务实成果。

在第三届中国—东盟卫生合作论坛上发布了《第三届中国—东盟卫生合作论坛倡议》，签署了《中国印尼卫生合作执行计划》，倡议内容丰富，为下一步中国—东盟开展疫情防控合作注入新动力;在2020中国—东盟医院管理合作论坛上，广西医科大学第一附属医院携手中国迈瑞医疗有限公司、中国银联股份有限公司、中国广西灿辉信息咨询公司与缅甸内比都综合医院、越南越德友谊医院、老挝友谊医院进行云签约，并与微软（中国）等多方机构共同建立了跨境医疗合作平台。

中国医院协会副会长方来英在2020中国—东盟医院管理合作论坛上指出，中国与东盟各国地缘相近、人缘相亲、文缘相通、气候相似，疾病谱也大致相同，在医疗卫生领域有着广泛的合作基础和广阔的合作前景。论坛将加强中国与东盟各国智慧医疗领域的合作与探讨，促进相互学习，提升医疗服务的可及性，造福各国百姓。这对于共同应对东南亚地区公共卫生问题、构建“中国—东盟卫生健康共同体”具有重大意义。

与此同时，院校合作也成为中国—東盟卫生健康合作的一大亮点。例如广西医科大学口腔医学院在第17届东博会期间与柬埔寨、老挝、缅甸、泰国等有关口腔院校签订了友好合作协议，互派师生交流，并计划到东盟国家开展义诊、公益手术等免费医疗服务，形成交流机制，达成长期合作意向，为疫情常态化下的急诊管理、卫生应急技能培训以及广西立体化救援体系建设提供实践技术支持。

值得一提的是，第17届东博会实体展还首增公共防疫及卫生展区，规模达1100㎡，重点展示了广西大健康产业上下游相关内容，如防护用品及装备、防护材料与生产设备、防疫消毒及清洁用品、防护设备及软件系统等，推动广西医用防疫物资产业规模化、产业化、集聚化发展，助力大健康产业拓展东盟国家市场。据悉，公共防疫及卫生展区还吸引多家广西本土企业和来自重庆、武汉等地的新冠疫苗研发企业以及核酸检测试剂盒生产企业参展，为公众普及基本卫生医疗知识的同时，也扩大了疾病药品研发机构交流空间，服务了中国—东盟携手抗击疫情和卫生健康合作。

行而不辍 未来可期

第17届东博会的内容方式创新与优势成果显现，为双方在卫生健康合作领域的探讨增加了新渠道、提高了可行性。因此，如何发挥其平台优势，垒土成垛、择高而上，是各方需要思考的议题。

东博会作为政府间的官方对话合作平台，更应发挥其自身影响力，扩大对各国民众的舆情宣传力度，做好突发公共卫生防控政策舆论导向和科学知识普及;将东博会作为保持中国与东盟间信息沟通交流的重要渠道，及时通报各国疫情最新动态和防治情况;增加针对卫生医疗合作方面的研讨会议与论坛数量，邀请各国医疗领域专家作相关的学术经验分享与研讨，加强疫情防控、治疗、研究的政策对话与交流，推动开展更多共同商定的卫生合作项目;支持受疫情影响的企业、特别是中小微企业发展，发挥数字经济合作及云上东博会等平台作用，促进疫情期间的经贸活动等等。

新年已至，行而不辍，则未来可期。我们期待中国与东盟继续将东博会作为双方卫生合作滑翔腾飞的跑道，共建更高水平的中国—东盟卫生健康共同体。

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CAEXPO Accelerates the Construction of China-ASEAN Health Community

Written by Guan Qiuyun / Translated by Mo Tingting

Although the economy of China and ASEAN is gradually recovering， and even trade cooperation keeps rising against the trend and moving forward steadily， the increasing number of confirmed cases and suspected cases at home and abroad， as well as the new instructions on epidemic prevention also make people realize that epidemic prevention and control is still the background of social development in a long time.

At present， disease prevention and control with the focus on the COVID-19 is still an important task for China and ASEAN. And it has yielded fruitful results， the secret of which is that both sides have always been strengthening cooperation in public health. The China-ASEAN Expo （hereinafter referred to as the CAEXPO） has long focused on health cooperation between the two sides， actively built platforms， and discussed issues such as international cooperation， joint prevention and control， and further improvement of the regional health management level. We can see from the achievements that the influence of the CAEXPO is empowering the construction of China-ASEAN health community.

Tall buildings rise from the ground

As the friendly relationship between China and ASEAN has entered a mature and stable age， accelerating the construction of China-ASEAN health community has become a key area in China-ASEAN cooperation. A journey of 1，000 miles begins with a single step. CAEXPO makes great efforts in laying a foundation for building the China-ASEAN health community.

With the help of the CAEXPO， China and ASEAN carried out extensive exchanges and cooperation in medical health and held a series of activities such as the China-ASEAN Summit Forum on Traditional Medicine and China-ASEAN Forum on Dentistry， which created a good atmosphere for exchanges between China and ASEAN countries in medical health. Besides， both sides innovatively organized the first China-ASEAN Health Cooperation Forum in 2016 by integrating resources， thus forming a mechanism of “holding one session every two years”. Since then， a new channel of China-ASEAN health cooperation and exchange has been set up.

In the past two sessions of the China-ASEAN Health Cooperation Forum， the Nanning Declaration on China-ASEAN Health Cooperation and the Cooperation Initiative of the 2nd China-ASEAN Forum on Health Cooperation Towards a Health Silk Road were approved and launched， which further consolidated the health cooperation between the two sides. At the same time， the China-ASEAN hospital cooperation alliance has been established， several specialist alliances have been set up， and multi-disciplinary platforms have been built. Besides， six cooperation agreements have been signed， including co-construction of medicinal plant planting base， and diagnosis and treatment technology training center with ethnic medicine characteristics.

The establishment of multilateral cooperation in health can not only provide a platform for exchange and cooperation among government officials， experts， scholars， and business representatives， but also deepen the breadth and depth of the countries participation in global health governance. The impact and contribution of the previous CAEXPO in public health pave the way for the breakthrough achievements made by the 3rd China-ASEAN Health Cooperation Forum in 2020 and also lays a solid foundation for accelerating the construction of China-ASEAN health community.

China-ASEAN health cooperation under the epidemic

Under the epidemic， people are looking forward to seeking cooperation between China and ASEAN in new fields. The successful holding of the 17th CAEXPO made cooperation projects in health between both sides become practical.

As an important forum under the framework of the 17th CAEXPO， the 3rd China-ASEAN Health Cooperation Forum has six sub-forums， including epidemic prevention and control， hospital management， and health emergency. Experts and scholars from various medical fields gathered to pass on wisdom for China-ASEAN health cooperation， and also to offer suggestions for the current measures of infectious disease prevention and control， which have achieved practical results.

In the 3rd China-ASEAN Health Cooperation Forum， the 3rd China-ASEAN Health Cooperation Forum Initiative was released， and the Implementation Plan of China-Indonesia Health Cooperation was signed. The rich content of the Initiative injected new impetus into the China-ASEAN epidemic prevention and control cooperation in the future. In the 2020 China-ASEAN Forum on Hospital Management Cooperation， the First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University， together with Mindray International Medical Co.， Ltd.， UnionPay Co.， Ltd.， and Guangxi Canhui Information Consulting Co.， Ltd. in China， signed cloud contracts with NaypyiTaw General Hospital in Myanmar， Vietnam-Germany Friendship Hospital in Vietnam and Friendship Hospital in Laos and established cross-border medical cooperation platforms with Microsoft （China） and other institutions.

Fang Laiying， Vice President of Chinese Hospital Association， pointed out at the 2020 China-ASEAN Forum on Hospital Management Cooperation that China and ASEAN countries are close to each other in geography and boast human affinity， cultural affinity， similar climate， and roughly the same disease spectrum， thus having a broad cooperation foundation and prospects in  health care. The forum will strengthen cooperation and discussion in smart health care between China and ASEAN countries， promote mutual learning， enhance the accessibility of medical services， and benefit the people of all countries. This is of great significance to jointly deal with the public health problems in Southeast Asia and build the China-ASEAN health community.

At the same time， university cooperation has become a highlight of China-ASEAN health cooperation. For example， the Institute of Dentistry of Guangxi Medical University signed friendly cooperation agreements with relevant dentistry colleges and universities in Cambodia， Laos， Myanmar， Thailand， etc. during the 17th CAEXPO. It plans to exchange teachers and students， and to carry out free medical services such as free consultation and public welfare surgery in ASEAN countries， so as to form an exchange mechanism， reach long-term cooperation， and provide practical technical support for emergency management， health emergency skills training， and the construction of three-dimensional rescue system in Guangxi under the epidemic.

It is worth mentioning that the physical exhibition of the 17th CAEXPO also added public epidemic prevention and health exhibition area for the first time， with the scale of 1，100 square meters and the focus on displaying upstream and downstream industries of the big health industry in Guangxi， such as protective articles and equipment， production equipment， software systems， etc.， so as to promote the scale， industrialization， and integration of anti-epidemic medical material industry in Guangxi and help the big health industry expand ASEAN markets. It is reported that the public epidemic prevention and health exhibition area has attracted a number of local enterprises， and COVID-19 vaccine development enterprises from Chongqing， Wuhan， and other places as well as nucleic acid test kit manufacturers. The exhibition zone not only popularizes basic health and medical knowledge for the public， but also expands the exchange of disease drug development institutions and serves China-ASEAN health cooperation and jointly fighting against the epidemic.

Making unremitting efforts and the future will be promising

Content and method innovation and outstanding achievements of the 17th CAEXPO show that new channels have been added and feasibility has been improved in the health cooperation between the two sides. Therefore， how to give full play to the CAEXPOs advantages and make greater achievements are the issues that all parties concerned.

As an official platform for dialogue and cooperation between governments， CAEXPO should exert its own influence， guiding public opinions on public health emergency prevention and control policies properly and popularizing scientific knowledge. Also， CAEXPO should take itself as an important channel to maintain information communication between China and ASEAN and timely report the latest situation of epidemic and prevention and control in all countries. Besides， it has to increase seminars and forums on health and medical cooperation， invite medical experts from other countries to share and discuss relevant academic experience， strengthen policy dialogue and exchange on epidemic prevention and control， treatment， and research， promote the development of health cooperation projects that is agreed by both sides. Finally， the CAEXPO has to support the development of enterprises affected by the epidemic， especially small and medium-sized enterprises， and give full play to digital economy cooperation and on-line CAEXPO， so as to promote economic and trade activities during the epidemic.

Chinese New Year is approaching. If we make unremitting efforts， we will have a promising future. We hope that China and ASEAN will continue to take the CAEXPO as a driver for health cooperation between the two sides and build a high-level China-ASEAN health community.